Posted: May 5, 2023, 5:05 p.m. EDT
UPDATE 05/05/23
Thank you for your continued interest in CISA DTSS. CISA remains committed to keeping you updated on the status of the DTSS solicitation. CISA plans to post a draft RFQ on Monday, May 8, 2023 at the GSA eBUY for the following SINs:
- SIN 54151S Multiple Award Schedule Information Technology (IT Professional Services; and
- SIN 54151HACS Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services
Please note that this will be the last posting on SAM.gov. Moving forward, CISA will post all notices on GSA eBUY website for the 2 SINs.
UPDATE 04/28/2023
Thank you for your continued interest in CISA. CISA remains committed to keeping you updated on the status of the DTSS solicitation. CISA plans to post a draft RFQ no later than May 5, 2023.
UPDATE 04/07/23
CISA remains committed to keeping you updated on the status of CISA's Digital Transformation Support Services (DTSS). Attached to this posting are the responses to the Q&As resulting from the Industry Day held on 23 March 2023.
CISA continues to work on the solicitation and expects to release a draft solicitation in the mid-April timeframe. Please note that the solicitation, when issued, will be the official requirement and industry will have an opportunity to ask questions as part of the Q&A process.
UPDATE 3/23/2023 - Event slides and registration list is posted below. Q&A will be posted on or around April 6, 2023.
UPDATE - Registration Instructions for the pre-quotation conference is listed below:
CISA will hold a pre-quotation conference virtually via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 1:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. ET.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the attached registration form with your company's point of contact information (e.g., company name, company size, attendee, attendee title, phone number and email address) for those individuals you would like to register and send to the OPO Industry Liaison mailbox at opoindustryliaison@hq.dhs.gov by 2:00 p.m. ET Tuesday March 21, 2023 . Only those individuals identified/registered by your company will be allowed to participate.
The link to join the event will be emailed to all registrants no later than Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
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UPDATE:
The purpose of this notice is to provide an update on the acquisition strategy for the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Digital Transformation Support Services (DTSS) requirement.
This requirement will be solicited as a 100% Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set aside in accordance with FAR Part 8 to GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) holders in the following Special Item Numbers (SINs):
- MAS IT Professional Services SIN 54151S
- Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) SIN 54151HACS
In addition, CISA plans to hold a pre-quotation conference virtually via Microsoft Teams on or about Thursday, March 23, 2023; date and time to be provided by Tuesday, March 14, 2023. An updated draft Statement of Work (SOW) is also attached to this notice.
Questions are due to CISA by 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time, March 17, 2023, to the following:
- Eva Shaw-Taylor, Contracting Officer, eva.shaw-taylor@cisa.dhs.gov
- Nathalie Riley, Contract Specialist, nathalie.riley@cisa.dhs.gov
The purpose of the event is to provide an overview of the updated draft SOW and the acquisition strategy; as well as an opportunity for questions and answers, which will be posted after the event.
A registration link will be provided in the upcoming days.
Please follow this posting for additional updates regarding this event.
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On November 29, 2022, DHS/CISA posted Sources Sought Notice (SSN), RFQ1597652 on https://www.ebuy.gsa.gov, with a draft copy of the Statement of Work to the following GSA Schedule groups:
- Multiple Award Schedule IT Professional Services Special Item Number (SIN) 54151S
- Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) SIN 54151HACS
- Cloud and Cloud Related IT Professional Services SIN 518210C
The SSN was posted on behalf of Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest and the resources to support the requirement for DTSS. DHS/CISA is seeking to implement digital transformation technologies and support services to establish OCIO as the primary Information Technology (IT) source and management enterprise provider for CISA.
DHS/CISA intends to establish multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) against eligible GSA Schedule contract(s). Anticipated period of performance shall be for a one-year base period and four (4) one-year options for a total of five years. DHS/CISA anticipates performance will commence June 2023. The term of the base period and any option period(s) will be specified on the resulting BPA. In accordance with FAR 8.405-3(d)(3), Contractors may be awarded a BPA that extends beyond the current term of their GSA Schedule contract, so long as there are option periods in their GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract that, if exercised, will cover the BPA's period of performance.
The contract type for the orders is anticipated to be Fixed Price and Labor-Hour. The Government estimates, but does not guarantee, that the total estimated volume of purchases through the multiple award BPA will be $40,000,000.00 annually for a total estimated $200.000,000.00 over 5-year BPA lifecycle. This is not a ceiling amount and the accumulated value of delivery orders issued under these BPAs may exceed this amount without modification to the BPAs.
DHS/CISA intends to issue the solicitation on https://www.ebuy.gsa.gov by or before end of March 2023. In an effort, to select the best acquisition strategy, DHS/CISA is still reviewing industry capability statements provided. CISA expects to have a strategy determined by the date of the pre-proposal conference. Please continue to follow this announcement for updates regarding this requirement.
Attendee registration will be required prior to the event. An update with a registration link and instructions will be posted no later than a week prior to the pre-proposal conference.
