ICE Cloud (AWS), (GCP) and Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Hosting Support

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is seeking cloud infrastructure hosting services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The purpose of this acquisition is to support ICE's mission by providing an on-demand, secure, scalable, flexible, automated, and cost-effective cloud computing environment. The scope of the requirement includes Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings in the AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure GovCloud, and GCP environments. The contractor will be responsible for providing access to FedRAMP authorized marketplace product offerings and ensuring compliance with applicable policies and standards. The period of performance for this Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is not specified in the summary.

It is worth noting that ICE has already built and operates over 90 mission-critical application systems, subsystems, web services systems, tools, proof of concept, and evaluation initiatives in the AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud environments. The ICE Cloud currently consists of thousands of virtual servers and terabytes of storage. The hosting environment is being expanded to include GCP as one of the CSP offerings.

The contractor must comply with various technology standards, architecture policies, processes, and procedures applicable to the ICE IT environment. This includes compliance with DHS Enterprise Architecture policies, ICE Technical Reference Model (TRM) standards, NIST guidelines, privacy regulations, Section 508 accessibility requirements, and ITAR and FedRAMP compliance.

Overall, this opportunity presents a significant requirement for cloud infrastructure hosting services to support ICE's critical systems and applications. The acquisition covers multiple CSPs and requires compliance with various policies and standards to ensure the security and effectiveness of the cloud environment.