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A -- INFORMATION ASSURANCE OF THE ISO ARCHITECTURE: SYSTEMS ARCGITECTURE AND INTEGRATION SOL BAA97-11 DUE 093097 POC O.Sami Saydjari, fax 703-516-6065 INFORMATION ASSURANCE OF THE ISO ARCHITECTURE: SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND INTEGRATION. SOL BAA97-11 Addendum DUE 123197 POC O. Sami Saydjari. DARPA's Information Systems Office (ISO) seeks Information Assurance (IA) solutions for the Advanced Information Technology Services (AITS) Reference Architecture, which is being used for the Joint Task Force Advanced Technology Demonstration (JTF ATD), Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) After Next Program, and other ISO programs. ISO plans to evolve and enhance this AITS Reference Architecture and reuse it in future programs, and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) plans to use it as the basis of its Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) architecture. The architecture rests on a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) layer over the DII Common Operating Environment (COE). The AITS Reference Architecture will integrate technology incrementally in phased releases over several years and offers critical new capabilities to the Defense Department. These capabilities are of little value if users are not confident that the capabilities can adequately protect information and be available under high system stress or attack. The purpose of the Information Assurance program is to create the basis of this confidence. Thus, the IA program is a critical enabling program for most key technology programs in ISO and consequently is urgent and high priority. The technology and approaches sought should integrate security, network adaptability to stress, and survivability into the architecture and thus provide information assurance. DARPA seeks to do this in phased increments over the next 3 years. The anticipated size of the total award will not exceed $5M over a period of three years. Proposals are sought which will support development of an Information Assurance system architecture which will overlay the existing architecture. This IA architecture must be capable of withstanding system stresses through robust, adaptive, proactive protection and management of information and information transport services. BAA 97-11 described and requested proposals in 12 areas; THE FOCUS OF THIS BAA ADDENDUM IS AREA 1. Area 1 is: a) a systems architecture and integration effort which includes: the development of the IA system architecture itself, and b) management and integration of the efforts of contractors who develop IA technologies to populate the architecture. Areas 2 -- 12 are individual efforts which will accomplish integration of existing and emerging state-of-the-art technologies or develop new technologies which will fill in the gaps between existing or state-of-the-art, and that meet required program objectives as stated above. Areas 2 -- 12 are grouped into 3 major divisions of consideration: (1) protection, (2) security and integrity, and (3) systems management. It is essential that the integration facilitate upgrading to newer, better solutions as they become available and accommodate rapid advances in base computing and networking technologies. Proposals offered under this architecture/integration solicitation must show a clearly defined collaboration with, at a minimum, the technology efforts selected under the first round of BAA 97-11 evaluations. Offerors are urged to demonstrate ability to integrate other significant information security technologies available. GENERAL INFORMATION: Information in this announcement is NOT complete. Offerors MUST also refer to the associated Proposer Information Packet (PIP) ADDENDUM before submitting a proposal. SCHEDULE: This BAA will be open through 19 December 1997. In order to be considered for the current round of evaluations, proposals must be received prior to 1600 EDT, 30 September 1997. It is anticipated that the evaluation period will be completed no earlier than 20 October 1997. Some award announcements may be made as early as the end of the evaluation period. However, no award announcements will be made prior to this date and no information regarding the status of evaluations during this period will be released.Proposals received after 30 September, but prior to the close of the BAA, will be reviewed based on a schedule determined by program requirements and funds availability. Proposals received after the close of this BAA will be returned unopened. A potential offerors conference will be held 0900 -- 1500, 25 July 1997 at the Double Tree Hotel, Columbia River, Portland, OR (503)-283-2111. The Information Assurance program and technology efforts selected during the first round of BAA 97-11 will be briefed. Potential offerors should submit, by 18 July 1997, notification of conference attendance by Email to baa97-11@darpa.mil (CASE SENSITIVE). The notification Email should include: Organization Name, Address, Attendee Name(s), Attendee telephone and fax number, and Email address. SUBMISSION: Offerors must submit an original and eight (8) copies of their technical proposal and five (5) copies of their cost proposal to the administrative address for this BAA in order to be considered. Offerors MUST obtain the BAA97-11 ADDENDUM Proposer s Information Packet (PIP), which provides further information on the content, preparation, format, submission and evaluation criteria of proposals and other important information. This packet may be obtained from the World Wide Web one working day after the CBD publication at URL address http://www.hokie.bs1.prc.com/97-11/info.htm. These documents may also be requested in writing by sending correspondence by facsimile to 703-516-6065 addressed to ATTENTION Information Assurance or by surface mail addressed to DARPA/ISO, ATTN: BAA97-11 INFORMATION, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714. These requests MUST include the name and phone number of a point of contact. FORMAT: Failure to adhere to the format specified in the BAA 97-11 ADDENDUM PIP is sufficient grounds for proposals to be considered non-responsive. In response to the Systems Architecture and Integration area, the offeror MUST format according to the BAA 97-11 ADDENDUM PIP which has been modified from the original BAA 97-11 PIP. EVALUATION AND AWARD: Proposals will be selected through a technical/scientific/peer review. Proposal evaluations will be based own technical merit. DARPA will evaluate proposals and make contract awards within a reasonable period of time after receipt. Evaluations will be performed using the following criteria: (1) Security Architecture and System Architecture Capabilities, (2) System Development and System Integration Capabilities (3) Understanding of Operating Environment, (4) Quality of Management Plan, (5) Personnel, and (6) Defensibility of Cost. Criteria (1) holds the greatest weight, and the remaining criteria are in descending order of weight, except criteria (4) and (5) which are of equal weight. Note: Cost Defensibility will only be significant for proposals which appear to have significantly over- or under-estimated the cost to complete the research. Procurement Vehicles. (Consistent with BAA 97-11 CBD publication of 9 January 1997). SPECIAL NOTICE: (Consistent with BAA 97-11 CBD publication of 9 January 1997). ADMINISTRATIVE: All administrative correspondence and questions on this solicitation must be directed to one of the administrative addresses below. Email or fax is preferred. DARPA intends to use electronic mail for most technical and administrative correspondence regarding this BAA. Technical and contractual questions should be directed to baa97-11@darpa.mil. Include the originator's full name and return Email address in the text. These questions will be answered directly by Email. All questions must be submitted in writing. Administrative addresses: The PIP and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are available at http://www.hokie.bs1.prc.com/97-11/info.htm. Written requests for these documents may be sent by facsimile to 703-516-6065 addressed to ATTENTION Information Assurance or by surface mail addressed to DARPA/ISO, ATTN: BAA97-11 INFORMATION, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714. These requests must include the name and phone number of a point of contact. (0178)

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