70RTAC26R00000004 - A0001.pdf

This is a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Combined Synopsis/Solicitation and Amendment 0001 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Department-Wide Cloud (Cumulus) initiative.

The solicitation seeks proposals for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) multiple-award contract to provide Department-Wide Cloud services including Anything as a Service (XaaS), Marketplace Services, Enterprise Support, Enterprise Training, and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Specific Professional Services. The contract will support cloud computing requirements across DHS with an estimated cumulative ceiling value of $568 million. The base ordering period is 12 months, with four optional 12-month extension periods available, for a total potential contract duration of 60 months. The minimum guaranteed award is $2,500 for the base period only. This acquisition is unrestricted (not set-aside for small business). The solicitation number is 70RTAC26R000000004, issued by the TOPTAC organization within DHS, with the contracting officer being Gregory Blaszko. Proposals are due by 2:00 PM ET on September 11, 2026 (amended from August 28, 2026), and awards are estimated for Q3 FY26. The government anticipates awarding multiple contracts to responsible offerors based on technical capability, relevant past performance, and price, evaluated in descending order of importance with technical factors weighted more heavily than price. Evaluation Factor 1 addresses technical capability demonstrating specific cloud service requirements; Factor 2 evaluates relevant past performance on comparable projects within the past three years; and Factor 3 assesses price reasonableness and significant discounts. CSPs must submit a complete price discount model, provide hyperlinks to publicly available pricing, and demonstrate compliance with FedRAMP certification requirements. The contract includes extensive security, compliance, and reporting requirements including incident response procedures for controlled unclassified information (CUI), privacy training, background investigations for contractor employees, and continuous monitoring of federal information systems. Offerors must provide a Small Business Subcontracting Plan with goals of 36.5 percent for small business, 5.0 percent for women-owned, 5.0 percent for small disadvantaged, 5.0 percent for service-disabled veteran-owned, and 3.0 percent for HUBZone small businesses.