Department of State IT - Aetos

Award Synopsis

Agency/Office:

Office of Acquisitions

Location:

Acquisition Management

Title:  Rewards for Justice, Department of State

Subject:  Sole Source contract award to IST Research Corp.

Description:

The Diplomatic Security (DS), Threat Investigations and Analysis (TIA), Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office needs an industry partner to efficiently join broad and targeted social listening with tailored messaging, particularly to non-permissive environments and contested information spaces.

These services and labor include the following:

1) Survey, analyze, and assess RFJ’s worldwide foreign target audiences (TAs) in relation to RFJ and topics of interest to the RFJ program;

2) Maximize the propagation of reward offers among specific TAs, including non-permissive and contested information environments;

3) Establish multi-platform tip lines across the globe to receive information from TAs and operate these tip lines in local languages, conduct triage of tips, perform translation and analysis, and disseminate tips to RFJ partners;

4) Provide an existing, all-in-one technological solution platform that maintains and analyzes all RFJ tip data from around the world;

5) Provide a range of subject matter expertise (cultural and language) to address each of interrelated and reinforcing efforts; and finally,

6) Redesign and operationalize the RFJ website with global reach, such that it is more effective in its outreach and tip gathering functions. 

This will allow the Office of Rewards for Justice to accomplish its national security mission as congressionally mandated by 22 USC 2708 and as directed by the Secretary of State.
 

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541512. This requirement will be solicited under other than full and open competition.

Time and Materials (T&M) Sole Source Award to IST Research.  FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Point of Contact(s):

Point of Contact

Farzad Afrasiabi, Contracting Officer Email:  AfrasiabiF@state.gov

Secondary Point of Contact

Renee McElrath, Contract Specialist, Email McElrathRN@state.gov

Contracting Office Address:

Department of State, Office of Procurement Executive, Acquisition Management, Suite 100, Arlington, VA, 22209

Awarded contract 19AQMM20C0021 to IST RESEARCH CORP. for 99724215.30 on 2020-01-18.