SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- 1. CSEPP intends to award a follow-on support contract for information technology support for CSEPP Operations at the seven US Army chemical agent storage sites .
- Notice Date
- 10/29/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Acquisition Center - Edgewood, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- W911SR-07-R-B666
- Response Due
- 12/15/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- Stephen Skolnik, 410-436-3955
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to RDECOM Acquisition Center - Edgewood
(stephen.skolnik@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) General Information Technology Support: " Capability and experience in maintaining a user support help desk. " Capability and experience in providing remote management, troubleshooting, and support of hardware and software to include establishing a secure management network. " Capabilities to receive, stage, configure, assemble, and customize computer hardware. " Capabilities to install and configure hardware, migrate software and data, and assist with infrastructure improvements. " Capability and experience in supporting and coordinating with third parties such as application developers, systems vendors, and site IT staff. " Capability to provide support to CSEPP exercises by conducting pre- and post-exercise checks and configuring network access for the simulation cell and exercise control center. " Capability to maintain and modify existing scripts and utilities used to collect and archive metrological data, system statistics, and to provide automated reporting capabilities. Hardware and Software Support: " Capability and experience in monitoring hardware and software systems for problems, failures, and anomalies and to resolve discovered issues. " Capability to and experience to administer Solaris, Windows Server, and Linux platforms. " Capability and experience to monitor systems for compliance with DoD Security Implementation Guides (STIGs) and apply configuration changes as required. " Capability and experience to perform routine system administration tasks including scheduling and confirming backups, maintenance of logs, monitoring files space and resource usage, monitoring processes, and maintaining administrative scripts and process es. " Capability and experience in auditing systems for secure configuration, auditing security events, and performing virus scans. Network Management and Support " Capability and experience in monitoring and trouble shooting data circuits for errors, outages, anomalies, and usage (T 1, fiber, ethernet). " Capability and experience to maintain network routing among the stockpile sites, state and local networks, depot networks, and the NIPRNET using a mixture of routing protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, etc.) and static routes. " Capability and experience in configuring and maintaining access control lists on network routers, firewalls, and servers; configuring and maintaining VPN servers. Information Assurance " Capability and experience to monitor Army, Defense, and vendor information assurance issuances, make assessments, and implement changes and patches as required. " Capability to support certification and accreditation under the DIACAP and support the transition from DITSCAP to DIACAP. " Capability and experience to perform and prepare risk assessments, contingency plans, information security control plans, and support networthiness certification. Personnel/Facility Requirements " Contractor personnel who perform information technology functions including systems administration and help desk functions must meet all personnel security requirements as defined in Army Regulation 25-2, Section V, paragraph 4-14. Contractor personnel must attend or have attended information assurance training commensurate with the IT position category required by the tasks performed. " Experience in the emergency management domain is desired. Experience in providing service to state and local governments is desired. " Personnel should be skilled in writing and maintaining administrative scripts and routines, commercial and opensource databases, and web site administration. " The contractor facility must be appropriate to process sensitive but unclassified information, connect to the CSEPP WAN, and securely stage and store government equipment. 2. The Director, US Army Chemical Stockpile Emergency Management requests that industry sources interested in participating in the follow-on information technology support effort respond to this Government request with the following information: a. Name and location of the facility for the information support services. b. Marketing literature. c. Certifications required in the KPP. d. Prior customers for the proposed service, including customer points-of-contact (names and telephone numbers). e. The Director Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness may request you to provide an oral presentation of your product, not to exceed 30 minutes, followed by a 30-minute question and answer session. The requested information should be submitted electronically in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf). When printed onto single-sided letter-size sheets the submitted information should not exceed ten (10) sheets. The information should be forwarded elec tronically to: Mr. Kevin Kammerer Contracts Manager, CSEPP kevin.kammerer@apgea.army.mil 410.436.7666 FAX 410.436.3179 End of document
- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Edgewood ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Record
- SN01442500-W 20071031/071029223541 (fbodaily.com)
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