FALCON Operations & Maintenance Support

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Acquisition Management (OAQ) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price task order to Palantir Technologies that includes a nine month base period and four (4) one-year option periods for brand name licenses and operations and maintenance (O&M) support services related to the overall management, planning, development, operation, maintenance, coordination, and support of Homeland Security Investigation's (HSI) Information Sharing and Infrastructure Management's (ISIM) technology platforms and software assets referred to as FALCON. ICE requires software licenses peculiar to Palantir Technologies in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3102 et. seq, as implemented under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart FAR 8.405- 6(b)(1). ICE also requires O&M services and training on existing software from Palantir Technologies in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3102 et. seq., as implemented in FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. It is anticipated a formal solicitation and other related information will be released and posted to e-Buy on or about May 24, 2013 under GSA Schedule 70 - General Purpose Commercial Information Technology Equipment, Software, and Services, Category 132 32 - Term Software License. An award is anticipated on or about June 10, 2013. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) falls under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 511210. FALCON is the implementation of a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) product, Palantir Government (aka Gotham). It provides HSI's agents and analysts with a key investigative resource: a wholly integrated, consolidated platform performing federated search, analytics, geospatial referencing, reporting and situational awareness capabilities across a broadly diverse universe of structured and unstructured law enforcement data residing in numerous, disparate source environments. Current and future releases of FALCON are required for system maintenance and support services for the purpose of applying adaptive, perfective and corrective maintenance to the application as well as operating and maintaining the FALCON infrastructure, authoring and delivering training, supporting the end user community and delivering small-to medium-scale enhancements to the existing application. Market research revealed that Palantir Technologies is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and owner of the source code information of the original Palantir licenses being utilized by ICE. Additionally, Palantir Technologies is the only manufacturer that can provide the required annual maintenance support for these licenses. Notwithstanding, any vendor that believes they are capable of meeting ICE's requirements as stated above may submit evidence of such capability within 15 days of this posting. The Government will consider all capability statements received within the time frame outlined above; however, a determination not to compete the proposed task order based upon the responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for quotation. No solicitation is available at this time and telephone, fax, or email requests for a solicitation will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. All questions or comments regarding this procurement shall be addressed in writing to the Contract Specialist, Vanessa McNair, at vanessa.p.mcnair@ice.dhs.gov or the Contracting Officer, Harold Honegger, at harold.honegger@ice.dhs.gov.