SUBJECT: Notification of Contract Award for Solicitation W91RUS-14-R-0001, Cyber Network Operations and Security Support (CNOSS)

The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Huachuca Division, located at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, is issuing this special notice to announce the Draft RFP - W91RUS-14-R-0001 for non-personal information technology (IT) services and support requirements for the Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) G-5.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS POSTING.

****All questions on the Draft RFP shall be submitted in Microsoft Word 2007 or newer format and shall be due no later than Monday, January 13, 2014 at 1pm (MST). Depending on the amount and complexity of the questions, the Governemnt estimates that all answers to the questions will be posted back to industry by Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 5pm (MST). SUBJECT TO CHANGE ****

SCOPE: In order to provide interoperable, synchronized, and secure information operations supporting intra- and inter-service mission requirements, NETCOM must provide: Enterprise standards; operational requirements reviews; functional requirements management; architecture, design, and implementation plan reviews; and Information Assurance (IA)/Systems & Security and Operational Engineering for IT systems and networks that are secure, responsive, and available to the users for whom they support. The Contractor shall analyze systems and programs for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and suitability for connecting to the Army's portion of the Global Information Grid (GIG), the LandWarNet (LWN), and provide IT Enterprise support services that facilitate the creation and sustainment of the Global Network Enterprise; i.e., strategic planning, standards creation and sustainment; functional requirements development, management, and traceability; IT-Metrics program management, Program Management, Service Management process management; IT infrastructure configuration, change, and release management; and Tier Three problem management for operational networks and systems globally. The Contractor shall support these services primarily at the headquarters and as required temporarily at NETCOM locations both throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), as specified in task orders.