Sources Sought Notice.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Tracking Number 632469378

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking sources for Electromagnetic Battle Management Joint (EMBM-J) Situational Awareness (SA) development and sustainment.

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: DISA/DITCO-NCR

P.O. Box 549 Ft. Meade, MD 20755-0549

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) and large businesses to provide the required products and/or services.

The DISA Program Executive Office (PEO) Spectrum has the requirement for EMBM-J SA capabilities to enable visualization, analyses, and assessment of Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) activities within an Area of Responsibility for situational awareness of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Operational Environment (EMOE) in support of Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations for the Joint Force Commander. The DISA PEO Spectrum is seeking information from potential sources for the continued development, deployment, operations, maintenance, test, training, and enhancements of the current EMBM-J SA software/system architecture using agile methodologies. Responsibilities include continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) of EMBM-J SA releases within commercial cloud environments, system administration, maintaining security posture and Authority to Operate, user interface development, automation of data ingest, and enabling interoperability with service EMBM systems and the EMBM-J Decision Support capability.

The anticipated Period of Performance is 14 Feb 2025 – 13 Feb 2030.

The anticipated Place of Performance is a combination of the Contractor Facility, Annapolis, Maryland, and Fort Meade, Maryland.

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: W52P1J18DA 045/ HC104720F0010 Contract Vehicle: CHESS ITES-3S Incumbent and their size: Expressions Network, LLC, Small Business Method of previous acquisition: Small business set-aside Period of performance: 14 Feb 2020 – 13 Feb 2025

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

1) Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD – Please discuss your experience developing capabilities using DevSecOps and CI/CD models in an Agile environment. Be sure to include total contract/order number, dollar value, contract type, and period of performance. Elaborate on the following points:

a. Experience applying Agile concepts to classified environments, and application of Risk Management Framework and DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides compliance activities.

b. Experience implementing microservices, and open application programming interface (APIs), to enable system extensibility, interoperability, and reusability.

c. Experience with requirements elicitation and decomposition within the Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations mission domain.

2) Amazon Web Services (AWS) Commercial Cloud Infrastructure - Please discuss your experience developing capabilities using AWS GovCloud environments and the associated DoD Impact Levels (e.g., IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, and IL-6). Be sure to include total contract/order number, dollar value, contract type, and period of performance. Elaborate on the following points:

a. Experience deploying OpenShift Container Platform, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and Docker projects, to include maintaining and configuring containerized applications and workloads within AWS Virtual Private Clouds.

b. Experience with integration of approved enterprise authorization and authentication services, host-based and assurance compliance scanning services, and Cybersecurity Service Provider services for commercial cloud mission systems.

3) Data Aggregation and Fusion – Please discuss your experience developing capabilities involving the aggregation and fusion of EMS-related data to understand relationships between the variety of activities in the electromagnetic environment. Be sure to include total contract/order number, dollar value, contract type, and period of performance. Elaborate on the following points:

a. Experience ingesting, displaying, building, and updating data related to Electromagnetic Orders of Battle (EMOB), Electromagnetic Environment, adversary and neutral EMS activity.

b. Experience using API standards to enable data exchange with other EMS-related tools and systems, utilization of metadata tagging, and exchanging, processing, and storing data across multiple security levels and classification markings.

4) Data Analytics and Engineering – Please discuss your experience developing capabilities incorporating spectrum engineering services / modeling and simulation tools into web-based software systems to support mission analysis of the EMOE. Be sure to include total contract/order number, dollar value, contract type, and period of performance. Elaborate on the following points:

a. Experience developing machine aided capabilities and associated mission relevance such as: to identify potential EMOB vulnerabilities, Center of Gravity Analysis, Pattern-of-Life, forecast areas/periods of EMS congestion, Electromagnetic Interference etc.

b. Experience developing object models, geographic-temporal representation of emitters, propagation modeling, displaying EMOE in various data visualization representations within a User Defined Operational Picture.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must have Top Secret Facility Clearance. Please provide your current Facility Clearance level.

SOURCES SOUGHT:

The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services with the corresponding size standard of $34 million dollars.

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.

REQUESTED DRAFT PWS INFORMATION:

In addition to requesting capability responses, the Government is seeking industry feedback on the EMBM-J SA Draft PWS (Attachment 1). Industry feedback may be provided in Attachment 2, Draft PWS Feedback. The Government requests that interested parties provide their PWS input within Attachment 2 for ease of review. All requested information is intended to facilitate the Government’s market research efforts and inform the Government’s acquisition approach.

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY QUESTIONS:

1. What Agile metrics would assist a contractor to effectively track software development performance?

2. Do you have any recommendations on improving the CDRLs?

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-SP4, 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 2:00 PM Eastern Time on August 30, 2024 to Kathleen Aguila at kathleen.m.aguila.civ@mail.mil and Todd Nace at Todd.R.Nace.civ@mail.mil. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package addressing the specific questions above (no more than ten 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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