Attachment 3 - PROTECTS II RFI.docx
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This document is a Request for Information (RFI) from the Department of the Treasury for the PROTECTS II (Providing Treasury Enterprise Cybersecurity Technology & Services) program. The RFI seeks market research and vendor feedback for a potential Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) focused on comprehensive cybersecurity services, with responses due on 10 June 2025 at 10 am EST. The solicitation targets vendors capable of delivering large-scale, multi-year cybersecurity services across classified and unclassified environments, with an emphasis on advanced capabilities like AI, automation, zero trust architectures, and mission continuity.
Key technical requirements include managing hybrid security environments, maintaining a skilled cybersecurity workforce, ensuring rapid scalability during incident spikes, and demonstrating innovative service delivery. The RFI encourages contractor teaming arrangements and seeks vendors with experience in federal cybersecurity programs. Respondents are asked to provide detailed information across 12 technical capability areas, including organizational experience, governance structures, workforce strategies, and proposed labor categories. The solicitation is being conducted through GSA eBuy, with the actual solicitation release date still to be determined, and responses will be used for market research purposes only.
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| Attachment 2 - PROTECTS II RFI Questions Comments.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 1 - DRAFT PROTECTS II PWS.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 4 - Draft PROTECTS II Special Notice.docx | DOCX document |
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PROVIDING TREASURY ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES (PROTECTS) II
Request for Information
13 May 2025
The Government is currently conducting market research for an upcoming requirement. As such, the Government respectfully requests industry respond by completing the company profile listed below as well as to the questions under Part II, Technical Capability. Responses are to be kept to 2 page maximum per answer as templated below.
Part I - Company Profile
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| Company Name and Address |
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| Company technical Point of Contact (POC) and Contract Lead POC information to include name, title, telephone number, and email address |
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| Applicable NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Code |
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| Business Classification / Socio-Economic Status (e.g., large, small, 8(a), women owned, hub-zone, SDB, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned) |
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| Subcontracting/partnering/teaming possibilities (Contractor Teaming Arrangements, Subcontracting and Other Partnerships are encouraged in accordance with the FAR and GSA https://www.gsa.gov/buy-through-us/purchasing-programs/gsa-multiple-award-schedule/schedule-features/contractor-team-arrangements and https://www.gsa.gov/small-business/register-your-business/subcontracting-and-other-partnerships |
Any questions related to the RFI or PWS please utilize attachment 2. Please list the specific paragraph when addressing the question/comment.
Part II - Technical Capability
1. Provide an overview of your organization’s experience delivering large-scale, multi-year cybersecurity services within a federal or similarly complex environment. Include scope, scale, and results achieved. Discuss solutions used and experience using the identified solutions.
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2. Describe your company’s understanding of the overarching goals and objectives of the Resiliency BPA. How would your team contribute to Treasury’s cyber maturity and long-term resilience objectives?
3. This BPA emphasizes outcome-based execution and innovation over time. How does your organization integrate AI, automation, and zero trust capabilities into cybersecurity services to increase value and reduce manual labor?
4. Treasury is seeking to ensure mission continuity through streamlined program management. Describe how your firm would structure governance, performance tracking, and coordination across multiple concurrent Call Orders.
5. How would your organization ensure rapid scalability to meet surge cybersecurity needs (e.g., incident spikes, executive orders, new compliance mandates)?
6. Treasury expects the contractor to operate across classified and unclassified environments, including systems with COMSEC, PKI, or HVA protections. Briefly summarize your experience managing such hybrid environments securely.
7. Describe your approach to maintaining a cleared, skilled, and agile cybersecurity workforce over a 10-year period, including strategies for hiring, retention, and rapid onboarding.
8. What challenges do you anticipate with a single-award BPA structure for cybersecurity services, and what strategies would you use to ensure mission success across evolving task orders?
9. Please identify existing federal BPAs, GWACs, or large programs your firm currently supports that demonstrate your ability to perform under a similar structure.
10. Treasury seeks vendor partnerships that continuously improve service delivery. What methods (e.g., dashboards, OKRs, quarterly business reviews) would you use to communicate performance and identify improvements?
11. What labor categories would you suggest being included as part of this BPA?
12. What evaluation criteria do you suggest as the most advantageous in conducting a comprehensive technical review of quotes?
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