Sources Sought Notice Attachment W912L8-26-R-A003.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR

Civilian Defense Critical Infrastructure Center of Excellence Services

WVARNG

W912L8-26-R-A003

The West Virginia Army National Guard is issuing this Sources Sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support Civilian Defense Critical Infrastructure Center of Excellence Service requirement. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541611 with the corresponding PSC R499. The Government will entertain other NAICS and PSC Codes.

Requirement:

WVARNG has been tasked by the Under Secretary of Defense to create the Civilian-Defense Critical Infrastructure Center of Excellence (CDCI-COE) to be the collaborative hub for all mission assurance related activities at state and federal levels.

Civilian-Defense Critical Infrastructure Mission Assurance Support Services

The Government is seeking capable sources to provide Mission Assurance (MA) support services for Civilian-Defense Critical Infrastructure (CDCI) activities. The requirement supports mission assurance assessments, supply chain risk management (SCRM), exercise facilitation, and visualization products in accordance with DoD Mission Assurance frameworks (e.g., DoDI 3020.45 or successor guidance).

Interested vendors must demonstrate capability in the following functional areas:

1. Mission Assurance Assessment Support The contractor shall demonstrate capability to:

Plan, coordinate, and execute Mission Assurance assessments of facilities and supporting civilian utilities.

Conduct pre-assessment research, documentation review, and development of assessment plans.

Perform site visits, facility walkthroughs, and structured interviews.

Analyze mission-critical assets, mission threads, system dependencies, and external infrastructure support.

Identify vulnerabilities, hazards, single points of failure, and cross-domain risks.

Apply risk assessment methodologies to estimate likelihood and consequence and prioritize risk.

Develop written assessment reports with findings and mitigation recommendations.

Coordinate with Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and DoD stakeholders, as required.

2. Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) The contractor shall demonstrate capability to:

Identify and analyze supply chain dependencies supporting mission-critical functions.

Map critical suppliers, logistics pathways, services, and components.

Develop and maintain risk registers.

Evaluate supplier and logistics risk using structured methodologies.

Provide risk mitigation recommendations consistent with operational realities.

3. Cross-Domain Infrastructure Analysis The contractor shall demonstrate capability to assess and integrate risk across infrastructure domains, including but not limited to:

Electrical power Water systems

HVAC

Physical security Petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL) Logistics and supporting services

Capability must include development of dependency mapping and integration of domain-level findings into an overall mission risk picture.

4. Exercise and Workshop Support The contractor shall demonstrate capability to:

Design, plan, and facilitate tabletop exercises (TTX) and resilience workshops.

Develop exercise objectives, scenarios, injects, and evaluation criteria.

Produce exercise materials, including facilitator guides and scenario documentation.

Conduct after-action reviews (AAR) and track corrective actions.

5. Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) Visualization Support The contractor shall demonstrate capability to:

Develop and execute sUAS collection plans.

Capture geospatial imagery, video, 360-degree media, and thermal data (as required).

Produce orthomosaics, 3D models, point clouds, and interactive visualization products.

Operate in compliance with FAA requirements and applicable safety, privacy, security, and information assurance policies.

6. Data Protection and Compliance The contractor shall demonstrate capability to:

Safeguard sensitive information in accordance with applicable classification, OPSEC, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.

Preserve assessment data, documentation, and analytical products in Government-approved repositories.

Location:

Performance shall be at various locations throughout the state, and based out of Dunbar, West Virginia, any future location, or any approved alternate location with suitable internet connectivity.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

Response Instructions Interested vendors should provide:

Company profile and size status (e.g., Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.).

Relevant past performance (within the last 5 years) demonstrating experience in Mission Assurance, critical infrastructure assessments, SCRM, exercise planning, and/or geospatial visualization.

Demonstrated experience supporting DoD or Federal critical infrastructure or mission assurance programs.

Technical capability narrative (no more than 2 pages).

Contract vehicles held, if applicable.

Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

[Note: In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.]

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1) Provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.

2) Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirement.

3) Implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of personnel and risk mitigation.

4) Provide services under a performance-based service acquisition contract.

The Government would like to receive feedback from all interested Small business concerns.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by March 12, 2026 NLT 16:00 EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be emailed to juan.h.arevalojimenez.civ@army.mil.