Information Technology Services--Core Technologies Services (CTS)

The Department of Homeland Security’s United States Coast Guard Operations Systems Center in Kearneysville, West Virginia, plans to issue a competitive 8(a) solicitation for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide Core Technologies Services (CTS). This contract will support the lifecycle management of USCG and DHS enterprise applications and information systems developed or maintained by the OSC, which serves as the Coast Guard’s software development and hosting facility. The CTS contract encompasses comprehensive IT support services including project management, hardware and network engineering, software integration and upgrades, system administration, security, disaster recovery, and operational watchstanding. The contract will cover a broad range of hardware such as servers, workstations, and network devices, and will require compliance with numerous federal standards and frameworks including DHS Enterprise Architecture, FISMA, and others. The anticipated IDIQ contract will have an initial transition and base period through December 2015, with four one-year option periods and a final option, not to exceed a total of five years. The initial task order issued will wrap in current CTS work performed under an existing task order and is expected to be a cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement. Offerors must demonstrate technical capability, past performance, and pricing via a Sample Task Order included in the solicitation. The contract requires personnel to have at least a Secret security clearance, with certain positions requiring Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information clearance, and contractors must hold a DoD facility clearance at the Top Secret level. The solicitation is slated for release in June 2010, will include a site visit, and fall under NAICS code 518210 with a size standard of $25 million. Contractors must be registered in CCR and ORCA to be considered responsive. The contract points of contact are Contracting Officer Kathy P. Klein and Contract Specialist Sherrie D. Walters.