CJIS Decentralized Information Sharing - Final.pdf

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FINANCE AND FACILITIES DIVISION | PROCUREMENT SECTION

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

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According to FAR 15.201, requests for information (RFIs) may be used when the government does not presently intend to award a contract but wants to obtain price, delivery, other market information, or capabilities for planning purposes.

Responses to these notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. There is no required format for RFIs.

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CJIS Decentralized Information Sharing Environment

05/08/2026

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DISCLAIMER:

THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

OR QUOTE. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE

GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL

DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

INTRODUCTION

The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) Enterprise Architecture (EA) team is conducting market research through this Request for Information (RFI) to identify capabilities that can facilitate and/or enable a national decentralized information sharing environment that will allow states to analyze and share information from Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Law Enforcement Records Management Systems (LERMS), and other criminal justice/public safety information systems without requiring data to be uploaded into a centralized national-level information system. For purposes of this document, the definition of decentralized information sharing environment is an information sharing environment that enables data analytics and information sharing but does not require all data to be uploaded into a centralized data repository.

Traditional approaches for data analysis favored centralization of data, enabling a centralized system to apply tools against a single repository to generate knowledge artifacts such as entity resolutions, relationships, and link graphs. As data sets continue to grow and analysis approaches evolve, a more decentralized approach will improve long-term scalability and allow national-level analysis while maintaining state control of data dissemination.

To allow for better control, accuracy, and completeness by state agencies, the criminal justice community implemented a decentralized approach for criminal history. The key objective is to establish a decentralized information sharing ecosystem for all data sets that can facilitate enhanced analytics capabilities for both intrastate and interstate information sharing. Emphasis should be placed on decentralized, extensible way to access state-based information, returning curated, properly controlled, information in a commodity, standards-based format.

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This RFI is not a solicitation, and the government will not pay any costs associated with responding. Responses may contain proprietary information, which must be clearly marked.

There is no set-aside designation, and the government has not disclosed any potential incumbents or current contractors. The government has also not provided any estimated award values or budget ranges, nor have they specified quantities of goods or timelines for services.

The information gathered may be used to formulate acquisition strategies for competitive solicitations.

BACKGROUND

The CJIS Division Enterprise Architecture (EA) team, located in Clarksburg, WV, provides architectural guidance to CJIS systems serving the criminal justice community.

CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS

This RFI is dedicated to market research and is open to all qualified manufacturers. The purpose is to request input from potential manufacturers who specialize in development and administration of government cloud hosted services using IT professional environments.

The Government needs to know which firm(s) can provide the necessary information for this contemplated requirement. Please identify yourselves and respond to this RFI.

The following information is requested:

1. Company name and business size.

2. Evidence to show that your company can provide the requested services and/or products required (i.e. technical ability, personnel, and experience). Information provided must be succinct and related to the requested information in this RFI. All submissions shall be unclassified.

3. Address whether your company has a GSA Schedule and if they can provide these services on schedule. If applicable, provide the services schedule and SIN.

4. Please list any authorized re-sellers, which GWAC (NASA SEWP/GSA) they may be available on, and if they are small/large.

5. Any additional assumptions, comments, concerns, and/or questions relating to the contemplated services.

Required Information:

Contractor Legal/DBA Name:

Address:

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Point of Contact:

Telephone:

Email Address:

DUNS Number:

Cage Code:

Facility Clearance (if applicable):

Applicable NAICS Codes:

Standard Business Size:

GSA Schedule:

NASA SEWP Contract:

CONTEMPLATED REQUIREMENT

Below is a list of the requirements to support the CJIS Division Enterprise Architecture Team in concept exploration and requirements development:

1. Describe a national-level information sharing environment that enables data to be analyzed at the state level and shared with other states -- without requiring each state to upload copies of its data into a central national-level information system. This environment must:

a) Allow each state to create its own state-level node or tenant that enables both in-state data integration and national-level information sharing. This state node must serve as the entry and exit point for all national-level sharing.

b) Allow each state to integrate, manage, and analyze information from its various Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Law Enforcement Records Management System (LERMS) databases to advance the in-state view of data within these systems.

c) Allow each state to publish data products with other state, local, federal, and tribal partner nodes while maintaining dissemination and access control over each data set shared.

d) Integrate with and support the state Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program.

2. Describe how this environment would use industry standard techniques, allowing states to:

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a) Implement standards, ensuring that each state can choose its own implementation path in a heterogeneous technology environment consisting of multiple vendors and manufacturers.

b) Perform analytics on their own state-level CAD, RMS, and criminal history data sets to include trending and pattern analysis.

c) Publish data sets to specific communities and subscribers such as crime reporting departments and investigators from partner law enforcement agencies.

d) Publish application programming interfaces (APIs) for the national investigative community to search published data sets.

e) Publish application programming interfaces (APIs) for authorized agencies to subscribe to certain types of events, receiving alerts with information of interest is encountered within a given state. For example, agency X in state Y would like to be notified when our state encounters incident reports containing specific characteristics.

f) Merge knowledge graph information created by in-state analysis with knowledge graphs created from other states.

g) Provide standardized knowledge graph information to other states and partners to be incorporated into partner investigations and analysis.

3. Allows states to communicate with a national-level node that will:

a) Serve as a centralized analytical tool for authorized users to view and analyze data from multiple state nodes.

b) Integrate with each state-level system, allowing authorized users to conveniently interact with APIs from each state node.

c) Manage data dissemination and analysis for federal law enforcement agencies.

d) Create a master knowledge graph by merging multiple graphs generated by partner nodes.

e) Integrate with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), making investigative data sets available to NCIC users via new message keys that are intended for specifically for investigative use.

DISCLAIMER and RESPONSES

THERE IS NO COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION AS A RESULT OF

THIS RFI. THIS IS BEING ISSUED SOLEY FOR INFORMATIONAL AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND

DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICTIATION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 15.201(e), RESPONSES

TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO

FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR QUOTE. IT DOES

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NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY

THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS

UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO

FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS

STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBMITTED RESPONSE:

1. All interested parties shall submit capability packages and (informal) budgetary market research pricing, to include licensing structure, implementation and maintenance support in response to this notice.

2. Succinct, thoughtful responses to the requirements/questions listed in this RFI.

3. Comments that address the FBI's requirements, assumptions, conditions, or contemplated approaches to this future acquisition.

4. Information and suggestions that may encourage new, different, or innovative approaches that would result in products, solutions, and direct savings to the FBI.

WHAT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN YOUR RESPONSE:

1. Submitted proposals or offers.

2. Past performance information or general descriptions of corporate experience.

3. Requests to be considered for award or to be notified of a future solicitation.

4. Requests to be added to a mailing list or distribution list.

5. Any additional questions or comments not related to this RFI.

6. Responses via telephone will not be accepted.

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RFI SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS:

All submissions must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint or PDF format. All information should be UNCLASSIFIED material only. If any information is proprietary, it must be marked accordingly. Submissions must not exceed fifteen (15) one-sided 8 ½ x 11 pages. The pages must have one-inch margins and font size must be at least 12-point font.

All questions must be sent via E-mail no later than Wednesday May 20th, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time and answers will be posted via SAM.gov by Friday May 29th, 2026. The government reserves the right to not answer questions that may provide an unfair advantage. All submissions should be e-mailed no later than 12:00 PM (Noon) Eastern Time, June 12th, 2026, to Contracting Specialist, Brandon James at bmjames@fbi.gov. The E-mail subject must be labeled “RFI- CJIS Decentralized Info Sharing”.

The cost of responding to the RFI must be exclusively borne by the organization submitting the information. No costs will be reimbursed by the government. The FBI makes no implied or in fact contract by issuing this RFI.

All clarifications, questions, and responses must be made via email. All questions regarding this RFI must be in writing. No phone calls will be accepted. Phone messages will not be returned.

mailto:bmjames@fbi.gov