RECOVERY - Department of State Enterprise American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Network Continuous Certification and Accreditation Support Services - Task Order Competition under the Worldwide Program Management and Program Management Office BPA

In compliance with the transparency and accountability requirements associated with the supplemental appropriations provided by the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5. THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. The Department of State conducted a competition among the five Department of State Worldwide Program Management and Program Management Office Blanket Purchase Agreement Contractors. A hybrid Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)/Labor-Hour (LH) Call was awarded to Booz-Allen-Hamilton to support the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Information Assurance's (IRM/IA) network (General Support System) continuous Certification and Accreditation (C&A) activities through both programmatic and operational support. By way of background, one specific responsibility of IRM/IA is the performance of C&A. On that front, the Department is developing a new method (referred to as "continuous" certification and accreditation) to increase the use of automation and monitoring in C&A activities which has the potential to decrease the cost of such activities across the Federal Government (in the long-term) and which will considerably improve security in the short-term. These efforts are being recognized and supported by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other agencies with a leadship role in information assurance.