18_233_00004_Pre-Solicitation_Notice_JSP_NETMOD.docx

**Pre-solicitation Notice*** The Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center (PSC), Division of Assisted Acquisitions intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD), Joint Service Provider (JSP), Arlington, Virginia.

PSC intends to issue the RFP on or around 16 February 2018. This is a Pre-solicitation notice, thus no proposals are currently being requested and should not be submitted at this time.

JSP seeks a holistic solution that will modernize the Pentagon network infrastructure. The goal is to simplify, flatten, and optimize the network topology, design, and operations through use of virtualization, routing and orchestration techniques. JSP is intent on dramatically decreasing time to market and operational overhead while increasing network efficiency, sustainability, agility, flexibility, performance, and responsiveness. Additionally, JSP must harden the network against an ever-change threat environment and protect the DoD from state and non-state actors intent on disrupting mission operations and the defense of our nation.

Anticipated Contract Type: Hybrid Firm Fixed Priced (FFP) and Time and Materials (T&M) Line Item(s): FFP and T&M Basis for Award: Best Value Place of Performance: Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia Period of Performance: 5 years (Base + 4 one year Options) Socio Economic: Unrestricted North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 541519, Other Computer Related Services Small Business Size Standard: 150 employees Product Service Code (PSC): D399, Other Computer Services Solicitation Number: The solicitation is anticipated to be issued on www.fbo.gov under 18-233-SOL-00004.

There are no current services being provided for this requirement.

The primary purpose of this procurement is to furnish all labor, management, logistical and technical support services to the JSP civilian and military workforce to implement a Software Defined Networking solution.

Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award of the contract. The solicitation for this acquisition will be released electronically and documents will be available only on the Federal Business Opportunity website at www.fbo.gov. All changes to the solicitation will be made via modifications posted to www.fbo.gov. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the website daily for any posted notices or amendments to the solicitation. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest.

Address ALL questions in writing to the issuing office via email to travis.sutton@psc.hhs.gov and michael.glim@psc.hhs.gov.