Enterprise Infrastructure and Critical Operations Support Services

Solicitation 1232SA26Q1199 is a Request for Quotation issued by the USDA Department of Agriculture for Enterprise Infrastructure and Critical Operations Support Services. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items under FAR Part 12, structured as a firm-fixed-price acquisition with a 12-month period of performance from September 30, 2026, to September 29, 2027. The requirement is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 518210, with a small business size standard of $40.0 million. The primary scope of work involves providing engineering and operations support for the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, and the U.S. National Arboretum during the BARC transition and phased closure. Key responsibilities include maintaining mission-critical IT services, supporting data migration, ensuring cybersecurity compliance with FISMA and NIST SP 800-53 standards, and managing network and virtualization operations. The government will award the contract to the responsible offeror representing the best value through a comparative evaluation process. Evaluation factors include the quoter's knowledge and skill, their specific capability to perform the required services, and demonstrated experience in projects of similar scope, size, and complexity. Offerors must provide a list of at least three similar projects completed within the last three years to establish confidence in their ability to perform. All invoices must be submitted electronically via the Department of the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform. Interested parties must submit their electronic technical and pricing quotes to Frank Palmer via email no later than 1:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time on August 26, 2026. The contract also mandates strict compliance with federal labor standards, cybersecurity policies, and specific anti-discrimination and executive order requirements.