Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the Secretary(OS), Office of the Chief Information Officer(OCIO), Office of Information Security (OIS), Computer Security Incidents Response Center (CSIRC) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Cyber Squared, Inc., 2700 S Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22206 to provide the Threat Connect Investigator Edition tool to support the Healthcare and Public Health (Federal) Threat Operations Center (HTOC) supporting information and IOC sharing for a period of 12 (twelve) months. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures in FAR Part 13.106 (b)(1). The North American Industry Classification System code is 541519 and the business size standard is $25.5 million. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. The period of performance shall be for twelve (12) months from date of award. In the past eight months the number of indicators monitored by the CSIRC has grown well over 500 percent. With the inclusion of the federal Healthcare Threat Operations Center (HTOC) information sharing data from HHS CSO, VA-Network Security Operations Center (VA-NSOC), and the Space and Naval Warfare NSOC for Medical Health Systems (SPAWAR NSOC (MHS), the ability to analyze and correlate this much data requires the use of Threat Connect to be effective and efficient in combating cyber threats. This capability will allow for the joint collection and tracking of internally and externally derived indicators more efficiently as well as facilitate the analysis and correlation of a threat. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same services. All capability statements received by closing of this notification will be considered by the Government. Each response should include the following business information: a. DUNS. b. Company Name. c. Company Address. d. Current GSA Schedules (if appropriate). e. Government approved accounting system (please identify the agency that approved the system). f. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the System for Award Management. All offerors must register on the SAM website located at http://www.sam.gov g. Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address All responses are due to the Contract Specialist by 8:00 a.m., EST, December 9, 2014. Email statements are preferred. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this Notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Contracting Office Address: 12501 Ardennes Avenue Suite 400 Rockville, Maryland 20857 United States Primary Point of Contact: Ian Young Contract Specialist Email: Ian.young@psc.hhs.gov Phone: 301.443.2558