Sources Sought Notice_DISA J6 ED-E.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Tracking Number: 832468872

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking sources for the DISA Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) Enterprise Directorate (“J6 C4”) Engineering and Development for the Enterprise (ED-E) requirement.

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

DISA/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO)/PS8331 2300 East Drive, Building 3600 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225-5406

INTRODUCTION:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and technical capability of small businesses (including the following subsets: Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Certified 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses and Woman-Owned Small Businesses) to provide the required products and/or services.

The DISA J6 C4 is seeking information from potential sources for the ED-E requirement. The intent of this effort is to provide a variety of enterprise and solution level information technology, engineering, application development, capacity, and architecture support under the DISA J6 C4 environment.

The contractor shall operate within the DISA J6 C4 processes to deliver consistently high-quality systems through repeatable processes, to provide seamless transition to operations and maintenance for systems. The contractor’s effort will minimize impact to DISA J6 C4 customers, while consistently delivering superior products and services that provide the best value to the customer. The contractor shall provide operations and maintenance support activities for the development and test environments (on premises or in the cloud), maintain solutions until successfully transitioned to operations, and shall be responsible for providing specialized support for mission specific systems and applications.

The anticipated Period of Performance (PoP) is a one-year base period, with four, one-year option periods for a total of five years. The estimated PoP dates are as follows:

The anticipated Place of Performance is in the continental United States (CONUS) locations with most of the work taking place in the National Capital Region (NCR) (150 miles radius of the Washington D.C. area) and at COOP sites inside and outside the NCR, both CONUS and OCONUS:

(1) Pentagon – 7010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 22202;

(2) Taylor Building – 2530 Crystal Dr., Crystal City, VA 22202;

(3) Mark Center – 4800 Mark Center Dr., Alexandria, VA 22311;

(4) Crystal Gateway – 2515 Crystal Drive Suite 1920, Arlington, VA 22202

(5) Other Government sites within the NCR as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2674, “Pentagon Reservation,” and “NCR”;

(6) Defense Security Cooperation Agency – 441 Elliot Ave, Newport, Rhode Island 02841;

(7) COOP sites inside and outside the NCR, both CONUS and OCONUS, as required.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

CONTRACT/PROGRAM BACKGROUND:

Contract Number: HHSN316201200187W Task Order: HC102820F0943 Total Lifecycle Value: $173M Contract Vehicle: Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institute of Health (NIH) Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small Business (SB) Suite Incumbent and their size: ValidaTek-CITI, LLC; small business Method of previous acquisition: Small business set-aside PoP: December 18, 2020 – December 17, 2025

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

1. ENGINEERING: The ED-E team supports an extremely broad yet technically detailed focus area with regards to engineering implementation. ED-E’s Engineering team performs the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge technologies and services to support the Warfighter, encompassing a wide range of innovative solutions. This includes the creation and integration of hardware, software, and systems that span from physical appliances, servers, and networking equipment to virtual infrastructure and cloud services. Engineering also enables the development of engineered resilient systems on-prem or in the cloud that are agile, scalable, trusted, secured and easily supportable within DISA’s framework. Describe and provide an example of your company’s experience of engineering design, implementation, and maintenance at a similar scope and scale for Department of Defense (DoD) or similar DoD agencies.

2. ARCHITECTURE: The ED-E team develops and maintains integrated enterprise architecture from the enterprise level down through the solution level and across solution level architectures. The team develops current-state (as-is) diagrams and future-state (to-be) diagrams associated with J6 Pentagon strategic planning and roadmaps as well as guidance from the DISA J6 C4 Team. The team provides technical expertise and services to facilitate the design, implementation, maintenance, and governance of architectures, and must possess a comprehensive understanding of the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). Describe and provide an example of your company’s experience of delivering this level of architecture support at a similar scope and scale for DoD or similar DoD agencies.

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: The ED-E team provides end-to-end project management support services for all J6 Pentagon projects. This includes managing the J6 project management process, maintaining, and administering the project management system (i.e. ProMIS (Proposal Management Information System)), and providing project management support services for J6 Pentagon related to engineering, architecture, and web development projects/services. The contractor is expected to maintain 90% staffing throughout the life of the contract with qualified employees who provide relevant technical expertise. As directed by the government, the contractor will be responsible for varying aspects of the project management process, including (but not limited to) initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, reporting, and closeout. Describe and provide a specific experience where your company has provided project management support services for a contract with a lifecycle value of at least $100M, and your approach to managing that large-scale contract.

4. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: The ED-E team develops new web-based applications, maintains those newly developed applications, and performs maintenance of existing customer web-based applications. The development of new web-based applications involves planning, design, implementation, and testing, utilizing a range of programming languages and services including Drupal, .Net, Java, SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and the Microsoft Power Platform. The maintenance of existing web-based applications includes troubleshooting, refactoring, and updates, ensuring that applications remain optimized and aligned with evolving and changing customer needs. The software maintenance services support a broad range of existing websites and applications, serving a diverse set of Pentagon customers and stakeholders across various military departments and agencies. Describe and provide an instance where your company has developed web-based applications in languages listed above.

5. RAPID RESPONSE: The ED-E Rapid Response team provides agile support for unforeseen engineering and architecture contingencies. The team is expected to provide support without effecting continuity of mission, while working towards rapid resolutions. Describe and provide an instance where your company has successfully supported requirements needing rapid solution solving support of unanticipated and short-term requirements for engineering, architecture, and web services.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The DISA J6 C4 ED-E shall require the offeror to possess a final Top Secret (TS)/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Facility Clearance. Some Offeror personnel shall be required to possess Secret and TS/SCI access eligibility. Please provide your current Facility Clearance Level.

The relevant DoD-Approved Certifications are applicable to this effort; Please answer whether your company possesses or can obtain these requirements:

· ISO 9001 certified

· Minimum CMMI Level 3 Certification

SOURCES SOUGHT:

The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541512, with the corresponding size standard of $34M.

In order to make a determination for a small business set-aside, two or more qualified and capable small businesses must submit responses that demonstrate their qualifications. Responses must demonstrate the company’s ability to perform in accordance with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

To assist DISA in determining the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought Notice, provide information regarding any plans to use joint ventures (JVs) or partnering. Please outline the company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner who combined can meet the specific requirements contained in this notice.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Responses should include:

1) Business name and address;

2) Name of company representative and their business title;

3) Small Business Socio-economic status (if small);

4) CAGE Code;

5) Prime contract vehicles; to include ENCORE III, SETI, NIH CIO-SP3, NASA SEWP V, General Service Administration (GSA): OASIS, ALLIANT II, VETS II, STARS III, MAS (including applicable SIN(s), groups or pools), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle that allows for decentralized ordering. (This information is for market research only and businesses with a valid cage that lack prime contract vehicles are still encouraged to respond to this notice.)

Businesses who wish to respond must send a response via email NLT 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on February 7, 2025 to Mallory Moss, mallory.a.moss.civ@mail.mil, and Jacob Prange, jacob.m.prange2.civ@mail.mil. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package addressing the specific questions above (no more than five pages) demonstrating the ability to perform the services listed under Required Capabilities.

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personnel reviewing submitted responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as pursuant to 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.

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