Sources_Sought_RFI_-_Disastery_Recovery_Services_1.docx

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

SYNOPSIS, SOURCES SOUGHT and REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Department of the Interior, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Disaster Recovery Services

The Department of Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center, Acquisition Service Directorate is issuing this Request For Information (RFI) on behalf of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). Responses from industry will inform the market research and acquisition planning for recompete of the DOI’s current Disaster Recovery Services.

OBJECTIVE

OCIO obtains, configures, implements, and manages its own large scale mainframe computer and supporting systems to host IBC systems. The data center hosts a variety of agency/bureau administrative and mission-oriented systems. In the event of a major disaster, the OCIO and IBC maintains contingency plans which management uses to ensure that losses are minimized to an acceptable level and business activities are resumed within a specific service level agreement (SLA). Disaster recovery is a key component to the business recovery plan. The purpose is to provide disaster recovery services to accommodate a catastrophic event of such a magnitude that it requires the movement/relocation of the data center services and equipment to another site, provides for the relocation of key staff, and permits the OCIO the ability to verify the adequacy of the procedures and services by yearly testing of critical applications.

The objective of this Synopsis, Source Sought and RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification and provide Disaster Recovery Services Statement of Work (SOW) for industry comment.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please provide:

1. Comments in the draft SOW.

2. Respond to questions within this document (see yellow areas for responses).

Format:

All comments must be in MS Word. Use the review functionality to place notes as “new comments”. To access the “new comment” function, select the Review Tab in Word.

Comments will not be accepted or reviewed when provided as PDF documents because the use of MS Word increases the Government’s speed of evaluation and handling.

Respondents may separately include PDF capabilities statements.

Deadline & Delivery:

All responses are due no later than 2:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 02, 2023.

Deliver responses via email to:

Adam Stetler, Contracting Officer adam_stetler@ibc.doi.gov

Tifani Parasidis, Contract Specialist tifani_parasidis@ibc.doi.gov

QUESTIONS

Please respond to the following questions. Provide answers in the yellow fields.

1) Provide your firm’s name, size status, and point of contact information for the response.

COMPANY PROVIDING RESPONSE

& POINT OF CONTACT FOR GOVERNMENT FOLLOW-UP:

Company:

Company Size Status:

Governmentwide Acquisition Contract or Schedules Numbers (if applicable):

Company Official’s Name:

Title:

Phone:

Email:

2) Technical Capabilities: Given your review of the SOW, please confirm if the responding company believes they are capable of meeting the requirements. This may be as detailed or as high-level as you wish. It may reference information in separately provided capabilities statements.

INDUSTRY RESPONSE:

3) Interest in the Opportunity: Please confirm whether the responding company would be interested in responding to a formal solicitation for Disaster Recovery Services opportunity.

INDUSTRY RESPONSE:

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