RFI–Exercise Support Services (ESS) RCIS-22-00005

Background
The solicitation is for CISA Exercise Support Services to provide a full-spectrum exercise support services to CISA in accordance with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines. The HSEEP defines two types of exercises: discussion-based and operations-based.
Discussion-based exercises familiarize players with plans, policies, agreements, and procedures, while operations-based exercises validate the plans, policies, agreements, and procedures that were reviewed in the discussion-based exercises.

Work Details
The tasks under the contract include supporting key planning milestones such as Concept and Objectives Meeting (C&O), Initial Planning Meeting (IPM), Midterm Planning Meeting (MPM), Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) development and coordination, Final Planning Meeting (FPM), developing exercise material, facilitating or controlling the exercise, managing exercise logistics, managing exercise data collection and analysis to support evaluation, developing After-Action or Summary Reports to capture exercise outcomes. The contractor is also required to provide HSEEP, cybersecurity, and/or infrastructure security subject matter expertise at all directed meetings. Additionally, the contractor shall support the overall conduct of the exercises including design, equip, and staff the Exercise Control (EXCON), development of the Exercise Plan (EXPLAN) and all required components, support player/controller operations, reservation of venue or meeting space as required, setup/breakdown of exercise venue, registration of all exercise participants and observers, exercise facilitation, data collection or notetaking to support evaluation, coordination of actors and facilitating their use during the exercise.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for this contract will be five (5) years.

Place of Performance
The place of performance will be identified per individual task order. However, it is anticipated that most of the tasks will be within the Washington D.C. area.