Sources Sought Notice_Data Center and Cloud Engineering for DoDIG.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

General Information

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Title: Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG) Data Center and Cloud Engineering Support Services Date: July 10, 2023 Response Date: July 18, 2022 NAICS Code: 541519 (Size Standard $30M) – Other Computer Related Services

Purpose

This is a Sources Sought Notice (hereafter referred to as “Notice”), issued by the Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD), on behalf of

DOHA.

This notice seeks to determine if there’s an adequate number of qualified 8(a) vendors capable of satisfying this requirement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES. The Government reserves the right to not compete this requirement based on the responses to this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Notice.

This acquisition is a follow-on to contract number HE125422P9017, awarded to Nextech Lintech, LLC. The anticipated period of performance for this effort is one (1) 12-month period.

Responses are requested from 8(a) small businesses. The solicitation may be synopsized on either PIEE Solicitation Module and SAM.gov or GSA’s eBuy portal. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code and size standard ($30M).

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Response to this Notice will not be returned.

Project Background

The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has a requirement for highly skilled engineering services to support OIG projects to implement, secure, and maintain data

ACQUISITION

DIRECTORATE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

4800 MARK CENTER DRIVE

ALEXANDRIA, VA 22350-2900

center and cloud solutions. This engineering support model will provide and establish the tools, processes, resources, and skillsets required to successfully plan, deploy, integrate, operate, secure, and support complex OIG data center, network, and cloud technology systems and platforms. The OIG is seeking highly skilled engineering services to develop requirements, identify requirements, implement solutions, and support the tools, technologies, networks, and processes that will ensure the ongoing success of OIG projects, operations, and execution of the OIG mission.

Description: Non-personal services support for data center and cloud engineering support services.

Place of Performance: The contractor will perform work at Government facilities, including Government leased facilities, located in the Continental United States (CONUS) in Alexandria, VA.

Required Capabilities:

1) Data Center and Cloud Engineering.

The contractor shall have proven experience in providing highly skilled engineering support for data center and cloud projects in the Department of Defense (DoD) NIPRNet (NIPR) and SIPRNet (SIPR) network environments. These activities include, but are not limited to network design and implementation, cloud design and implementation, system design and implementation, server and application migrations, file services platform engineering, project planning, development of technical documentation and standard operation procedures (SOPs), deployment of automated discovery, mapping, and migration toolsets, server performance optimization and right-sizing, network and server monitoring, DR planning and implementation, backup and encryption solution deployment, and validation of operational systems.

2) Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 Engineering and Security.

The contractor shall have proven experience in providing highly skilled cloud engineering and security engineering support for the DoD Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 (M365) DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) cloud environments. These cloud engineering and cloud security activities include but are not limited to the project management, design, development, security, and implementation of a hybrid connected, highly available, multi-region Microsoft Azure cloud tenant. Performing complex migrations of DoD on-premise systems, servers, applications, and users to Azure and M365 cloud environments. Operational and administrative management of Microsoft Azure and M365 cloud environments, including the provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security of the tenant(s) and ensuring that all cloud infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards. Implementation of continuous security monitoring practices along with threat and vulnerability prevention, detection, and response capabilities on cloud assets utilizing cloud security tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Purview, and Defender. Management of security and access controls of the Microsoft Azure and M365 cloud environments and development and implementation of policy driven data protection, governance, and best practices ensuring DoD data is wholly protected and secured.

3) Network Subject Matter Expertise (CCIE Level).

The contractor shall have proven experience in providing highly skilled and certified subject matter expertise supporting data center and cloud network architectures and engineering in DoD SIPR and NIPR network environments. Proven experience and success in the engineering and operations of routing and switching, virtual private networks (VPN), and 802.1x network access control solutions and expertise with Azure and AWS cloud network technologies and equivalents such as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Virtual Network, NAT Gateways, VPN Gateways, Route53, DNS, Traffic Manager, Network Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Custom Route Tables, User Defined Routes, AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute. Design and implementation of network architectures, equipment, and software in accordance with DoD security STIGs. The contractor provided network SME resource must have a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or equivalent certification skill level.

4) File Services Platform Subject Matter Expertise (CTERA).

The contractor shall have proven experience in providing highly skilled subject matter expertise for engineering and operational support for an enterprise CTERA file services platform deployment. The contractor shall have specialized expertise and experience with the design, staging, configuration, implementation, security, and operational support of the CTERA platform in the DoD environment in accordance with the CTERA Military Unique Deployment Guide. This experience will include but is not limited to the design and implementation of CTERA architectures, servers, appliances, virtual machines (VMs), storage, and software components such as CTERA Portal, Master and Replication DBs, Cloud Object Storage Nodes, Catalog Nodes, Application Servers, Gateways, and Agents. The contractor must have extensive experience with performing complex CTERA file share and object storage migrations successfully without incident, downtime, or loss of data and providing operational support, troubleshooting, and resolution of any CTERA related problems and incidents. The contractor must have a minimum of two years of proven experience and success with the engineering, implementation, migrations, security, monitoring, and operations of an enterprise CTERA platform deployment in the DoD environment.

Instructions to Vendors

Please address the following in your capability statement:

1. Identify contracts your company has been awarded under NAICS 541519.

Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov.

o Contract type (FFP, CPFF, etc.), o Contract award amount, o Contract number, o Period of performance, and http://www.sba.gov/ o Government Point of Contract name and email address.

2. Specific examples of prior efforts same/and or similar as outlined in the draft PWS, specifically the required capabilities listed above.

o Provide the details including:

Approximate total contract value Contract must be performed within the past three (3) years of contracts where your company has performed Identify if your firm served as the Prime, Subcontractor or a partner in a Joint Venture.

3. Recommended/suggested NAICS codes for this effort.

4. Recommended/suggested contract type (i.e. FFP, Cost, T&M, LOE, etc.), based on the draft PWS.

5. Please state whether these services are commercially available, yes or no? Please state why.

6. Are all of the services needed to fulfil this requirement available on your GSA contract?

7. Identify/Recommend any GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) or Government

Wide Acquisition Contract (GWACs) that these services can be obtained and fulfilled based on the draft PWS. Identify the GWACs contract number for the Government for review.

8. Provide any comments/questions regarding the tasks of this requirement.

Security Requirements: Firms must verify they have a Secret Facility Clearance at the time of proposal submission. Please refer to the draft PWS for further information on the security requirements.

Prime or Subcontract: Please state if you intend on being a prime contractor or a subcontractor. This information will assist WHS/AD in establishing a basis for developing set-asides and/or subcontracting opportunities, if necessary.

• Indicate any subcontracting opportunities, as applicable.

• Include the estimated percentage for subcontracting opportunities based on the tasks.

Provide your size standard under NAICS 541519.

Confirm your business is an 8(a) Small Business.

Provide the following point of contact information:

Company Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

CAGE Code:

GSA Contract Number (if applicable):

Submission of Responses: Please submit your final documentation electronically no later than 1:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, July 18, 2022 to LaTova Greene;

latova.j.greene.civ@mail.mil.

Response Format: To facilitate a timely and comprehensive evaluation of all submitted responses, responses must be submitted using the format requested in this Notice. Any deviation from this format may lead to the rejection of the response.

Interested 8(a) firms, having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements are requested to provide capability statements, not to exceed 5 pages, which may include resumes, in “Times New Roman” 12-point font on 8.5 x 11 paper.

mailto:latova.j.greene.civ@mail.mil