Dell PowerProtect Backup Service for OIT

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office is soliciting quotes for Dell PowerProtect Backup Service for its Office of Information Technology (OIT), an enterprise-grade data protection solution designed to provide reliable backup, recovery, and long-term protection of mission-critical systems, applications, and data across a hybrid environment. The procurement requires offerors to be authorized Dell resellers with active profiles on SAM.gov and to submit firm-fixed-price quotations for various Dell PowerProtect Backup Service components, including Premium Tier 3 5-year services, Government Cloud services, ProSupport, and ProDeploy Plus services. All quotations must be submitted electronically to Jeffrey Pearson at jeffrey.pearson@bia.gov by 9:00 AM Eastern Time on January 26, 2026, with the subject line "Company Name Quote in Response to 140A1626Q0009." Additionally, offerors must complete and submit a signed Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) Representation Form, and failure to submit this certification may result in disqualification. While specific evaluation criteria are not explicitly detailed in the solicitation notice, the procurement emphasizes technical integration requirements and the offeror's ability to meet the agency's operational, security, and compliance requirements for enterprise data protection across hybrid environments.

This is a 100% set-aside for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) under the Buy Indian Act, with the NAICS code 334610 (Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media) and a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The estimated annual cost is approximately $569,000, with a base year contract period running from February 23, 2026 to February 22, 2027, followed by four optional years extending through February 22, 2031, for a potential five-year contract value of approximately $2.85 million. The solicitation encompasses 14 distinct line items covering various Dell PowerProtect Backup Service components, including a specialized line item for Backup/Restore services for servers on FedRAMP Cloud. No current incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation documents, and all services are to be performed in support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Information Technology operations. Market research identified 22 potential ISBEE vendors capable of fulfilling this requirement, indicating an adequate competitive pool within the set-aside designation.