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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 02, 2014 FBO #4542
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- USAC Request for Proposal: Security Penetration Testing for NLAD

Notice Date

4/30/2014
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

541511 — Custom Computer Programming Services
 

Contracting Office

Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554, United States
 

ZIP Code

20554
 

Solicitation Number

USAC-IT-2014-04-004
 

Archive Date

5/24/2014
 

Point of Contact

Aaron Hamm, Phone: 2027760200
 

E-Mail Address

ahamm@usac.org
(ahamm@usac.org)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Security Penetration Testing for National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD). The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. The closing date for quotes is May 9, 2014 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Security Penetration Testing for NLAD. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFP describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Low Income (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC currently has a need to perform security penetration testing within our National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) prior to every minor release of the software. The Contractor must perform a manual and automated penetration test on an environment within four (4) days after USAC provides it. USAC estimates that it will have six (6) minor releases that will occur during 2014, and possibly extend in 2015. USAC must have an external party perform the penetration testing for each release. The Contractor shall provide all hardware, software, facilities, equipment, supplies, materials, and labor necessary to conduct the penetration testing. This solicitation contains instructions on how to respond to this RFP. Proposals for this solicitation are due no later than May 9, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete quotes must be submitted to Mr. Aaron Hamm, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFQ. Quotes must be submitted by e-mail ( rfp@usac.org ), mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Aaron Hamm, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/USAC-IT-2014-04-004/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States

Zip Code: 20036
 

Record

SN03352704-W 20140502/140430235037-eec2f27cc5eca354ab3aa1dfad74e661 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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