Attachment_L006-_Encrypted_Email_Instructions.pdf

ATTACHMENT L006

Encrypted Email Instructions

Offerors may, at the Offeror’s own expense, purchase ECA Certificates to facilitate encrypted e-mail communications between the Offeror and the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) throughout the Source Selection period. Instructions on how to obtain an ECA PKI certificate are found below:

External Certification Authority Program:

The DoD has established the External Certification Authority (ECA) program to support the issuance of DoD-approved certificates to industry partners and other external entities and organizations. The ECA program is designed to provide the mechanism for these entities to securely communicate with the DoD and authenticate to DoD Information Systems.

The DoD PKI Program Management Office (PMO) has designated the ECA External Liaison Officer (ELO) as the single point of contact to receive and coordinate all communications between the ECA community, DoD programs, and the DoD PKI PMO.

ECA Certificates are obtained directly from the vendors below.

You may purchase an ECA Certificate from one of the approved vendors below:

Vendor Name Website Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC) http://www.eca.orc.com/

Symantec, Inc. http://www.symantec.com/theme.jsp?themeid=eca-certificates

IdenTrust, Inc. http://www.identrust.com/certificates/eca/index.html

See this link for Installation instructions of ECA Certificates:

http://iase.disa.mil/pki/eca/Pages/installation-eca-cert.aspx

Steps for obtaining, installing, and using someone’s Public Key to send them signed/encrypted e-mail using Microsoft Outlook:

1. Offeror will install the ECA certificate and send the email recipient (AFLCMC.WLSK.C5CMCWxR@us.af.mil) a digitally signed message. Once received, the Government will follow steps 2-8 below. The Government will then send the Offeror a digitally signed email message and the Offeror shall follow steps 2-8 below.

2. When a new digitally signed message is received in the Offeror’s Outlook Inbox, double-click the message to open it.

3. A digitally signed message will have the Digital Signature icon in the upper right hand corner of the message.

4. Right-click on the Sender's name and select Add to Contacts.

5. Outlook creates a Contact entry. The Sender's name and email address will appear in the Contact.

Solicitation: FA8625-18-R-6701 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

C-5M Super Galaxy Division CMC/WxR Production (PIMA) Section L, Attachment L006 http://iase.disa.mil/pki/eca/Pages/installation-eca-cert.aspx

6. Click on the Certificates tab to view the Public Key. Click on Save and Close to save and close the Contact.

7. In some instances the Contact entry may already exist. If it does, update the new information by selecting Update new information from this Contact to the existing one. Click OK.

8. The sender has been added to your Contacts Folder.

9. You should now be able to send and receive encrypted email to this person by selecting their address from Contacts, and selecting the Encrypt Message Contents button on the new message toolbar.

Solicitation: FA8625-18-R-6701 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

C-5M Super Galaxy Division CMC/WxR Production (PIMA) Section L, Attachment L006