Defender Synopsis 20211101 (U).pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

7500 GEOINT Drive

Springfield, Virginia 22150

Date : 1 November 2021

Solicitation Number: HM0476-21-R-0025

Notice Type : Special Notice/Synopsis

This synopsis is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Subpart 5.2, 15 U.S.C. § 637(e), and 41 U.S.C. § 1708 requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions.

The intent of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is to issue the Request for

Proposal (RFP) HM0476-21-R-0025 for public response for the Defender acquisition. The estimated release date of Solicitation HM0476-21-R-0025 is no later than 8 November 2021. The

RFP will be issued subject to FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (APR 1984). This Special

Notice/Synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government reserves the right to cancel this Solicitation, with no obligation to the vendor by the Government.

The NGA Office of the Chief Information Officer and Information Technology Services

Directorate (CIO-T) requires information assurance measures that protect and defend NGA’s information and Information Systems (IS) by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. The Defender contract provides objective assessment and adjudication of risk to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

The Defender acquisition includes an overarching scope that provides state of the art cybersecurity capabilities and services that perform Cybersecurity Risk Management, Automation and Optimization, Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Cross Domain

Governance, Cyber-Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM), Cybersecurity Integration, and Cybersecurity Software Assurance to secure and deliver the nation’s most trusted geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) services and data.

The Contractor shall support the CISO to mitigate the instances and severity of attacks to NGA by providing coordinated, holistic, and strategic risk management services, as specifically described in the Defender Statement of Work (SOW).

The Government intends to award a single contract to a responsible Offeror in accordance with FAR Part 9.104-1. The RFP is being competed as a total small business set-aside under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design

Services. To determine contract award, the Government will make a best value source selection decision using the tradeoff process (FAR 15.101-1). Best value tradeoff can occur at the Factor and/or Sub-Factor level. The Government will evaluate offers received under this Solicitation to determine the Offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government, price and other non-price factors considered. The Period of Performance (PoP) for this contract will be one 12-month Base and seven 12-month Option Periods. If all Option Periods are exercised, the PoP shall not exceed 96 months. The contract types will be Labor Hour and Cost Reimbursable.

In order to be considered for this requirement, the Offeror must have an active registration in the

System for Award Management (SAM), https://www.sam.gov. Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the internet at https://www.sam.gov. Registration MUST contain the appropriate NAICS Code:

541512 – Computer Systems Design Services.

The RFP, attachments, and Contractor Bidder Library (CBL) will be posted on the Unclassified

Acquisition Research Center (ARC) located at the Unclassified ARC website at https://acq.westfields.net.

Primary Point of Contact: Monica L. Fleming

Monica.L.Fleming@nga.mil (U)

Alternate Point of Contact: Dyah Goodman

Dyah.Goodman@nga.mil (U)

Contracting Office Address: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

ATTN: Mail Stop S84-OCSI

7500 GEOINT Drive

Springfield, VA 22150 https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ https://acq.westfields.net/ mailto:Monica.L.Fleming@nga.mil mailto:Dyah.Goodman@nga.mil