DRAFT DHS/CBP Commercial Solutions Opening - General Solicitation - NII Anomaly Detection Algorithm (ADA) - CSOP-BP-GS-23-0001   7

04/07/2023 - Updated Draft Notice:

This is an update to this DRAFT CSOP solicitation notice to provide industry with the Government's Responses to Questions received. Additionally, this notice is to provide an updated version of the DRAFT CSOP Solicitation. CBP intends to release a Final Release of the CSOP Solicitation in the very near future.

The Government's Q/A's and the updated DRAFT Solicitation are attached to this notice.

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This Draft solicitation is merely a draft notice to industry for the upcoming U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) solicitation for NII Anomaly Detection Algorithm (ADA), in connection to the Virtual Industry that was held, per Sam.Gov Notice ID 20221606. Information from that Industry Day can be found on Notice 20221606's posting that is still accessible. Please note that this draft is intended to provide industry an early look at the solicitation prior to an official release. In result, questions are permitted and allowable, however the Government is not obligated to provide responses and answers to questions received during the Draft solicitation period. Interested vendors will have an opportunity again to submit questions during the final solicitation period, in which the Government intends to respond to all questions received.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a non- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based solicitation authority for acquiring innovative and commercial solutions. Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L.114-328), which was recently extended in December 2022 through 2027, authorized DHS to implement a pilot program to competitively procure innovative commercial items, technologies, and services using CSO procedures. CSO is a new acquisition mechanism that provides a streamlined acquisition process and simplified contract terms that is designed to maximize efficiency and economy and minimize burden and administrative costs for both the Government and industry.

The DHS, U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Acquisition (OA) will use the CSO procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies, and services currently in the production/commercialization phase as well as adaptations of existing commercial products. The CSO procedures are described throughout sections 1, 3, and 4 of the attached Draft Solicitation document.

For purposes of this posting, "Innovative" is defined as follows:

Any item that is-

A new technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of

a proposal; or

A new application or adaptation of an existing technology, process, or

method as of the date of submission of a proposal.
The CSO solicitation process will include a multi-phased solicitation and evaluation approach: Phase 1 - Submission and Evaluation of the Written Solution Brief, which may also include an optional invitation for Oral Presentations/Technical Challenge Demonstrations, and Phase 2-Request for Full Proposal Submission.

Potential submitters are hereby advised of the following:

1. Solicitation for solution briefs is not a guarantee that award and obligation of funds will be made.

2. The costs incurred by companies in the preparation and submission of their solution briefs in response to solicitations will not be paid by the government.

3. All potential recipients of CSOP awards must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before the recipient is awarded the CSOP contract.

4. This Draft solicitation does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ) Invitation for Bids (IFB) or a promise to issue an RFP or formal acquisition in the future. This session does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever.

5. Once an actual Final solictation is released, awards made through this upcoming CSOP solicitation are intended to be made through Fiscal Year 2024

Additionally, please review Attachment 1 as a supplement to the draft solicitation.

document.