TACTICS RFI.pdf

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, DC 20528

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Tactical Communications and Technical Investigative Comprehensive Solutions

(TACTICS)

THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).

RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. IT DOES NOT

COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLICIT OR AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR

IN THE FUTURE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS

FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION OF A RESPONSE TO THIS

NOTICE.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for informational and planning purposes only. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to identify qualified and interested sources that could provide the services identified in Section

III. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS, which will help the Government determine feasibility to establish a Multi-Agency Contract to procure a Tactical Communications and

Technical Investigative Comprehensive Solutions (TACTICS) solution. The information gathered may be used to formulate acquisition strategies for competitive solicitations.

II. BACKGROUND

In support of its mission and strategic goals, DHS requires commercial commodity solutions for a wide variety of applications throughout the Department and its Components. DHS intends to create a new multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multi-Agency

Contract.

III. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS

DHS requires access to a wide and renewable variety of TACTICS commodity equipment from multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers as made available from published commercial and

General Services Administration’s catalogs. The contractor shall also provide services such as infrastructure, operation, and maintenance. The contract scope includes, but is not necessarily limited to:

Technical Category 1: Equipment

• Subcategory (1): Radios and Accessories – includes end-user equipment, devices, push-to-talk applications, interfaces, user equipment (cellular devices), networking functions, associated accessories and power systems; also includes equipment that uses the non-radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Subcategory (2): Infrastructure – includes software, hardware, communications infrastructure, microwave, backhaul, control/base stations, radios, repeaters, comparators, encryption, antennas, network, management, dispatch, Radio over Internet Protocol, push-to-talk (working with any network connection), private cellular networks, distributed antenna systems, cellular signal boosters, test equipment, enclosures, shelters, towers, and power systems.

• Subcategory (3): Maritime/Air – includes communications, sensor, or surveillance equipment and accessories to outfit and interface with boat, shipboard and aircraft systems.

• Subcategory (4): Mobile Command and Control, Communications, and Surveillance

Vehicles - includes specialized vehicles or trailers that are outfitted with capabilities to support mobile command functions, mobile communications capabilities, or technical surveillance capabilities.

• Subcategory (5): Satellite – includes end-user equipment, associated accessories, interfaces, antennas and related infrastructure.

• Subcategory (6): Collection, Process, Exploitation, Dissemination, or Presentation of

Tactical Information - includes any devices, software, hardware, systems, networks, or accessories that may assist in planning operations, collecting information, sharing information, managing communications, directing operations, presenting information in a geographic information systems context, enhancing officer safety, providing situational awareness, recording/storing/saving/logging/ analyzing/managing/translating information, or any other aspect that assists with law enforcement; this includes any integration to administrative or business systems.

• Subcategory (7): Other Tactical Devices and Capabilities - includes acoustic signaling devices, acoustic receivers, long-range acoustic hailing devices, seismic detectors, motion detectors, radar sets, smart helmets, and tactical devices that provide situational awareness or communications capability, including those using remotely controlled or autonomous platforms except for air vehicles that are not tethered. Includes any device or system for detecting, tracking, identifying, or countering unmanned systems that do not include kinetic countermeasures.

• Subcategory (8): Video, Audio, Sensor, Tracking, and Communications Intercept

Capabilities – includes equipment, devices, systems, accessories, interfaces, or mounts/enclosures/concealments for collecting, processing, powering, transporting, disseminating, storing, exploiting, analyzing, or managing video, audio, sensor, tracking, or communications intercept information. Also includes body worn devices.

Transporting information includes wireless, wired, or the use of physical storage media.

Technical Category 2: Services

• Subcategory (1): Radios – services required to develop, maintain, program, install, deploy, modify, remove, train, repair, or support any type of radio, radio system, infrastructure, service, or network; includes cellular or satellite systems.

• Subcategory (2): Technical Operations (TechOps) Systems – services required to develop, maintain, program, install, deploy, modify, remove, train, repair or support any type of TechOps system or service.

• Subcategory (3): Operations and Support (O&S) Services – services required to operate, provide, and sustain Tactical Communications (TacCom) or TechOps systems or services, includes data plans, service plans and subscriptions for services as well as

Network as a Service.

• Subcategory (4): Engineering – services required to provide spectrum support, and to architect, design, survey, develop, integrate, interoperate, test, evaluate, inspect, or implement TacCom or TechOps systems.

• Subcategory (5): Service Based Systems - includes services that would support the capturing and processing of any tactical communications or technical investigative capability.

• Subcategory (6): General – project management services to develop, draft or maintain plans, documentation, reports, status, information, schedules, estimates, costs, risk registers, policies, instructions, and procedures; also includes providing and arranging for training, accreditations and certifications.

The TACTICS equipment/solutions/capabilities shall support DHS and the federal Government in the United States and foreign locations.

IV. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Responses shall be a maximum of three (3) pages and include the following information:

1) Company name and address;

2) Business size/socio-economic category under NAICS Code 334220 and 541330;

3) Points of contact including phone numbers and email addresses;

4) Company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and Unique Entity

Identifier (UEI) number;

5) A description of your capability to provide, as well as your corporate experience in providing, TACTICS equipment and/or services described in Section III. Vendors are required to select a subcategory or subcategories within a Technical Category identified in Section III to which their capability applies. Vendors can select one Technical

Category or both Technical Categories;

6) Feedback or Comments on the draft Statement of Work (SOW);

7) Other considerations: Describe any additional considerations that should be considered by the Government in its planning for a contract for TACTICS.

Submissions shall be made using Microsoft Office applications. Font shall not be smaller than

12-point Times New Roman.

Please provide your response to this RFI no later than 12 pm Eastern Time on January 30, 2026 to Sohl Han, at Sohl.Han@hq.dhs.gov and Brittani Peyton, at Brittani.Peyton@hq.dhs.gov.

The email subject line shall include the RFI number and “TACTICS.” Any questions and inquiries must be submitted via email at the email addresses above.

The Government reserves the right to hold one-on-one meetings as a result of responses received from this RFI as part of its market research. Meeting may be held in particular with vendors who provide comprehensive responses to the questions posed.

Attachment: Draft SOW mailto:Sohl.Han@hq.dhs.gov mailto:Brittani.Peyton@hq.dhs.gov