Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department-Wide Cloud (Cumulus)
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking commercial cloud solutions to support department-wide needs through the Cumulus initiative. This program will utilize Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts awarded both competitively and non-competitively to Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). The procurement scope includes a wide range of cloud services under the Anything as a Service (XaaS) model, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), along with professional services, marketplace solutions, and training. The effort aims to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in acquiring cloud solutions, while enabling strategic benefits such as improved oversight, collaborative use of cloud services across the Department, and standardized procurement practices. The Cumulus program is designed to leverage economies of scale to achieve significant cost savings and ensure consistency in cloud solution delivery throughout DHS. Although awards have not yet been issued, the justification for anticipated non-competitive contracts has been prepared in accordance with relevant federal acquisition regulations. The procurement is managed by the Information Technology Acquisition Center located in Washington, D.C., with primary points of contact available to support the process. This initiative represents an important step in advancing DHS’s cloud capabilities at a strategic level, aligning procurement activities with broader departmental goals for mission delivery and fiscal stewardship.
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The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires commercial cloud solutions for Department-wide use. It is anticipated that commercial cloud solutions shall be directly provided by Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) through non-competitively and competitively awarded Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles.
The attached Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 6.103 justification supports the anticipated non-competitively awarded IDIQ vehicles. The justification was prepared in accordance with RFO Subpart 6.104 and is posted in accordanced with RFO Subpart 6.301, specifically, 6.301(b)(2). Cumulus awards have not been made yet, award date referenced within this notice is an estimate.
Included within the scope of this effort titled Cumulus, are commercially available Anything as a Service (XaaS) covering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), professional services, marketplace solutions, and training services.
Cumulus requirements will not just offer increased efficiency and effectiveness in CSP solution procurement but is also anticipated to deliver strategic level value to the Department. This includes increased oversight and understanding of CSP solutions being procured across the Department and how they may be collaboratively leveraged from both a mission delivery and spend perspective. Strategic level value will be recognized, for example, through economies of scale resulting in significant discounts and through increased cloud procurement and delivery consistency Department-wide.
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