Enhancements to the JOPES IT Modernization Strategy & Sustainment of JFW

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking sources for Joint Planning and Execution Services Framework (JFW) for the Joint Planning and Execution Services (JPES) Program Management Office (PMO). CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) P.O. Box 549 Ft. Meade, MD 20755-0549 Contracting Officer is Mr. Kane Leedy (Kane.E.Leedy.civ@mail.mil). Contracting Specialist is Ms. Stesnie Ridley (stesnie.a.ridley.civ@mail.mil). INTRODUCTION: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION to determine the availability and technical capability of small businesses (including the following subsets, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, HUBZone Firms; Certified 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Woman Owned Small Business) to provide the required products and/or services. The Joint Planning and Execution Services (JPES) Program Management Office (PMO) is seeking information for potential sources for providing enhancements to, in accordance with the JOPES IT Modernization Strategy, and sustainment of JFW. DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. CONTRACT/PROGRAM BACKGROUND: Contract Number: This is not a new requirement. Contract Type: CPFF Incumbent and their size: Pragmatics, Inc. Method of previous acquisition: Standard Fair Opportunity The scope of this effort is to provide requirements analysis, software and systems engineering support to the JPES PMO by providing sustainment/modernization, integration, testing, operational support and technical services necessary to analyze, design, integrate, test, certify and accredit, deploy, and maintain quality software to the warfighter. Place of Performance: Both Contractor and Government Offices. The work shall be performed primarily at the contractor's software development and engineering facilities with periodic local travel to DISA facilities within the NCR. These local sites include, but are not limited to; 6910 Cooper Ave., FT Meade, MD; DISA - Pentagon, Washington, DC. The contract is for one (1) 365 calendar day base year, with four (4) one-year option periods. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: The Government requires potential sources to provide software engineering and systems engineering support to the JPES PMO by providing sustainment/modernization, integration, testing, operational support and technical services necessary to analyze, design, integrate, test, certify and accredit, deploy, and maintain quality software to the warfighter. Service Oriented Infrastructure The Government requires potential sources be able to maintain, as well as design and implement enhancements to, a high performance, globally distributed, web services-based data access layer providing secured, on-demand access to planning, execution, and Global Force Manage data resources on SIPRNet. Personnel and contractor capabilities shall include an ability to design, build, and sustain an infrastructure capable of managing terabytes of data, integrating this data from many Department sources into a canonical information model, and providing web services to both access and modify data in accordance with data access control policies. Contractor personnel shall be able to design, implement, and sustain service oriented infrastructure capabilities including messaging, workflow and message routing, alerting, query brokering, and mediation. Personnel and contractor capabilities shall include the integration and interoperability of service oriented infrastructure with multiple, external consuming systems, including the ability to synchronize distributed data across multiple consumers. The Government requires that contractor personnel shall be able to design, build, and sustain this infrastructure such that it is capable of satisfying the on-demand data access and data modification requirements of over 40,000 registered users and over 30 external systems situated across a geographically dispersed operating area. Contractor personnel shall be capable of engineering, designing, and implementing a service oriented infrastructure in accordance with the standards and design patterns described in the JC2 Objective Architecture (v2.1 or later) Data Web Services Development The Government requires potential sources to maintain and build SOAP-based data access web services, conforming the Joint IC/DoD Content Discovery and Retrieval Specifications, and secured in accordance with the Joint IC/DoD SOA Security Reference Architecture, to include support for Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC). Personnel and contractor capabilities shall include the ability to design, build, and field web services-based data access layers capable of serving thousands of concurrent requests. Contractor capabilities shall include integration with Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Identity and Access Management (IdAM) capabilities. Mission Assurance and Availability The Government requires potential sources to have personnel and contractor capabilities to include an ability to ensure this infrastructure operates in accordance with, and is accredited to, Mission Assurance Category (MAC) I requirements and provides active-active replication, synchronization, and load balancing across geographically separate instantiations across the world. Contractor personnel shall be able to design, implement, and field service-oriented infrastructure supporting consumers in both high-bandwidth and Disconnected, Intermittent, and Low-bandwidth (DIL) environments. Joint Planning and Global Force Management The Government requires potential sources to have personnel that are knowledgeable of the joint operations planning and execution processes, as well as global force management processes, of the Department of Defense. This includes development of operational products that include planning for the mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, and demobilization of joint forces, how commanders and staff apply operational art to operational design using the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) in producing those products, and how deliberate planning and crisis action planning pursue these goals. The contractor personnel should be knowledgeable with regard to current policy and directives (as well as practice and procedure) governing deliberate and crisis action planning, continuous planning and execution associated with ongoing joint operations, and Global Force Management (GFM). Project Management The Government requires potential sources to be able to provide the planning and management, control and administration necessary to manage a contract type task order so that the goals/objectives are attained within cost and schedule. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS The following security requirements shall apply to this effort and shall be considered a supplement to block 13 of the Government provided DD 254, Contract Classification Specification. The potential sources shall provide personnel currently holding the appropriate clearances to perform the work identified in this task order. Potential sources personnel requiring on-line access to the SIPRNET must have a Final Secret security clearance. All contractor personnel assigned to the contract in capacities that require access to background and reference materials, source code, possession of a USERID, or other valid computer access regardless of employment location, will be required to possess a Final Secret clearance before assignment to the project. Personnel that travel to JOPES sites for site integration support or site integration surveys will possess a Top Secret clearance before any visits to a Top Secret facility. In accordance with DISA Instruction 630-240-1 (Management Services) (Computer Network Defense (CND) Services), DISA sponsored contractor sites with direct connection to DISA networks must comply with all portions of the DISA Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CNDSP) program. In accordance with DoD 8570.01-M, all personnel with information assurance (IA) duties, whether performed as primary or additional/embedded duties must be trained, certified, and recertified. All Information Assurance Technical (IAT) and Information Assurance Management (IAM) category positions must be held by certified personnel and all Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CND-SP) and Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) specialty positions must be held by certified personnel. Security Clearance and Information Technology (IT) Level. All personnel performing on this contract will be U.S. citizens. SOURCES SOUGHT: The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541512, 541712; with the corresponding size standard of Computer Systems design Services. This Sources Sought Synopsis is requesting responses to the following criteria ONLY from small businesses that can provide the required services under the NAICS Code. To assist DISA in making a determination regarding the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought, you are also encouraged to provide information regarding your plans to use joint venturing (JV) or partnering to meet each of the requirements areas contained herein. This includes responses from qualified and capable Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Service Disabled-Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Women-owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, and 8(a) companies. You should provide information on how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this announcement. In order to make a determination for a small business set-aside, two or more qualified and capable small businesses must submit responses that demonstrate their qualifications. Responses must demonstrate the company's ability to perform in accordance with the Limitations on Subcontracting clause (FAR 52.219-14). SUBMISSION DETAILS: Responses should include: 1) Business name and address; 2) Name of company representative and their business title; 3) Type of Small Business; 4) Cage Code; 5) Contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the product and service, to include ENCORE II, General Service Administration (GSA), GSA MOBIS, NIH, NASA SEWP, Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle. (This information is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.) Vendors who wish to respond to this should send responses via email NLT 3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) December 6th, 2013 to the Contracting Specialist, Stesnie Ridley at stesnie.a.ridley.civ@mail.mil and Kane Leedy shall be copied on all email submissions at Kane.E.Leedy.civ@mail.mil by the time and date outlined in this announcement. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than five pages) demonstrating ability to perform the services listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personnel reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.