The National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is providing this Pre-Solicitation Notice
of its intent to conduct a Full and Open Competition for GEOINT Repository for
Needs (GRFN) requirement. NGA anticipates release of a Solicitation /
Request for Proposal (RFP) on or around December 2, 2019 with the intent to
award a single contract for this requirement.
The
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition
is 541511- Custom Computer Programming Services.
BACKGROUND:
NGA has a mission-critical need for the Operations and Sustainment
(O&S) and development of the programmatic and technical baseline for the
capabilities managed by NGA’s Needs and Collection Services Integrated Program
Office (NGA IPC).
It is
contemplated that the solicitation will be posted to the CLASSIFIED
Intelligence Community – Acquisition Research Center (IC-ARC) website
(https://acq.nro.ic.gov). To create a classified ARC account, you must first
create an unclassified ARC account by visiting https://acq.westfields.net and
clicking on the “Register” link at the top right of the page. Be sure to
include your classified email address as you will not be able to access you
classified account without it. Once you have finished the registration process
on the unclassified system and validated your account by clicking the link you
were sent via email, you will need to wait 2 business days for your classified
ARC account to be automatically created.
Once
you have waited 2 business days, you will be able to log into your classified
account using the same email and password you used on the unclassified system.
This will bring you to a page where you can click a button to send yourself a
verification email to the classified email account you listed when creating
your unclassified account.
To log into the classified ARC, visit https://acq.nro.ic.gov/ from a TS network such as NMIS, NSAnet, CWE, AWAN, CWAN, JWICS, etc. If you do not have access to a TS network but possess a TS/SCI clearance, a reading room will be available.
Full information is available here.
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