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This is an appendix containing questions for service/solution providers as part of an RFI for the Army's Next-generation Commercial Operations in Defended Enclaves (NCODE) initiative, dated December 23, 2024. The questions are divided into two main sections: technical considerations and contracting approach.
The technical section requests feedback on delivery models, pricing models for on-demand resources, and appropriate discriminators for making awards. The contracting approach section seeks input on the preferred contracting vehicle between CSO and MA IDIQ options, including benefits and drawbacks of each approach. Specific questions address barriers to entry for small businesses, costs associated with implementing NIST SP800 171 & 172 controls, potential automation options, and pricing assumptions. The document is structured as a questionnaire format with 13 total questions designed to gather industry feedback on both technical implementation and acquisition strategy for the NCODE program.
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Appendix 2- Questions for Service/Solution Providers
Rev 1- 23 December 2024
Technical Considerations to Meet Requirements of NCODE
1. What delivery model(s) should the USG pursue to deliver the defined services?
2. What pricing model(s) should the USG consider for the flexible delivery of on-demand resources?
3. What discriminators do you think are most appropriate for the USG to objectively and rapidly make awards?
4. What are we missing / what is the government getting wrong in this RFI?
Contracting Approach
Please assume that the small business users will provide their own software licenses.
5. Which of the two courses of actions do you think would work best? (CSO, MA IDIQ, Other?)
6. What are the benefits and drawbacks of the CSO option?
7. What are the benefits and drawbacks of the MA IDIQ option?
8. What are the benefits and drawbacks of new option (if proposing)
9. What discriminators do you think are most appropriate for the government to objectively and rapidly make awards?
10. What barriers to entry do you foresee for small businesses competing for this work?
11. The government seeks to assist small businesses in achieving the controls outlined in
NIST SP800 171 & 172, what are the costs for this? Are there ways to automate this? If so, what are the costs if automated?
12. Are there additional costs to the government that are otherwise not captured in our questionnaires?
13. What are your other assumptions when filling out the price chart?
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