AWS Professional SSA 10.13.20.doc

Classification Code:

NAICS Code: 518210 Contracting Office Address

Office of Naval Intelligence 4251 Suitland Road

Washington, DC 20395 This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS Announcement (SSA). SSAs are issued to assist the agency in performing market research to determine industry interest and capability. No Proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The Government will not reimburse contractors for any costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought notice.

A.

NAVINTEL CLOUD ECOSYTEM BACKGROUND

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is transitioning Characteristics and Performance (C&P) production from the obsolete Sun Microsystems-homed relational database to a Commercial Cloud Services (C2S)-homed Graph Database oriented commercial technology software stack. ONI Repository for Characterizations of the Adversary (ORCA) will be accessible to customers via micro-services similar to a desktop, web/browser, or smartphone applications. ORCA will establish a NAVINTEL Cloud Ecosystem across UNCLASSIFIED (NIPRNET), SECRET (SIPRNET), and TOP SECRET (JWICS) domains. ORCA is a software solution that leverages available cloud computer services, local servers, and eventually utilize High-Performance Compute (HPC) in the Secret Defense Research Engineering Network (SDREN). ORCA must be able to operate in any hardware environment in which is introduced: from an Amazon Web Service (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in the cloud or as software plug-in inside a tactical, ISR system or sensor ATO boundary that is in, under, or over the water in the maritime environment.

B.

SOURCES SOUGHT SUMMARY

The purpose of this SSA is to identify viable sources with the requisite experience, personnel, and skill sets required to perform professional cloud services in establishing the NAVINTEL Cloud Ecosystem within the Amazon Cloud Services across UNCLASSIFIED (NIPRNET), SECRET (SIPRNET), and TOP SECRET (JWICS) domains cloud environments utilizing existing technologies comprising of already operational C2S architectures currently being used within ONI. Viable sources must have experience in researching and developing cross-domain solutions within the cloud. In order to demonstrate their qualifications, interested sources shall submit a White Paper providing the following information:

1) General Requirements – Sources shall provide a narrative detailing their experience with developing cloud services for multiple security domains including cross-domain solutions. The source will provide recommendation on a cloud architecture that will provide longevity, flexibility, and meets criteria for certification. The Cloud Ecosystem shall be designed to utilize services, utilities, and tools within the AWS C2S to the maximum extent possible. The source will deliver a NAVINTEL Cloud Ecosystem that provides a common architecture on the UNCLASSIFIED (NIPRNET), SECRET (SIPRNET), and TOP SECRET (JWICS) domains. The source will utilize automation to patch, update, and repair any one AWS C2S Domains or the aggregate AWS C2S as a whole to decrease the cost for maintenance, monitoring, auditing, and sustaining the platform across any combination of domains. The source will need to provide documentation and support the certification and approval of an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for all AWS C2S domains and the ORCA system.

2) Personnel – Sources shall identify available, experienced, and appropriately cleared personnel with expert knowledge to develop, consult, and advise in support of the development of AWS Cloud-native web applications using AWS Cloud technologies, i.e., all available services, utilities and tools within the AWS C2S. The qualifications for the personnel positions are detailed in Section D below.

3) Past Performance – Sources shall submit a detailed narrative explaining their company’s experience performing professional cloud services in an UNCLASSIFIED (NIPRNET), SECRET (SIPRNET), and TOP SECRET (JWICS) Cloud environments. This narrative shall include the contract number, period of performance, agency or entity supported, dollar value, and a short synopsis of the scope of the effort.

NOTE: ONI is not seeking software solutions for any cloud services but rather experienced sources with trained personnel/assessors who possess expertise in Amazon C2S services and to perform comprehensive professional cloud services for the services identified in Section D below.

RESPONSES:

Responses to this Source Sought shall not exceed Twenty (20) pages in total. In addition to the data requested under Section B above, responses shall include the following information: company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, email address, business size and small business status such as disadvantaged, 8(a), HUB Zone, Woman Owned, Minority Owned, and/or Veteran Owned. The information should be sent via email to angela.brooks@navy.mil with the subject “ORCA Cloud Professional Services” no later than 4:00 PM EST on October 20, 2020. Any questions in response to this SSA notice shall be submitted to the aforementioned email address. NOTE: Reimbursement will not be made for any costs associated with responses to this Sources Sought announcement.

C.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Sources should also demonstrate an ability in their narrative that they are able to provide the following:

1. Previous development work within AWS classified and commercial cloud environments across multiple domains.

2. Experience with automated, semi-automated, and manual cross domain solutions in an AWS environment.

3. Experience with providing support in the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

4. Experience with providing documentation and support for initial and continuing ATO processes.

5. The professional services for AWS C2S development team staffing shall have breadth and depth to ensure that all developers for the NAVINTEL Cloud Ecosystem are certified as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, or any other relevant AWS cloud certifications.

6. Ability for a field team of specialized cloud experts with TS/SCI clearances.

D.

AMAZON CLOUD ARCHITECTURE TEAM COMPOSITION

Sources should also demonstrate a requisite staffing profile in their narrative to provide the following:

1. Security Clearance Level

2. Knowledge and Experience working within the Cloud

3. Development and/or sustainment of Cloud components, i.e., AWS tools and services; licenses; Cloud hardware such as servers, network switches, etc.

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