Open_Source_Intelligence_Services_-_Industry_Day_FINAL.pptx

Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Threat Investigations and Analysis Industry Day Briefing Open Source Intelligence Services

RFP# 19AQMM19R0093

Agenda Office of Acquisition Management – Contracting Officer - Mr. Farzad J. Afrasiabi DS/TIA – Contracting Officer’s Representative - Supervisory Special Agent - Mr. Zack Kendall Goals: Further Explain Requirement, RFP Process and Teaming Arrangements No Questions until Draft RFP is released Presentation and Company Attendee List will be released on FBO NLT 13 Feb 2019

Threat Investigations and Analysis The Diplomatic Security Directorate of Threat Investigations and Analysis analyzes, assesses, investigates, and disseminates information on threats directed against U.S. diplomatic personnel overseas and domestically.

New 24x7x365 open source intelligence initiative Focused on domestic equities and protectees Information must be protected and used in strict compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and other federal and agency regulations regarding the handling of personal and law enforcement sensitive information.

All sources of publicly available information (including international) Consist largely of specialists and analysts Specialists will monitor for content of concern and threats and pass (“tip”) the information to the analytical team Analysts will vet information passed from the specialists for accuracy, relevance, and timeliness through a variety of commercial and USG databases.

Information will be passed to appropriate DS office or USG partner, as appropriate Phased plan for staff build-up Approximately 69 personnel (total) by the end of FY2021 Personnel will be mix of foreign service, civil service, personal services contractor, and third-party contractors

“Domestic equities and protectees” include, but are not limited to, DoS VIPs, DoS facilities, visiting high level foreign dignitaries, and foreign mission facilities located in the U.S.

Foreign Service personnel will include Special Agents.

Monitoring and Analysis Monitoring DS-designated priorities focus on the safety and security of State Department equities (such as facilities and personnel) Domestic equities are numerous – several high profile protectees and hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S.

Monitoring will look for threats (direct and indirect) towards designated DS equities, not simply provided a news digest or headline summary, etc.

Indirect threats include significant events that may affect the safety and security of Department facilities or personnel Analysis Generally tactical assessments of potential threats to DS equities with very limited strategic analysis of online trends, public perception, etc.

Assessments will use publicly available information as well as government data to vet the information provided by the monitoring specialists before communicating it to the appropriate DS or USG entity.

DS will provide the tools and tool-specific training

Note: the office is focused on domestic monitoring priorities, but there is an overseas support component within the office to provide domestically-based reach-back support to DS security personnel overseas.

Statement of Work Requirements Provide qualified staff at levels to adequately meet contract requirements Monitoring Specialist Staff Secret vs TS/SCI Language Enabled Arabic need Currently Various skill levels 24/7/365 working 12 hour shifts Analyst Staff – TS/SCI 24/7/365 working 12 hour shifts Special Programs Analyst Staff - TS/SCI Regular business hours Logistics Coordinator Staff – TS Regular business hours Office Management Staff – TS Regular business hours Leadership will be FS and GS personnel Teams will consist of mixed government and contractor personnel

Statement of Work Requirements (Cont.)

Labor Categories Annual Personnel (06/03/19-09/30/19) Annual Personnel (10/01/19-06/02/20)

Statement of Work Requirements (cont.)

Duties/Responsibilities, Requirements, Minimum Experience/Education as per SOW Location Temporary Government Space on 8th Floor of 1801 N. Lynn Street, Arlington VA Permanent Space TBD – anticipated to be in Arlington, VA Time and Materials/Labor Hour Anticipated requirement increase over course of contract(if options are exercised) Technical Instruction (TI) To be provided IAW Clause H-025 – Technical Direction Facility Security Clearance – TOP SECRET

Acquisition Strategy Full and Open Competition Subcontracting Plan required IAW Clause FAR 52.219-9 and DOSARS 652.219-70 Trade-Off between Cost/Price and Non-Cost/Price Factors When combined, Non-Cost/Price Factors significantly more important than cost/price

RFP Instructions Multi-phased Evaluation To ensure maximum efficiency, limit undue financial risk associated with Bid and Proposal cost expenditures by Offerors Phase 1 resulting in a competitive range determination Phase I – Factor 1 - Performance Confidence Assessment Bidder’s Customer, NOT bidder, shall submit Past Performance Customer Satisfaction Surveys At least 2 references must have been performed as Prime Gov’t may use CPARS references Format and details to be provided via RFP Competitive Range will be determined following Performance Confidence Assessment Only firms included in Competitive range will be invited to continue to Phase II

RFP Instructions (Cont.)

Phase II – Technical and Cost/Price Proposals Factor 2 – Staffing Approach Approach to recruiting and retaining the contractors providing direct labor Factor 3 – Management Approach Comprehensive description of offerors’ management approach to meet requirements in the SOW Factor 4 – Cost/Price Proposal Offerors’ to price their fixed, fully burdened rates using Excel Pricing Spreadsheet Spreadsheet shall contain the development of the fully burdened rates Price Proposal Notes required Business Management Requiring bidders to prove Firm’s financial condition, capacity to satisfy FAR 9.104 Provide Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Lines of Credit

Evaluation Multi-phased Evaluation Phase I – Factor 1 - Performance Confidence Assessment Relevancy Scope – Similar types of Services Magnitude – Compared to estimated price per year Complexity(24/7/365 operations, # of monitored/protected equities, use of COTS toolsets/platforms, interaction with IC and LE community, operations requiring language/cultural expertise) Performance History Relevancy combined with Performance History - Substantial, Satisfactory, Limited, No or Neutral/Unknown Confidence Competitive Range will be determined following Performance Confidence Assessment Only highest rated will be included in Competitive Range, may be further limited for efficiency Only firms included in Competitive range will be invited to continue to Phase II

Phase II - Technical and Cost/Price Factor 2 – Staffing Approach Evaluate the extent to which the offerors’ proposal demonstrates approaches that will attract and retain qualified staff

Evaluation (Cont.)

Factor 3 – Management Approach Evaluate the extent to which the offeror demonstrates a comprehensive and effective Management Approach to meet the requirements of the contract Factors 2 and 3 will be rated as either Superior, Acceptable, Marginal or unacceptable

Factor 4 – Cost/Price Cost/Price Evaluation Price Reasonableness Completeness, accuracy and reasonableness of proposed prices Responsibility IAW FAR 9.104

Trade-Off Analysis IAW FAR 15.101-1 using all parts of the proposal(Past Performance, Technical Proposal and Cost/Price)

Follow-up Today’s briefing material posted No-Later-Than 13 Feb 2019 Subject to change Questions will be answered post draft RFP release POCs Farzad Afrasiabi, Contracting Officer, AfrasiabiF@state.gov Renee McElrath, Contract Specialist, McelrathRN@state.gov