DG11--cjis vapd

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System) is soliciting proposals through an RFQ for Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) access services, specifically telecommunications and internet connectivity services. The contractor must provide a secure, reliable point-to-point metro ethernet circuit delivering 10 Mbps dedicated local access and a 2 Mbps iQ Internet Port to enable the NAVAHCS Police Department to access the Criminal Justice Information System maintained by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. All work must comply with FBI CJIS security requirements and include onsite hardware consisting of a standalone CPU and Cisco ASA 5506X router, with the contractor responsible for all labor, materials, software, and related costs. Award will be made based on a comparative evaluation of quotes using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, with evaluation factors including Price, Past Performance, SDVOSB status, and Technical merit (encompassing security controls, service capability, transition planning, and reliability/performance). The submission deadline has been extended to May 5, 2026 at 17:00 MST, with questions due by April 15, 2026; all proposals must be submitted to Contract Specialist Jamie ElBedawi at jamie.elbedawi@va.gov.

This solicitation carries no set-aside designation and identifies no incumbent contractor information in the available documentation. The contract will run for a base period from May 8, 2026 through May 7, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods extending through May 7, 2031, for a potential five-year contract term. The NAICS code is 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation notice. The place of performance is the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System (NAVAHCS) in Arizona, where the contractor must maintain compliance with all VA local, federal, and state regulations while ensuring CJIS access continuity and performing a Contractor Security Control Assessment within 30 days of award and annually thereafter.