Assured Sharing Framework (ASF)

NOTICE: THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT, NOT AN RFQ. This notice is for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The intent of this notice is to inform the vendor community of DISA's proposed contract action. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) intends to award a sole source contract to IBM Corporation based on FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) The purpose of this procurement is to provide the CTO with the ability to integrate third party capabilities which once integrated into the ASF harness will be present as an Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) enabled service. The requirement will prove out the ASF on-boarding process for third party applications and will offer a functionality demonstration of a third party application fielded within the ASF harness. The requirement will generate the documentation and research needed to create a working service catalogue offering for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and automate the support for the hosted composable ABAC-enabled web-services. The period of performance is 12 Months plus two one year option periods. This action will result in a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541330 with a size standard of $4.5M. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Notwithstanding, any firm who believes it is capable of meeting DISA's requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which if received within 10 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. All questions and/or responses must be directed to Steven Gagnon via email at contact@example.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. A Limited Sources Justification will be posted within 14 days of award.