CDS- Q-A-FINAL- 11.7.24.pdf

QUESTIONS from Industry GOVERNMENT RESPONSES

What is the size of this procurement (both financially, and in terms of man hours or FTEs)?

This announcement is an RFI – a Request for Information which is used to complete required market research. An RFI in no-way commits or obligates the Government to move forward with a full-blown solicitation therefore, with that said, there is no definitive details in regards to size, FTE requirements, dollar threshold, etc. against this RFI subject.

Is this work new or is it part of an existing contract?

This announcement is an RFI – a Request for Information which are used to complete required market research, in this case it is being used to evaluate alternative architecture solutions.

Is there currently an incumbent contractor?

No. There is no incumbent currently doing the requiremtns as identified in this RFI.

Who is currently performing the work?

N/A - There is no incumbent currently doing the requiremtns as identified in this RFI.

When does the Government project the release of an RFP? Will there be a DRFP?

This announcement is an RFI – a Request for Information which are used to complete required market research and in no-way commits or obligates the Government to move forward with a full-blown solicitation. With that said, there is no definitive timeline identified with regards to a solicitation/ RFP release date against this RFI subject.

When does the Government anticipate the work to start?

This announcement is an RFI – a Request for Information which are used to complete required market research and in no-way commits or obligates the Government to move forward with a full-blown solicitation. With that said, there is no definitive timeline identified with regards to anticipated start of work date against this RFI subject.

Where will this work be performed? Aberdeen only, or other locations as well?

Should a contract be developed based on this RFI the work would take place at the following locations: APG, Fort Carson, Fort Cavazos, Redstone Arsenal

Is it the Government's intent to procure the architecture of a Cross Domain Solution only, or does the Government also wish to procure the implementation and sustainment of the Cross Domain Solution?

This announcement is an RFI – a Request for Information which are used to complete required market research and in no-way commits or obligates the Government to move forward with a full-blown solicitation. All RFI's received will be evaluated and next steps will be defined at that time.

What is the required clearance level for those who will be performing this work?

US Secret

Is the Dept. of the Army open to considering sidecar options to complement the CDS platform solutions? The sidecar option would serve as one last sanity check before any data moves from the low to high side. This will help avoid the enterprise contaminant that any malware, ransomware, viruses, or any other type of malicious content could cause.

All solutions that meet the criteria laid out in the RFI will be evaluated and/or considered.

Is the Dept. of the Army willing to evaluate AI-based cyber tools that more effectively assess the presence of malware, ransomware, and viruses than your traditional signature-based solutions even though the content filters have not yet been approved by the NCDSMO?

All solutions that meet the criteria laid out in the RFI will be evaluated and/or considered.

Does the incumbent CDS currently support 10 domains? No, the current CDS does not support 10 Domains

What filtering requirements do you have?

Filtering requirements are not available as this is an RFI but will be defined if this requirement moves forward into a solicitation.

Is there an existing Data Owner's Guide we can review? The DOG is classified and will not be released in support of this RFI.

Are there any volume/velocity metrics for # of msgs/sec/hour/day and per domain/channel/dataflow? Are there any metrics for size of payload/messages per domain/channel/dataflow?

Yes, there are metrics captured however; those requirements would be released with an RFP.

FINAL Q-A