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“The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.”

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

INTEGRATED TECHNICAL SERVICES

RESTRICTED (HITS-R)

Virtual Industry Day April 13, 2017

INTRODUCTIONS

U.S. Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville

• Contracting Officer: Hillary Roy

• Contract Specialist: Matthew McNease

• Program Manager: David Stevens

• Project Manager: Kenneth Duff

• Deputy for Small Business: Karen Baker

HPC Program Office

• Contracting Officer Representative

• Associate Director

• Associate Director

• Associate Director

AGENDA ITEMS

Overview of Acquisition Strategy

Performance Work Statement Overviews Program & Project Management Support Centers Support Security Network Engineering Support Network Operations Support CREATE Software Development Support

Q&A Session

Wrap up

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OVERVIEW OF ACQUISITION

STRATEGY

Ms. Hillary Roy Contracting Officer, Pre-Award Division Mr. Matthew McNease Contract Specialist, Pre-Award Division Mr. Kenneth Duff Project Manager, HPC Program Huntsville Center

BACKGROUND

The Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is a technology-led, innovation-focused program committed to offering High Performance Computing (HPC) to address the DoD’s most significant challenges. The HPCMP accomplishes this goal by developing and maintaining an HPCMP ecosystem consisting of networking, cybersecurity, software development, and support in program oversight of the DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs).

This work will occur at multiple locations within the Continental United States (CONUS) and Hawaii and Alaska.

REQUIREMENT INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONS

*Based on 2017 NAICS codes

NAICS NAI

Codes D

NAICS Code:

541 -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Service

541513 -- Computer Facilities Management Services

WORK LOCATIONS

Work may be conducted at the following locations:

HPCMP offices in Vicksburg, MS and Lorton, VA 5 DoD Supercomputer Resource Centers

1. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) DSRC, WPAFB, OH

2. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) DSRC, APG, MD

3. NAVY DSRC, Stennis Space Center, MS

4. ERDC DSRC, Vicksburg, MS

5. Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) DSRC, Maui, Hawaii Engineering & Research Development Center (ERDC) Information

Technology Laboratory (ITL), Vicksburg, MS SPAWAR Atlantic, San Diego, CA Remotely in St. Paul, Minneapolis and other locations

ACQUISITION APPROACH

HPC Integrated Technical Services Restricted format:

Single Award Task Order Contract– one total small business set-aside single award ID/IQ contract Task Order 1: Program & Project Management Support Task Order 2: Centers Support Task Order 3: Security Task Order 4: Network Engineering Support Task Order 5: Network Operations Support Task Order 6: CREATE Software Development Support

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OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS

PROGRAMS

Ms. Karen Baker Deputy, HNC Office of Small Business

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR)

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM)

https://www.sam.gov/

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION

SYSTEM (NAICS)

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/index.html

FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES (FBO)

https://www.fbo.gov/

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA)

TABLE OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS

https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/ Size_Standards_Table.pdf

Small Business Administration Programs (www.sba.gov) and (certify.SBA.gov)

SUB-Net Mentor-Protégé Program 8(a) HUBZone Women-Owned Small Business Program Teaming Arrangements Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation

(www.fpds.gov)

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PERFORMANCE WORK

STATEMENT (PWS) OVERVIEWS

Ms. Sunita Batra-Allwerdt Contracting Officer Representative, HPCMP

Associate Director, HPCMP

PWS SECTIONS

• Program and Project Management Support

• HPC Centers Oversight Support

• Security Support

• Network Engineering Support

• Network Operations Support

• HPCMP CREATE ™ Software Development Support

PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

• The contractor shall provide integrative support and program management activities across the HPCMP business areas and all task orders on the contract.

• Project Management Support shall include project management planning activities and program control. This will include collecting information and assisting in the preparation of draft planning documents to include draft program and contract budgets, program and contract schedules, program and contract reports and documentation. The contractor shall also provide meeting management and conferencing support for the HPCMP in all program activities.

HPC CENTERS OVERSIGHT SUPPORT

The contractor shall provide the Associate Director for HPC Centers program management and oversight support. This will include:

• Status reporting, data gathering, data entry, report preparation, support for briefings, funding profiles, task lists, installation or customer meeting logistics, and other administrative support as required.

• Research, documentation and review support of business processes and procedures.

• Drafting contractual documents such as draft PWS and SOWs, draft IGCEs

• Provide technical assessments and reviews based on High Performance Computing

(HPC) systems engineering analysis of PWS.

• Identify technology issues and provide recommendations.

• Serve as the Program technical advisor for IT commodities and technical services contracts; provide technical recommendations for the ITS team and/or customers; and prepare technical briefings for use by Government representatives.

• Provide engineering and technical resources to perform system engineering and integration functions necessary to accomplish project technical goals in services for HPC Centers projects.

• Support the technical activities for projects requiring support to include baseline configuration, workload management, data recovery, system administration communities of practice, enterprise systems monitoring, enterprise software management, acting as HPC Centers’ liaison to the HPCMP information assurance manager panel, and other DSRC technical services project teams.

SECURITY SUPPORT

Provide security services, assessments, R&D and engineering support to the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), and Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN)/Secret Defense Research Engineering Network (SDREN) sites. The contractor shall provide security support for the DREN and SDREN networks for the High Performance Computing Modernization Program at sites listed in this PWS and other sites as designated by the Government.

File Name

SECURITY SUPPORT (CONT’D)

• Security Research & Development & Infrastructure Engineering

• The contractor shall provide a Security Software Development Team to perform R&D supporting networking and security.

• Investigate HPCMP/DREN program requirements, perform studies, analyze system/equipment performance and submit recommendations for development, upgrades, modifications, or alterations of hardware and/or software as appropriate to improve system operation and enhance security posture in the field environment.

• The contractor shall study Operational Requirements (OR) to determine system performance criteria and to outline functional requirements.

• Developer Review performance specification(s) in order to specify, in detail, system requirements based upon the operational approach and selected alternative. regarding HPCMP systems, equipment and programs as directed.

Cybersecurity Defense Service Provider (CSSP)

• Provide Cybersecurity Defense Service Provider (CSSP) management services to user sites on DREN and SDREN networks referred to as subscriber sites

• Per Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual (CJCSM) 6510.01A, CSSPs are responsible to provide three Cybersecurity Network Defense (CND) services:

1. Protect,

2. Monitor, Analyze, and Detect, and

3. Respond.

• The contract shall provide underlying job skills necessary to fulfill the larger requirements outlined in DoD O-8530.1-M paragraph C7.1.7. and the technical functions outlined in the “DoD Cybersecurity Services Evaluator’s Scoring Metrics” version 9.x.

HPCMP Comprehensive Security Assessments

• The contractor shall support External Assessments (EA) referred to as HPCMP Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA). The contractor shall perform security assessments on the following, but no limited to:

• Existing and new HPCMP systems to support Risk Management Framework (RMF) certification.

• All DREN and SDREN customers

• Evaluate new technologies

• Integrate with other security teams such as the CSSP team.

NETWORK ENGINEERING SUPPORT

The contractor will provide engineering and technical resources to perform a board assortment of system engineering and integration functions necessary to accomplish project technical goals such as: system and equipment design analysis and studies, development and verification of design, product, interface, and specifications, technical papers and studies, master test plans and integration, preparation of briefing data, and installation of hardware systems and equipment.

NETWORK OPERATIONS SUPPORT

• The Contractor shall provide continuous support to the Network Operations Centers (NOC) with engineering and technical resources to perform system engineering and integration functions necessary to accomplish project technical goals in services for the SDREN NETOPS and deployed DREN Ancillary (to include Firewalls, Switches, SAMP/DAMPs, Joint Sensors) equipment in the form of deployment and management of all hardware associated with the delivery of SDREN service to a customer location, as well as the SDREN core network itself, and delivery of stateful inspection firewall capabilities at various DREN locations during operating hours with one person on call each week night. Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD facility and St Julien’s Creek, Portsmouth, VA facility or as arranged by the government.

HPCMP CREATE ™ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

• The contractor shall provide support for the government-led multi-disciplinary teams with subject matter experts with the expertise and experience in computational science and engineering, software engineering and software project management required to develop and deploy this type of physics-based high performance computing software.

• HPCMP CREATE development groups are composed of civilian, military, and contractor personnel

• The task is to support these development and deployment tasks by providing engineering and technical resources to support the government-led teams executing the CREATE Program to accomplish this goal.

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QUESTION & ANSWER

SESSION

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SURVEY COMPLETION

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WRAP-UP

Ms. Hillary Roy Contracting Officer, Pre-Award Division

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POINT OF CONTACT

Direct all questions to:

HITS-R@usace.army.mil