Establishment of a Federally Funded Research and Development Center in the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations is issuing the 2nd publication of draft Solicitation No. HSHQDC-09-R-00008(D) for the establishment of a DHS Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) on behalf of the Department to be known as the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HS SEDI or SEDI) for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. The contract will support requirements for DHS component organizations and will be administered by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. The draft solicitation is issued in MS Word format with track changes and in pdf format. Comments on the draft solicitation are due by Thursday, November 6, 2008, 12:00 noon, Eastern Time. All questions must be posted in electronic format at www.fedconnect.net . FedConnect is a free service and is a web portal utilized by federal agencies. Interested firms must register at www.fedconnect.net in order to submit questions in response to this draft solicitation. This draft solicitation supersedes draft Solicitation Nos. HSHQDC-08-R-00157 and HSHQDC-08-00160. Questions submitted to a DHS personal email account or through any other mechanism will not be addressed. No phone calls will be accepted. The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Procurement Operations anticipates issuance of the final solicitation on or before by November 10, 2008.