The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) issued a request for information (RFI) for industry input on strategies to implement a goal of evolving the agency information technology (IT) services including migration to the Cloud, according to a Feb. 28 FedBizOpps posting.
Although this was not a solicitation, DTRA said the RFY comes before an upcoming requirement for agency-wide IT services and support, expected to have a 10 year performance period including options. The agency said as it evolves “the demands on Information Technology (IT) and associated cybersecurity controls increase accordingly.”
DTRA is requesting industry input on concepts and strategies to implement a vision of transforming how the agency uses knowledge, technologies, and capabilities in its counter-weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) missions. The agency “envisions a requirement for a broad range of agency-wide IT services and support. The DTRA is seeking infrastructure and mission support that will cross all security domains in a research and development and operational capacity,” the solicitation said.
The scope of the RFI focuses on agency-wide IT services and support including migration of IT to the Cloud, in accordance with Defense Department policies and industry best practices.
DTRA names several key IT services and functional support areas including engineering, operations and maintenance, cloud services (migration, management and provisioning), cyber security, governance, knowledge management, integration, and asset management.
These main areas are further parsed into potential tasks being considered. This includes:
- Network Engineering and Operations;
- Architecture (Storage Management; Geospatial Information Systems; Enterprise Information Environment);
- Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) System Development (Software Development);
- Project Management (Manage agency IT initiatives);
- Systems Engineering (Design, engineer, integrate, and implement IT Solutions);
- Quality Assurance (IT products and services);
- Test and Evaluation (Verification and Validation);
- Operations and Maintenance (Break-Fix & Corrective Maintenance; IT Operations [infrastructure]; Monitor & Control; New User/Relocation; Problem Resolution; System Administration; Telecommunication; and Audio/Visual);
- Communication Security (Management and Custodial Services);
- Configuration Management (Manage core service configuration baseline);
- Continuity of Operations/Disaster Recovery (Plan and develop solutions; Storage Area Network; Redundancy);
- Cloud Services (Brokerage, Provisioning and Management; Operations);
- Cyber Security (Cross Domain Support; Cyber Security Service Provider; Risk Management Framework);
- Governance (Policy; Capital Planning and Investment Control; Internal Controls; Quality Assurance; Reporting; and Requirements);
- Knowledge Management (High Performance Computing [Efficiencies and implementation – {Big Data, Exascale, HPC Cloud}], Big Data Analytics, Sources, and Storage; Data Sharing; Content Management; Data Visualization; E-Discovery; Forensics); and
- Asset Management (Technology Forecasting; Technical Reviews; Procurement; and Lifecycle Management)
The RFI estimates a future industry day to be held in June 2017, with additional days possible as needed. It later expects a draft RFP to be issued in November, a second industry day in November if needed, the final RFP in Jan. 2018, and a final contract award Aug. 2018.
This RFI was originally issues Feb. 28 and was updated March 2.