On July 20, the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Cyber Operations division issued a request for information (RFI) for the Cyber Operations Digital Bloodhound IDIQ procurement. Responses are due by 5:00 p.m. Pacific on August 19.
USSF SSC Cyber Operations division is seeking information in support of market research to determine if there are interested sources that are capable of meeting the requirements. Small businesses are encouraged to respond. For planning purposes, contract award is projected 2QFY2023 with a 7-year ordering period.
The Cyber Operations division is a mission focused program that is tasked with defense of networks and related computer systems for ground networks related to USSF assets. The program currently has two product lines that are developed and deployed for defensive requirements of cybersecurity and national security.
The government’s intent is to award a commercial multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (MA-IDIQ) contract for the development, deployment, tuning, and continued expansion of the Cyber Operations product lines. The government intends to use the Digital Bloodhound IDIQ contract vehicle to develop and acquire software for these product lines that can be acquired via commercial software product development. The government will assess capability statement from qualified, prospective suppliers capable of implement (as part of an Agile Release Train ART)) open architecture and non-proprietary solutions to improve Cyber Operations product lines, sharing and incorporating new data streams, tuned system performance, and implementation of cybersecurity and risk management techniques.
MA-IDIQ Minimum Requirements
Agile/SAFe execution of the Cyber Operations contractual requirements will take place under Delivery Orders (DO) comprise of multiple Program Increments (PIs). Proposals for individual requirements may be evaluated based on the bidder’s technical solution, agile/SAFe experience, ART team composition, and cost/price. Successful bidders would provide agile software development experience to join government counterparts in the ARTs implementation of Cyber Operations capabilities; with the ultimate deliverable for each DO being the software code developed to meet the minimum viable product (MVP) and definition of done (DOD) for the project.
As part of the governments acquisition strategy, it has been determined to procure and maintain the Cyber Operations product lines at the appropriate product life cycle cost, the government control of the systems’ technical baseline is essential. To ensure the technical baseline in maintained, the government’s position is it is entitled to government purpose rights in technical data and software.
The goal is to award an IDIQ contract that will address the following Cyber Operations strategic themes:
- Agile improvements for information sharing, integration & interoperability
- Agile infrastructure improvements to current Cyber Operations product lines
- Agile integration of new mission systems and data streams to ensure the highest available cybersecurity of USSF and USAF mission systems
Review the full Digital Bloodhound RFI.
Source: SAM
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