VERTEX GS RFI3_Final_03192025.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

19 March 2025

Request for Information (RFI)

MOJAVE Functional Area 1 (FA1): Non-IT General Services Follow-On Contract

Requirements

A. DESCRIPTION & PURPOSE

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), in support of the Enterprise Contracts

Office (TCC) is seeking information in the form of a capability statement on the level of interest, capabilities and qualifications of small businesses of each individual socio-economic category to provide support for the follow-on requirement for the remaining NGA’s MOJAVE FA1 general services.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to access the viability and abilities of the unique socio-economic companies providing similar support across the Federal Government.

The information received from this request will be used on a non-attribution basis.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, NGA is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All cost associated with responding to this RFP will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFI, if any is issued.

B. BACKGROUND

As a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and a Department of Defense (DOD)

Combat Support Agency, NGA produces timely, relevant and accurate Geospatial Intelligence

(GEOINT) to help all levels of users meet their strategic and operational needs in support of national security objectives.

NGA is specially requesting that companies falling within OASIS Plus small business socio-economic groups respond to the questions requested in the attached RFI on their capabilities and past performance with similar requirements. However, businesses of all sizes are recommended to provide their assessment and their recommendations:

The approach of the follow-on contract has yet to be determined. However, NGA is currently exploring GSA’s OASIS Plus contract vehicle to fulfill these requirements.

C. SUMMARY OF MOJAVE FA1 FOLLOW-ON REQUIREMENT

The contractor is expected to possess the requisite technical and programmatic expertise and relevant experience to support NGA’s requirements for the MOJAVE FA1 Follow-on. The relevant experience sought should transcend organizations and provide NGA an understanding of the contractor’s experience. Specifically, NGA seeks to understand industry’s general support and staff augmentation experience germane to the component’s mission needs:

1. General Services

The MOJAVE FA1 program currently provides services required by the NGA to conduct day to day operations across the enterprise. The contractor must provide a variety of general support and staff augmentation services to resolve manpower needs, reduce administrative burden and expedite the execution and completion of mission critical tasks that enable the NGA component organizations to maintain business and policy administration, facilities and space management, program and project management, interior design, corporate communications, training and development and graphic design functions.

Labor Categories

Business Analyst Manpower Analyst

Communication Specialist Office Manager/Staff Officer

Corporate Communications Policy Analyst

Data Scientist Process Improvement Specialist

Data Visualization Specialist Program Manager

Design/CAD Drafter Project Manager

Facilities Project Manager Quality Assurance Manager

Facilities Specialist Records Management

Furniture Technician Strategic Initiative Officer

GEOINT Technical SME – Data Analyst Strategic Space Planner

Graphic Designer Training and Development

Interior Designer Technical Writer

Logistics Specialist Visualization Specialist

Table 2: LCAT’s for the VERTEX GS program

Of note: VERTEX 1 and 2 have already been awarded and VERTEX IT Services is currently under evaluation.

Requirement A:

Analysis (A)

This scope may include support services required to provide and develop analytic expertise and mission partner liaisons to deliver integrated GEOINT that informs and enables national security mission(s). The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 80 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall

GEOINT enterprise will remain the same. The labor categories may include Business Analyst, Communication Specialists, Data Scientist, Facility Specialist, Graphic Designer/Visualization

Specialists, Office Management/Staff Officers, Policy Analysts, Program Managers, Quality

Assurance Managers, Strategic Initiative Officers, and Technical Writers to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement B:

Security & Installation Operations (SI)

This scope may include support services required to provide premier protections, security, and facilities with the goal to be recognized as the best and most sough-after experts in installation operation, facilities management, security and counterintelligence throughout DoD and intelligence communities, enabling secure online and on-demand access to GEOINT. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 79 Full Time

Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include: Business Analyst, Corporate

Communication Specialist, Design/CAD Drafters, Facilities Project Managers, Facilities

Specialists, Furniture Technician, Graphic Designer/Visualization Specialists, Interior Designers, Logistic Specialists, Office Management/Staff Officers, Policy Analysts, Program Managers, Receiving/Distribution Specialists, Strategic Space Planners, and Training and Development

Specialists to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement C:

GEOINT (G)

This scope may include support services required to support the Director, NGA to exercise

National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) Functional Manager responsibilities and leadership of the Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG) to achieve an integrated and interoperable GEOINT Community. The G Directorate documents future capability requirements, chairs the National System for Geospatial Intelligence Committee (GEOCOM), and issues functional management guidance, policies, and standards to the NSG. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 13 Full Time

Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Office Management/Staff Officers, Planning, Policy, and Business Analyst, Process Improvement Engineer/Specialist, and

Statistician/Data Scientist to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement D:

Human Development (HD)

This scope may include support services required to lead NGA across the strategic and tactical aspects of human development to provide robust and innovative programs that attract, develop, and retain a world-class workforce. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 55 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort.

The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include

Communication Specialist, Business Analysts, Communication Specialists, Data Scientists, GEOINT Technical SME/Data Analysts, Office Management/Staff Officers, Program Managers, and Strategic Initiative Officers to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement E:

This requirement incorporates multiple offices across NGA

Data & Digital Innovation (DDI)

This scope may include support services required to lead, create, and deliver GEOINT artificial intelligence and data capabilities to advance US national security objectives. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 2 Full Time Equivalents

(FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Communication Specialist and Office Management/Staff

Officer to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, Corporate Operations (DXC)

This scope may include support services required to facilitate corporate processes, establishes correspondence standards, manages tasking and decision materials, provide protocol services, and conducts business functions for NGA leadership. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 12 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Data Scientist, Office Management/Staff Officers, and Policy Analysts to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Ombudsman (DXO)

This scope may include support services required to engage the workforce at all levels to explore non-adversarial approaches for resolving problems or addressing mission concerns; to develop partnerships across the organization in order to promote better communication, foster constructive dialogue, and increase collaboration; to drive the mission by helping to remove barriers. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately

12 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall

GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Data Scientists, Office Management/Staff Officers, and Policy Analysts to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Chief Information Officer & IT Services (CIO-T)

This scope may include support services required to developing and acquiring necessary IT products and services in support of today’s mission while providing resilient IT for mission success and delivering products and services that will revolutionize how the enterprise performs its GEOINT mission enabled by cloud services and more in support of future mission needs. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 33 Full Time

Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Business Analysts, Business

Analysts/Process Improvement, Communication Specialists, Corporate Communications, Graphic Designer/Visualization Specialists, Office Management/Staff Officers, and Policy

Analysts operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Financial Management (FM)

This scope may include support services required to drive sound financial resource decisions that advance geospatial intelligence. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 3 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Corporate

Communication, and Office Management/Staff Officer to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Mission Management (MM)

This scope may include support services required to align, integrate, and drive global GEOINT operations across missions, disciplines, and organizations to achieve U.S. national security and defensive objectives. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 8 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall

GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Graphic

Designer/Visualization Specialist, Data Scientist, and Office Management/Staff Officers to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement F:

International Operations and Partnerships (I)

This scope may include support services required to provide GEOINT capabilities to mission partners globally. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 28 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall

GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Business Analysts, Communication Specialists, Office Management/Staff Officers, Policy Analysts, Project

Manager, and Strategic Initiative Officers to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Requirement G:

This requirement incorporates multiple offices across NGA

Corporate Communications (OCC)

This scope may include support services required to deliver timely, relevant and accurate communications to internal and external stakeholders in support of NGA's strategic goals and serves as the primary resource and advisor to NGA leadership and employees on communications issues, strategies and techniques. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 13 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Corporate Communications, Communication Specialist and Office

Management/Staff Officer to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, aforementioned functions and respective missions and FTEs.

Mission Oversight & Compliance (MOC)

This scope may include support services required to protect privacy and civil liberties through proactive partnerships in order to advance NGA's mission. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 10 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Corporate Communication Specialist, Data Scientist, Office Management

Staff Officer Support, Program Managers, and Training and Development Specialist to meet

Equal Employment Opportunity (ODE)

This scope may include support services required to serve as the leading authority and resource to NGA leadership and employees on Reasonable Accommodations (RA) and Equal

Employment Opportunity (EEO). The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 12 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort.

The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include

Corporate Communication Specialist, Data Scientists, Office Management Staff Officers, and

Social Scientists to meet customer strategic and operational needs, to include but not limited to, Inspector General (OIG)

This scope may include support services required to provide independent, objective, performance-based evaluations that enable our director, senior leadership, employees, and

Congress to promote effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity in NGA programs. The functions and missions citied herein are not exhaustive and require approximately 2 Full Time

Equivalents (FTEs), as related to the scope of this effort. The offices with respective missions and FTEs, may be subject to change, although the support to the overall GEOINT enterprise has remained the same. The labor categories may include Office Management/Staff Officers to meet

2. Contract Management

The prime contractor must be capable of managing, directing and controlling the contractor team. The prime will be responsible for the planning, organization, and control of resources to successfully deliver all requested services, complete all tasks, and meet all the objectives of the

Ordering document (i.e. Statement of Work (SOW), Statement of Objective (SOO), and

Performance Work Statement (PWS)). This includes risk management and mitigation; cost control management and reporting; contractor resource scheduling; close coordination with the

Contracting Officer Representative (COR); and performance of subcontractors or consultant personnel.

3. Security

All personnel are required to possess a Top-Secret Personnel Clearance and be eligible for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance (SCI). Other special accesses may be required to perform work. All proposed personnel assigned an NGA contractor badge are subject to a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph for initial/continued access to NGA and other facilities within the Intelligence Community (IC). All contractor personnel will be subject to

NGA’s Security Financial Disclosure Program (NSFD).

The contractor shall have a Department of Defense (DOD)-issued Top Secret Facility Clearance

(FCL), upon proposal submittal. The contractor must ensure that its proposed personnel adhere to: NGA campus and all other hosting IC partner facilities requirements; specific security policies, directives and instructions for clearance passing and adjudication requirements; site badging (entry/exit); and other access requirements to work locations, sensitive materials, and computer systems.

For reasons of privacy, ethics and “need-to-know”, the contractor and its proposed personnel shall ensure unauthorized release or disclosure of sensitive and classified data/information does not occur. Access or release of information should be contained only to that needed and necessary to satisfactorily perform required administrative tasks, and to meet the requirements of the contract as sanctioned by the cognizant Government office being supported. Failure to comply with this restriction may lead to immediate removal from the contract, revocation of security clearance, and the case referred to NGA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The contractor and its proposed personnel are subject to Intelligence Oversight rules as established in paragraph 6(k) in NGA Instruction (NI) 8900.4R6 for The Intelligence Oversight

Compliance and Awareness Program.

4. Period of Performance

The potential contract’s Period of Performance (POP) is expected to have a one-year base period and four one-year option periods.

5. Location

The primary duty locations will be both Government and Contractor sites in the Washington, DC

Metropolitan area, St. Louis, MO, Arnold, MO, and Denver, CO areas. Local and long-distance travel is expected. Other duty locations within the Continental United States (CONUS) and outside the Continental Unites States (OCONUS) are possible.

D. RESPONSES

1. Responses to this RFI must be UNCLASSIFIED, submitted/received by the due date and time, and in compliance with the method for submittal specified below without exception in order to be considered.

Response due date and time: All responses to this RFI must be received by 03 April

2025 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Method for Submittal: All responses must be submitted via e-mail with the message subject line

“MOJAVE FA1 Follow-on RFI Response – [INSERT Business name]”, addressed to all of the following:

Patricia.D.Hill@nga.mil

Bernie.C.Williams@nga.mil

To aid in Government review, the total pages for the entire submission shall be limited to no more than 15 pages along with no more than 2-page corporate overview. Each submission shall be in Microsoft Word. The requested response format for all submissions is 8.5” x 11”, 12 pt.

Times New Roman, with one-inch margins on all sides.

Responses should not include proprietary information. Any responses that are marked proprietary will not be considered. This document and its attachment are not to be used as sources of derivative classification. Also, no sections of these document(s) shall be pulled from, reassembled, or otherwise used below the document(s) stated overall classification, without the approval from NGA Office of Contract Services. Responses must be marked “Unclassified” at least on the first page of the response.

mailto:Doris.A.Collier@nga.mil mailto:Bernie.C.Williams@nga.mil

Information contained in the responses may be reviewed by non-Government consultants/experts supporting NGA and who are bound by the appropriate non-disclosure agreement (NDA). All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

2. Questions and Answers (Q&As):

The Government will entertain questions on a case-by-case basis. Respondents should be advised that all questions submitted will be posted for all respondents to view, although the identity of the requesting organization will be withheld. No verbal questions will be accepted.

The deadline for submitting questions is 03 April 2025 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern

Standard Time (EST), via Unclassified email to all POCs listed above. The Government does not guarantee that any questions submitted after this deadline will be answered. The Government also does not guarantee that any questions that are misaddressed or mislabeled will be answered, if they cannot be identified before the Government’s response window.

E. INFORMATION REQUESTED

RFI responses shall provide a capabilities statement that first identifies Company name, phone number, DUNS, Cage Code, company website address, and name and email of one designated point-of-contact (POC). A recommended format for this information is provided below.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company Name:

Phone Number

DUNS

CAGE Code

Website

Address:

Point of Contact:

Business Size:

Socio-Economic Category(ies):

At a minimum, clearly annotated answers to all of the following questions should be included in your response. However, companies are authorized to submit any additional relevant information that you would like the Government to assess and examine.

Question 1: Are you aware of other federal agencies performing similar requirements through

Socioeconomic set asides of similar scope and size as the requirements listed in this RFI?

a. If so, please identify the agencies, contract numbers and all Government points of contact.

b. Please explain any best practices that are being performed by each agency or on each contract.

c. What is the name of the supported entity? (The Government agency, commercial entity, etc.)

d. Were you the prime or subcontractor?

e. If a Prime, how many subcontractors did you have?

f. What was the size and length of the effort?

g. What services did you provide, and how are they relevant to those under this potential follow-on?

h. What were the security requirements?

Question 2: Are you a small business certified in a socio-economic category under 541611 or similar NAICS Codes?

a. If you are a small business certified in a socio-economic category:

b. Why does small business provide a viable solution for this effort?

c. How is the small business postured to provide all management and professional support needed to support this large hiring activity, payroll, benefits and employee relationships?

Question 3: Per Requirement and Per NGA component, please describe any relevant past performance experience for the same or similar services from the past three years in the following three areas regardless of industry:

a. What relevant services were offered to commercial entities, to the general public or to non-governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes?

b. In consideration of mission requirements A-G, specifically describe any relevant past performance experience, by each mission area, performed either within NGA or with other agencies that have similar top secret security requirements.

c. What relevant services were offered made to Government agencies other than NGA; and

Same or similar services offered or made to NGA.

Question 4: Does your company have a Department of Defense (DoD)-issued TOP SECRET facility security clearance (FCL)?

Question 5: Does your company have the ability to comply with the security requirements listed in Section C.3 above, beginning at contract award and throughout the period of performance

(PoP)?