7J--Secure Remote Access Solution

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
140R1726Q0058
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is conducting market research to identify vendors capable of providing a Secure Remote Access Solution, with responses due by October 2, 2026, at 5:00 PM PT. This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation; submission is voluntary and carries no government financial obligation.

The solution will support the Reclamation Industrial Control System (ICS) at the Ephrata Field Office in Ephrata, Washington, serving the Columbia Basin SCADA network for approximately 50 Reclamation and Water District employees. The contract runs for one year with four option years.

Technical requirements are extensive and include multi-factor authentication, FIPS 140-3 encryption, granular access control by user account, endpoints, and time range, disposable virtual machines for ICS environment protection, comprehensive remote session management with logging and recording, redundancy and failover capabilities, Moving Target Defense with software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), and Splunk log ingestion. Cloud-hosted applications must deploy in the Department of Interior Enterprise IaaS environment or through a FedRAMP-approved provider. The system must support up to 50 concurrent users (administrators and operators), maintain five administrative workstations at Ephrata and ten operational workstations at each water district, and operate over one outbound internet connection.

Vendors must provide architectural details, remote installation assistance, end-user and system administrator training at 13 specified office locations, 24/7 technical support, and Section 508 compliance. Interested parties should submit organization name and contact information, UEI number, size and ownership type, and capability statements with supporting documentation to malena_sanderlin@ios.doi.gov. The NAICS code is 518210; PSC is 7J20.

Notice text

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE - SECURE REMOTE ACCESS SOLUTION

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is issuing this notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for Secure Remote Access Solution. Additional information about the requirement is available in the Appendix accompanying this notice. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 518210 ¿ Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.

This is NOT a solicitation for quotations or proposals. This is a Sources Sought Notice only. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary, and the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred to respond. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:

1) Organization name and point of contact information.
2) UEI number.
3) Size and type of ownership for the organization.
4) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by October 02, 2026, 5:00 PM PD All responses under this notice must be emailed to malena_sanderlin@ios.doi.gov.

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Opportunity Agency Set-aside Responses due
CLWTP FISMA Compliance NAICS 238210 Bureau of Reclamation No set-aside

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