National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support
This Award Notice from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center announced multiple contract awards under a solicitation for event planning, operations and support services for the National Cyber Range Complex. There were five awardees under full and open Lot 1 and nine awardees under the small business set aside Lot 2, with initial task orders awarded to each to satisfy minimum guarantees. The largest single award was to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. for $24,156,857.48 to support innovation and technology council requirements for the National Cyber Range Complex.
W900KK20R0011 Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center
7/29/21, 10:45 AM National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support
This sources sought notice requests capability statements from contractors to support the National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support (NCRC EPOS) requirement. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando seeks to establish a contract to provide cyber range event planning, execution, operations support and IT service management for the National Cyber Range Complex. Services include translating customer objectives into cybersecurity environments, designing IT assets for closed loop cyber ranges, planning and executing cyber range events for testing and training, and operating specialized data centers. Responses were due by September 30, 2019 with evaluation criteria including experience in these service areas as well as relevant security clearances and accreditation processes. An industry day was held October 22-24, 2019 to provide additional details and schedule one-on-one sessions.
The solicitation anticipates a partial small business set-aside designation. Relevant NAICS codes include 541511, 541512, and PSC codes D302 and R425. No incumbent or current contractors are identified. The final RFP is expected in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 with no budget or value provided.
W900KK-20-R-0011 Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center
9/13/19, 9:24 AM National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support
This Special Notice announces a pre-proposal conference for the National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations, and Support (NCRC EPOS) opportunity issued by the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-ORL) in partnership with the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC). The conference will provide information to industry on the structure and source selection methodology for the NCRC EPOS Request for Proposal (RFP).
The pre-proposal conference will be held on March 17, 2020 at Partnership III in Orlando, Florida. The purpose is to facilitate industry's understanding of the RFP requirements and evaluation approach. Contractors must pre-register by March 12 and have a certified Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement and distribution agreement in place to attend. The conference will explain the RFP and allow questions, which will be answered in a subsequent RFP amendment rather than at the event. Eligible contractors will gain insight into the NCRC EPOS programs and initiatives to support informed proposal submissions for this cyber range support opportunity.
W900KK-20-R-0011 Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center
3/5/20, 3:29 PM National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando, in coordination with the Test Resource Management Center and Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, intends to solicit proposals for the National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning Operations Support requirement. This will result in multiple award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts to provide skilled personnel, expertise, and capabilities to plan and execute events at National Cyber Range locations, operate and maintain technical infrastructure, and support enterprise services across the complex. Proposals will be evaluated based on the ability to support test and evaluation, research, engineering strategy, capability integration, and development support to the Department of Defense. The deadline for questions is February 6, 2020, with an anticipated solicitation release of March 6, 2020 and response deadline 45 days thereafter.
The solicitation will contain two separate lots, one unrestricted and one set aside for small businesses. The small business set aside is designated under NAICS code 541519 and PSC code D302. The total combined value of awards is expected to be $2.4 billion over the life of the contracts. The incumbent is unknown at this time. Awards are anticipated to be made by December 2020 to maintain support for increasing demands in cyber developmental testing, evaluation, and training across the Department of Defense.
W900KK20R0011 Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center
1/23/20, 10:06 AM National Cyber Range Complex Event Planning, Operations and Support
This solicitation seeks proposals to provide event planning, operations, and support services for the National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC). The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center intends to award multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to support event planning, network operations, and training environment design for cybersecurity testing, evaluation, and training at NCRC locations. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical approach, past performance, small business participation, cost/price, and administrative factors. Key dates include a February 25, 2020 deadline to request technical data, March 16-17, 2020 for the pre-proposal conference, and an April 6, 2020 deadline for proposal submissions.
The solicitation includes both full and open competition and partial small business set-asides. NAICS code 541519 applies with a size standard of $30 million. The potential ordering period is ten years with a collective ceiling of $2.415 billion to be awarded across contracts performed at NCRC sites in Orlando, Charleston, Patuxent River, and Fort Walton Beach. Offerors must complete a distribution agreement and submit required registration documents to obtain export-controlled and controlled unclassified information needed to understand classified system specifications and support complex cyber ranges for the Department of Defense.
W900KK-20-R-0011 Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Orlando Contracting Center
2/21/20, 12:43 PM