SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- DISA INTEGRATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AUDIO, VISUAL, OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS, TRAINING, READINESS AND ASSOCIATED EXERCISE, EXPERIMENTATION, MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY INSERTION R
- Notice Date
- 4/5/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement Directorate, DITCO-Scott, 2300 East Dr., Building 3600, Scott AFB, Illinois, 62225-5406, United States
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5406
- Solicitation Number
- DITCO6666
- Archive Date
- 5/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Anne K Keller, Phone: 618-229-9504
- E-Mail Address
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anne.keller@disa.mil
(anne.keller@disa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) / SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DISA INTEGRATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AUDIO, VISUAL, OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS, TRAINING, READINESS AND ASSOCIATED EXERCISE, EXPERIMENTATION, MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY INSERTION REQUIREMENTS THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFI/SOURCES SOUGHT OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR INFORMATION RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE RFI. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to the RFI which is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Responses to the RFI will not be returned nor will the Government confirm receipt of the RFI response. Whatever information is provided in response to this RFI will be used to access tradeoffs and alternatives available for determining how to proceed in the acquisition process. FAR SUBPART 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, is applicable. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541512 and 541712, with the corresponding size standard of $25M or 500 employees. Small businesses, in addition to large businesses, are strongly encouraged to provide responses to this RFI, in order to assist DISA in determining the potential levels of interest, competition and technical capability to provide the required services within the Small Business community. In addition, this information will also be used to assist DISA in establishing a basis for developing any subsequent potential subcontract plan small business goal percentages. REQUIREMENT The objective of this RFI / Sources Sought is to ascertain industry interest in providing world-class, integrated, leading-edge telecommunications and IT solutions providing the greatest set of economically feasible options for the highest possible operational mission readiness. These capabilities will be provided through world-class functional capabilities, integrated solutions, studies, products, attributes or services supporting DISA, external customers and stakeholders. The complex and uncertain national security environment, the transformational DoD organizational structure, and rapid advancements in technology demand an integrated, modernized, flexible, readily adaptive, highly agile, industry standards-based, responsive framework of communications, enabling information integration, and rapid decision making. DoD established the Global Information Grid (GIG) as its architectural framework to effectively integrate all elements of national power into a consolidated, collaborative warfighting capability. This vision of an integrated global environment necessitates a distinct set of information system capabilities to include: - Built using open architecture standards - Seamless worldwide telecommunications coverage and multiple path connectivity - Globally secure and nonsecure voice, video and data assured service under possibly austere environmental conditions - Operational flexibility to resize and reconfigure automatically and on-the-fly - Highly agile and readily reconfigurable communications and IT assets immediately responsive to imminent, emerging or persistent threats and requirements - Identical operational "look and feel" when in garrison or deployed - Real-time, world-wide span of network/communication system command and control - Seamless interoperability across multiple functional areas with internal and external stakeholders, DoD and other external customers as directed - Immediate access to tailored intelligence and support information systems - Split base and/or reach back into integrated data assets (intelligence, logistics, etc.) or systems - Bandwidth on demand (bandwidth where and when it's needed) - Dynamic bandwidth allocation across multiple simultaneous connectivity paths supporting secure and nonsecure voice, video and data. - Increased affordability, reliability, and sustainability with fewer mission support staff and shortened lead/planning times among deployed forces - Minimal, centralized logistical footprint - Expeditionary capability - Performance-based and just-in-time logistics - Complete life cycle maintenance and supportability processes from inception to disposal - Information flows tailored to user needs such as collection, storage and distribution - Integrated Web Services including support, operations, logistics, management and control - Utilization of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) where feasible - Environmentally friendly, energy-star compliant - Supports virtualization of services and cloud computing to the maximum extent possible - Data driven, predictive, anticipatory and integrated automated decision support systems increasing mission readiness, responsiveness and operational mission execution while increasing command and control capabilities - Conform with and augment the DISA's Common Operating Picture (COP) / Integrated Network Monitoring System - Aggressively seeks enhanced, world-class level mission readiness and operational capability expansion through exercises, experimentation, prototyping, modernization and technology insertion requirements during all phases of a system's life cycle DISA supports a broadly defined, globally present communications architecture and doctrine with multiple lines of business. DISA relies on a diverse and flexible set of systems and networks in order to provide a multitude of highly reliable, available, secure and Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) voice, video, and data services to its stakeholders. A unique blend and integration of COTS and GOTS technologies, military systems, facilities, equipment and applications are exploited in order to provide the required communications services. A web of connectivity, diverse in legacy and current technology, links the infrastructure of systems and networks internally and externally to provide interoperability among various agencies and organizations, customers and stakeholders who must communicate and collaborate with each other to accomplish their mission. The diversity of the current architecture and the mission requirement for 100% services availability, worldwide, requires exceptional operations and maintenance performance of first; the fixed infrastructure and systems, and second; the travel equipment and mission performance, augmented by mobility requirements which bridge the gap between the fixed and travel missions. The diversity and number of unique networks and operational equipment requires a large support system to deliver logistics, training, and travel support for the agency's mission. DISA is tasked with providing and supporting integrated IT and communication solution efforts for all operational concept development, planning, operational, training, readiness, exercise, experimentation, prototyping, maintenance, and associated support and life-cycle management activities to accomplish its mission. This mission requires technical, operational and scientific support services to meet technical, operational, analytic as well as national commitments and/or requirements of IT solutions which encompass a large range of capabilities from legacy systems to new, emerging net-centric, collaborative technologies. Interested parties shall assist DISA in providing IT solutions for activities throughout all operating levels of the organization in support of all functional requirements. Interested parties shall assist the government by furnishing all personnel, products, materials, facilities, travel, services, managed services and other items needed to satisfy the worldwide planning, development, deployment, operation, maintenance, sustainment and replacement requirements of DISA systems. The following will not be obtained under this initiative: point to point communication circuits. The nature of services which may be required, but not limited to, support include U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, USMC, other DoD, Joint, other U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Park Service coordination and collaboration. Emphasis will be placed on cradle to grave operational support to include training, exercise and event support; operational readiness assessments and analysis, operational concept formulation; methodology and process analysis, and design, development, test and evaluation; and integrated IT/communications/video/broadcast advanced concept/technology development, prototype, experimentation, demonstration and technology insertion support. Software and hardware development and integration support may be required as incidental to support the efforts identified in this RFI. Security requirements applicable to the interested parties will be per the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) outlined in DoDI 8510.01. Security requirements applicable in DCID will be followed for SCI networks. Interested parties will be required to transmit and deliver any classified material/reports IAW the National Industrial Security Program Operations Manual (NISPOM) and the Industrial Security Regulation (DoD 5220.22-S-2). For a majority of the tasking, the government anticipates interested parties will have indigenous resources including personnel with highly specialized military backgrounds and/or advanced subject matter expertise and who are considered subject matter experts in their field along with hardware/software development, system engineering and system integration capabilities. The interested parties must be capable of staffing short-fused mission critical requirements in support of the following technical requirements and be capable of supporting large scale training, exercise and event support surge requirements. Interested parties shall provide the expertise required to support these efforts with highly trained technical, scientific, and operational professionals drawn from former members of Government service, senior military non-commissioned as well as commissioned officers, Joint and other DoD senior military members and subject matter experts from private industry, academia or developmental laboratory environments. This national-level expertise is critical to ensuring the tasking in support of all mission requirements is accomplished in an efficient and effective manner with the highest degree of professionalism and customer service. Interested parties shall assist the government by providing administrative and operational information technology support, including network engineering, analysis and support for the acquisition, installation, fielding, training, operation, maintenance, security, and life-cycle management of components and systems in the operational environments of DISA as well as internal and external customers and other stakeholders as directed. A single solution may be fielded to several sites or across the enterprise. Each of these locations may require site surveys and corresponding site-specific implementation and integration efforts. Fielding, implementation and life-cycle support documentation, such as "as-built drawings," and acceptance tests, out-briefs and technical data may be required at each location, as specified in the individual task order and be in compliance with common, industry-accepted standards, e.g., DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF). Network analysis and support includes providing assistance with the procurement of services necessary and incident to the protection of the client's domains and systems to ensure continuity and viability, simultaneously fitting with DISA's strategic objectives and vision while reducing vulnerability. Solutions, services and support anticipated to be available under this RFI and defined within this scope are contained in the task areas identified below: •· Task Area 1 - Information Assurance (IA) and Security Support •· Task Area 2 - Requirements Analysis Support •· Task Area 3 - Training Support •· Task Area 4 - Life Cycle Supportability •· Task Area 5 - Telecommunication Certification Office (TCO) Support •· Task Area 6 - Operations Center Support •· Task Area 7 - Spectrum Management Support •· Task Area 8 - Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Support and Advocacy •· Task Area 9 - COMSEC Management Support •· Task Area 10 - Market Research, Prototyping, Exercise and Technology Transition Support •· Task Area 11 - Program Management Support •· Task Area 12 - Test and Evaluation (T&E) Support •· Task Area 13 - Configuration Management & Technical Data/Documentation Support •· Task Area 14 - Strategic Planning and Enterprise IT Policy Support •· Task Area 15 - Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) Support •· Task Area 16 - Enterprise Architecture Support •· Task Area 17 - Systems Engineering Support •· Task Area 18 - Business Intelligence (BI) / Performance Benchmarking Support •· Task Area 19 - Business Process Reengineering Support •· Task Area 20 - Cable Plant Services •· Task Area 21 - Managed Service Support •· Task Area 22 - Switchboard Operations Support •· Task Area 23 - Media Outreach, Audio Visual, Video Teleconferencing and Event Production Services •· Task Area 24 - Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Emergency Management Support •· Task Area 25 - Physical Security Augmentation Support •· Task Area 26 - Physical Security Engineer Support •· Task Area 27 - Network Support •· Task Area 28 - Voice Systems Switching Support •· Task Area 29 - Radio Frequency (RF) Support These task areas provide a comprehensive template for DISA's IT, communication and network operational support and mission execution. These areas include providing assistance with the engineering efforts in each task area required by DISA, other Government Agencies, external customers and other stakeholders as directed. This work requirement will be flexible and readily adaptable to satisfy a variety of requirements. Enterprise services will be defined independently from specific network and systems technology, as needed. Exploitation of new technology and collaborative capabilities will be aggressively sought after and will be made easier by the flexibility of the service architecture, which fits in an environment with multiple providers of services. The coexistence of a number of DISA stakeholders and customers, performing various roles, must be supported. In addition, required solutions must provide a flexible framework with respect to changes, and must define an open environment, which enables the introduction of new technologies and modification of services, the introduction and modification of new software and hardware components from different vendors and organizations, and support industry standards-based interoperability among such services and components. A key goal of this work is to maximize the use of commercial products, provide for an avenue for infusing state-of-the-art technology while designing, implementing and supporting them with industry best practices. The architectures and engineering must be industry standards-based, enabling the management of services, the underlying service infrastructure and the deliberate planning for periodic capability upgrades as necessary. The architectures and engineering considerations must facilitate the control and management aspects of all services to provide the maximum possible operational options. The architectures and engineering considerations must aggressively plan for, implement and support flexibility, adaptability, agility, modularity, interface openness to support the maximum operational utility and readiness possible given the extremely wide range of DISA support requirements. As a tenant of SOA and cloud computing, technical users must be able to access services independent of their physical location and the types of solutions being used in the most collaborative method possible. In addition, these requirements must make accommodations to smoothly transition from and in the interim, support interoperability with existing systems and services (e.g., with legacy or web-based services). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Responses should include the (1) business name and address; (2) name of company representative and their business title; (3) contract vehicles available which would be available to the Government for the procurement of the product and service, to include General Service Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle. CONTACT INFORMATION All inquires and questions related to this RFI should be sent to the following Point of Contact: LCDR Dan Rieken, ( 202) 678-0720, e-mail: dan.rieken@us.army.mil. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS RFI responses are due by 1700 EST, April 28 th, 2010 and should be submitted via email (not to exceed 1 MB) to: LCDR Dan Rieken, e-mail: dan.rieken@us.army.mil.
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