RFI_-_GREEN__MONKEY.pdf

United States Cyber Command

(USCYBERCOM)

Request for Information

GREEN MONKEY

Version 1.0

4 December 2018

GREEN MONKEY Version 1.0 4 December 2018

USCYBERCOM

Request for Information

GREEN MONKEY

4 December 2018

U.S. Cyber Command (USCC) is seeking information from industry to provide Systems Engineering

Services to assist the Government in the development, synchronization, and integration of test technologies, solutions, and architectures to enable full spectrum Cyberspace Operations through Cyber

Mission Forces teams and under the full range of authorities.

The contractor shall support USCC in the development of strategies, architectures, roadmaps, plans, and solutions that will synchronize and optimize current and future Cyber Operations across the DoD to maximize mission value, fill capability gaps, and reduced the duplication of effort in accordance with the

DoD’s tactical objectives, operational goals, and strategic end states.

The contractor shall provide subject matter experts and engineering support to inform and advise USCC activities including but not limited to: planning, coordination, requirements gathering, technical analysis, design, integration, and test.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) notice only. This is not a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation is available at this time.

1. Overview and Procurement Description:

This RFI is requesting responses from both large and small businesses, including those small businesses that meet the following attributes: Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs), Historically Underutilized

Business Zones (HUBZone) Firms, Certified 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

(SDVOSBs) and Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs).

Scope of Effort

Through the responses provided, the Government intends to obtain the following information:

a. Industry’s capabilities to meet the acquisition and technical characteristics described in Section 3.

b. Industry input and suggestions on structure requirements and acquisition approaches in a way that would maximize innovative approaches and solutions while minimizing cost.

c. Feedback on refining and improving the proposed acquisition and technical characteristics.

d. Acquisition recommendations, including contract type, contract structure, strategies to maximize competition and strategies to maximize small business participation.

2. Acquisition and Technical Characteristics The Government intends to procure to a contractor who shall engage with the Intelligence Community, Service components, Industry, Academia, and the Research community to provide technical expertise that can communicate and document technical assessments, trade-off details, and fact based ranking of technology being proposed by a variety of sources in order to satisfy cyber needs as specified by mission elements in the form of numbered Cyber Development Group Requirements (CDGR’s).

This effort requires the prime contractor to serve as the first level of technical triage with external engagements (industry and labs), develop engagement plans that combine industries with a common

GREEN MONKEY Version 1.0 4 December 2018 technical theme and connects them to the appropriate Command technical directors. This first level of technical triage consist of the contractor being able to receive a package of technical literature (and/or other technically oriented data) from various sources, understand the details being communicated by the package, and match or associate the package to an identified USCC cyber need as tracked by J9 in the form of a CDGR.

The contractor shall deliver Technology roadmaps and shall conduct analysis of commercial technologies to proactively enhance the cyber capabilities defined in the reference architecture.

The contractor shall develop and upon approval from the Government, implement process designs that are communicated to and understood by external organizations/entities (collaborators and stakeholders) across the cybersecurity landscape, including industry, academia, and government partners.

3. Requested Information All requested information is intended to facilitate the Government’s market research efforts and assist the

Government’s in determining the acquisition approach. Please ensure submissions included responses to the following information requests:

a. Identification and Interest o Company Name and Address o Name of Company Representative and Business Title o Business Category(ies) (e.g., Large Business, Small Business, SDBs, HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, involvement in a mentor and/or protégé program, etc.)

o Explain your company’s potential interest in this effort (e.g., Prime, subcontract, teaming arrangements, Joint Ventures etc.).

b. Corporate experience providing similar management of the technical characteristics in Section 3.

c. Corporate capabilities to meet the requirements of this effort. This should include a description of the processes used to develop strategies, architectures, roadmaps, plans, and solutions that will synchronize and optimize current and future Cyber Operations across the DoD to maximize mission value, fill capability gaps, and reduced the duplication of effort in accordance with the

DoD’s tactical objectives, operational goals, and strategic end states.

4. Industry Discussions Representatives of USCYBERCOM may choose to meet with potential offerors and hold one-on-one discussions. Such discussions would be intended to obtain further clarification of RFI response and the potential capability to meet requirements.

5. Questions Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by email to proposal_submission@cybercom.mil and ktguy@cybercom.mil plus shall be clearly marked

“QUESTIONS in response to the GREEN MONKEY RFI”. Verbal questions will not be accepted.

Answers to questions will be posted to FedBizOpps. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after December 14, 2018 will be answered. The Government will not reimburse companies for any costs associated with the submissions of their RFI responses.

mailto:proposal_submission@cybercom.mil mailto:ktguy@cybercom.mil

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6. Response Guidelines Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper. White papers should be in

Microsoft Word for Office, Adobe PDF, or compatible format and shall not exceed 5 pages, excluding cover, title, and table of contents pages. A page is defined as each face of an 8 ½ by 11 inch sheet with information contained within a one-inch margin on all sides. Text shall be Times New Roman and no less than 10-point font. The response should not exceed a 5MB email limit for all items associated with the RFI response.

Reponses must specifically address the requested information in Section 3 and based on the operational concepts described in Section 2 of this document. FedBizOpps will be the sole repository for all information related to this RFI.

Companies that wish to respond to this RFI should send responses, clearly marked “RESPONSES to

GREEN MONKEY RFI” via email “time stamped” no later than December 14, 2018, 4:00PM Eastern

Time to proposal_submission@cybercom.mil. In the subject line of the email please label in the following format: “GREENMONKEY_RFI Responses_Company Name_DDMMYYYY The

Government may or may not choose to meet with potential respondents. Such meetings and discussions would only be intended to obtain further clarification of potential capabilities.

7. Disclaimer This RFI is not a RFP and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will neither be considered as proposals nor will any award be made as a result of this RFI. All information contained in the RFI is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) clause 52.215-3, “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”, is incorporated by reference in this RFI. The Government does not intend to pay for information received in response to this RFI. Respondents to this invitation are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. This RFI will be the basis for collecting information on available capabilities and is issued solely for information and planning purposes. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, shall be clearly marked on all materials provided in response to this RFI. All information received that is marked

“Proprietary” will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

8. Attachments There are no attachments with this RFI.