The Defense Information Technology Contraction Organization (DITCO) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation to award an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide mission support services for U.S. Cyber Command and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) worth up to $475 million for upward of five years.
The contract is meant to help streamline Cyber Command’s acquisition of cyber mission support capabilities and services, information technology services, and cyber professional services. “This IDIQ contract will provide support across multiple technical and non-technical disciplines under a centralized structure,” the solicitation said.
The solicitation, released Thursday, highlighted the contracted support is to assist Cyber Command in three main areas: defending DoD Information Networks (DODIN), providing support for combatant commanders for execution of their missions, and strengthening the ability to withstand and respond to a strategic cyber attack.
The eventual contractor will operate various task areas including knowledge management, records management, cyber operations, planning, science and technology/research and development, cyber focused training, cyber exercise, engagements, logistics, integrated technology support, cybersecurity, project analysis, program management, all-source intelligence, business process reengineering, security, strategy and police and doctrine development, and administrative support.
The solicitation explained that the contractor will work in developing offensive and defensive cyber technology for the Department of Defense.
The cyber operations task order includes providing “technical expertise to assist in the deliberate planning, coordination, and synchronization of Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO), Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO), and operation of the DODIN,” the solicitation said.
Science and technology/research and development support will include research, development, and testing “innovative technology in support of cyberspace threat defense and management in an effort to facilitate proactive development and test of cyberspace offensive and defensive capabilities.
Cyber Command is currently about half-staffed and is not expected to be fully operational until 2018.