70RTAC26R00000004 - A0002.pdf

This is a combined synopsis and solicitation document for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), for Department-Wide Cloud (Cumulus) services.

The solicitation seeks proposals from Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) to deliver cloud platform services including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and related support services. Required services encompass Anything as a Service (XaaS) cloud services, marketplace services, enterprise support, enterprise training, and Cloud Service Provider-specific professional services, as detailed in the Statement of Work (SOW). The contract is structured as a multiple-award IDIQ with a base ordering period of 12 months and four optional one-year extensions, for a total potential contract duration of 60 months. The cumulative dollar ceiling is $568 million across all awards. The minimum guaranteed award amount is $2,500 for the base period. The solicitation establishes five Consumption-Based Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) priced on a Firm Fixed Unit Price (FFUP) basis at $1 per unit, representing XaaS cloud services, marketplace services, enterprise support, enterprise training, and professional services. Proposals are due by 42:00 pm ET on September 14, 2026, with questions due by 2:00 pm ET on September 2, 2026. Evaluation criteria include technical capability (demonstrating how solutions meet 25 critical requirements including DHS data ownership, administrative access, scalability, high availability, FedRAMP compliance, and geographic redundancy), relevant past performance (maximum two projects evaluated for scope, magnitude, and complexity), and price reasonableness. Award will be made on a best-value basis to multiple offerors whose proposals represent the greatest overall benefit to the Government. Small business subcontracting goals include 36.5% for small business, 5.0% for women-owned small business, 5.0% for small disadvantaged business, 5.0% for service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and 3.0% for HUBZone. The contract includes extensive security and compliance requirements, data protection obligations, incident reporting procedures, privacy training requirements, and controlled unclassified information (CUI) safeguarding protocols. This is not a set-aside contract.