RFIEscrowAccounts.docx

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. Do not submit a proposal or quote. After reviewing the information below, vendors are invited to provide responses to the request below. This RFI is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any items/services, or for the Government to pay for the information received.

The Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) is seeking capability statements/white papers regarding escrow account management capabilities. CECOM is seeking interested parties with the capability of serving as an escrow account manager for CECOM sustained systems. An escrow is a data storage account, and can be used for hardware or software. CECOM is seeking companies with the capability of maintaining both hardware (Technical Data Package) and software (source code, documents, and software test plans) escrow accounts.

In responding to this request for information please address the following:

1. Your companies capability and experience in managing/maintaining escrow accounts

2. The benefits of escrow accounts for the Government

3. How best to setup audits to ensure escrow accounts are updated as required

4. Standard process for placing hardware/software in escrow

5. Proposed trigger events for release of escrow information

6. Capability to manage multiple escrows accounts for CECOM

7. Does your company have a portal or other application to be able to easily see all programs and items currently held in escrow and when they were last updated/audited? If no can this be developed?

8. Government contracts generally span 5-10 years in length and if an escrow account holder does not win a recompete how can the Government ensure transition of all escrow account information from one contract to the next?

9. Provide identifying information for your company, to include {company name, CAGE code, address, applicable small business categories, & representative point of contact data}.

10. Have your previously or do you currently manage an escrow account? If yes, describe the network security mechanisms or protocols for protecting data and software in the escrow account in your database.

Responses shall be limited to a maximum of 5 pages in length and submitted to the points of contact detailed below. Please note that the maximum file size for email submissions is 10MB. Submitted documents shall be in Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) or Adobe PDF format. Interested parties are cautioned that submissions shall not include macros or links which may result in automatic deletion of the file by the Government email firewall.

POC’s are Kevin Shetterly, kevin.r.shetterly.civ@mail.mil; Michael Fusco, Michael.p.fusco.civ@mail.mil; Yadira Colon, Yadira.I.Colon.Civ@mail.mil