SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking Native American owned firms to do Certification and Accreditation work (C&A) for the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541513
— Computer Facilities Management Services
- Contracting Office
- 2051 Mercator Drive, Reston, VA 20191
- ZIP Code
- 20191
- Solicitation Number
- REQ003368
- Response Due
- 7/6/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/6/2006
- Description
- D--The BIA Office of Information Security and Privacy (OISP) reports to the Office of the Chief Information Officer located in Herndon, VA with the Chief Information Officer being responsible for Information Technology for BIA. This procurement is to provide technical support to BIA in the Office of Information Security and Privacy. Technical support will include assistance in fulfilling obligations to comply with OMB Circular A-130 and the Department of Interior (DOI) Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Program and other appropriate laws, directives, policies, standards, and guidelines. ++++Under current Federal C&A requirements, an Information Technology (IT) system is required to undergo a formal authorization process at least once every three years or when major modifications occur. The DOI C&A Guide provides a standardized approach to obtaining an authorization to operate for DOI Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) IT systems undergoing the C&A actions required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix III requirements. The formal C&A process, with associated documentation, provides evidence of a risk-based methodology that complies with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance (i.e., 800-53, FIPS 199, 800-18, 800-26, 800-30, 800-34, 800-37) and other Federal regulations. This process will help define measures of performance used to assure adequate IT system security controls are implemented and tested, risks are assessed, and security plans are maintained. ++++The successful offeror will provide C&A support to meet the requirements of the DOI C&A Program as described in the DOI C&A Guide, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-53A, FIPS 199, NIST 800-60, NIST 800-26, OISP-2005-002 (Indian Affairs Interim Approval to Operate (IATO) Document Procedures), OISP-2005-001 (Indian Affairs Certification and Accreditation Document Procedures), DOI POAM Guidelines, BIA/OISP POAM Processes and Procedures. The required documents to be used for the reports are listed in the Appendix/Attachment that will be made available with the rest of the RFP materials. ++++REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK AND OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS MUST BE MADE VIA FAX AND FAX ONLYDO NOT CLICK THE "REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION" BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS ANNOUCEMENT AS YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY RETURN INFORMATION. BIA's INTERNET AND E-MAIL ACCESS IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS UNAVAILABILITY OF THE INTERNET IN BIA, THERE IS NO ELECTRONIC CONNECTION FROM BIA TO FEDBIZOPS. CONSEQUENTLY, CLICKING ON THE "REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION" BOX WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AND YOUR REQUEST WILL NOT REACH ME. AS PER THE FEDBIZOPS WEBSITE DISCLAIMER THAT APPEARS IF YOU WERE TO CLICK THE "REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION" BUTTON, "SUBSCRIBERS TO THIS LIST SERVICE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SITE FOR ALL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THEIR DESIRED ACQUISITIONS." There are a few minor things that need tweaking and the solicitation materials will be available on Monday, June 19. ++++THIS PROCUREMENT IS A BUY INDIAN SET ASIDE. ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKA NATIVE OWNED VENDORS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES OR ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS MAY COMPETE FOR THIS ACQUISITION. JOINT VENTURES BETWEEN A NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE FIRMS ARE PERMISSIBLE PROVIDED THAT OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE JOINT VENTURE IS AT LEAST 51% CONTROLLED BY THE NATIVE OR ALASKA NATIVE OWNED VENDOR. PARTICIPANTS IN THE MENTOR/PROT?G? PROGRAM OF THE BUY INDIAN ACT ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE. INDIAN PREFERENCE ALSO APPLIES TO THIS ACQUISITION AS TO SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VENDORS. IF YOU ARE ONLY A STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBAL ENTITY, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT SINCE STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBAL ENTITIES ARE NOT FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED, THEREBY NOT FALLING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BUY INDIAN ACT. FURTHER, GIVEN THAT THIS PROCUREMENT IS A BUY INDIAN SET ASIDE, UNFORTUNATELY STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBAL 8(A) AFFILIATED BUSINESSES (AS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE SBA?S 8(A) PROGRAM) ARE ALSO NOT ELIGIBLE. ++++ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE FROM MR. DOWNING OR MR. MOOMAW ARE THE ONLY AUTHORIZED SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THIS PROCUREMENT ACTION. ANY OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED ELSEWHERE, SUCH AS WEBSITES AS INPUT.COM, FEDSOURCE, OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM OTHER THAN MR. DOWNING OR MR. MOOMAW, ARE NOT AUTHORIZED BY BIA. ANY RELIANCE BY A VENDOR ON UNAUTHORIZED SOURCES OF INFORMATION IS DONE SOLELY AT THE OFFEROR'S RISK. ++++AND BEFORE I'M ASKED, yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus. And yes Virginia, there ARE incumbent contractors for this requirement. :o) And although there are incumbents, I will not be sharing with any offeror who those incumbents are since that information is irrelevant for this RFP. ++++Open and Closing Response Dates: Friday, June 16, 2006 through Thursday, July 6, 2006. Contract Award Amount: TBA - Contract Line Items Numbers - TBA Contract Award Date: ON OR ABOUT Friday, July 14, 2006 with performance beginning on or about Wednesday, July 26, 2006. These are approximate dates and will vary upon number the of proposals received. Contractor: TBA Dates and Places of Delivery: Place of Performance will be Herndon, VA and other locations as necessary. Period of Performance is expected to be one year with the possibility of four option years. Offers Due Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006 @ 5:30 pm (1730 hours) EDT.
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