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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 26, 2008 FBO #2526
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- IICD Data Management Support Services

Notice Date

10/24/2008
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
 

ZIP Code

20528
 

Solicitation Number

RNII-09-IICD
 

Response Due

11/7/2008 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

12/12/2008
 

Point of Contact

Iann T. Washington,, Phone: 202-447-5736
 

E-Mail Address

iann.washington@dhs.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

Description The DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) Infrastructure Information Collection Division (IICD) is seeking interested Small Business sources capable of providing technical non-personal services in support of data management. A solicitation is planned in the 1st quarter of the FY 09 release. Background: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize United States critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) and to protect them from terrorist attacks. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Infrastructure Information Collection Division (IICD) (hereafter referred to as IICD), supports HSPD-7. The mission of IICD is to lead the Department’s efforts to acquire and provide standardized, relevant, and customer-focused infrastructure data to various public and private sector homeland security partners. IICD provides controlled access for homeland security partners to common and consistent infrastructure information, geospatial tools, and risk and vulnerability assessment tools, technologies and methodologies customized for deployment and implementation at the local level. IICD also establishes technical standards for integrating existing sector, state, and local tools and technologies to ensure widespread collaboration, communication, and sharing of resources and information. To achieve its mission, IICD manages three major programs: the IP Geospatial Program, the Infrastructure Information Collection Program (IICP), and the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program. Additionally, IICD oversees the Infrastructure Data Management activities within the Department. IP established the IICD to provide a federated infrastructure information management, geospatial, and collection systems to security partner stakeholders who perform sector risk analysis, cross-sector risk analysis and operational response to incidents impacting the Nation’s infrastructure. IICD will integrate and manage infrastructure information obtained from federal, state, local and private industry sources to provide comprehensive and accurate infrastructure information data sets. To achieve its mission, IICD manages three major programs: the IP Geospatial Program, the Infrastructure Information Collection Program (IICP), and the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program. Additionally, IICD oversees the Infrastructure Data Management activities within the Department. Infrastructure Protection Geospatial Program Infrastructure Protection Geospatial Program includes the following projects: Integrated Common Analytical Viewer (iCAV) The Integrated Common Analytical Viewer (iCAV) is a secure Web-based geospatial analytical and situational awareness system consisting of government-owned and licensed data, imagery and dynamic mission-specific information integrating threats, weather and situational awareness information. iCAV unites Homeland Security (HLS) mission partners at federal, State, local, tribal and other non-government partners through a geographic Common Operating Picture (COP) for information-sharing, analysis, visualization and dissemination. The iCAV program was initiated as mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 7 (HSPD 7) to geospatially map, image, analyze and sort the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources. iCAV is a critical component capability assisting NPPD along with DHS mission partners to better prepare, prevent, respond and recover from natural and man made disasters. Geospatial information is the “glue” linking systems and HLS-specific mission data. iCAV provides a geospatial context for a wide variety of information systems, fusing information from suspicious activity sources and providing situational awareness by tracking disasters such as hurricanes and other real-time events. This fusion provides federal, state and local jurisdictions; and the private sector with a rapid, common understanding of the relationships between these events to support coordinated preparedness, response, and recovery activities. Both iCAV and the underlying Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) provide mechanisms for federal, state, local, and other HLS mission partners to exchange static and real-time information supporting HLS mission, situational and strategic awareness using standards-based Web services (XML/ SOAP). While iCAV permits viewing this information in a dynamic map, the GII provides additional capabilities allowing that data to be shared, stored and archived in federally compliant standard formats. Through iCAV, DHS connects previously stove-piped systems, providing consistent, mission-specific common operating pictures (COPs) across organizational boundaries, fostering horizontal and vertical HLS information sharing with mission partners. Infrastructure Geospatial Production The IICD produces geospatial displays and products to support OIP requirements and inform planning, preparedness, and protection efforts. Infrastructure Information Collection Program (IICP) The Infrastructure Information Collection Program (IICP) collects, catalogs, and maintains standardized Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) risk-related infrastructure information to enable the execution of national risk management for CIKR and for prioritizing the data for use by homeland security partners. The IICP is an innovative initiative that addresses many of the inadequacies and limitations exposed by earlier DHS infrastructure data collection efforts. While IICP currently incorporates independent systems, tools, and/or capabilities, the end-state will integrate these components into an interoperable capability and workflow that supports and sustains information management and exchange. IICP includes the following component projects: Constellation/Automated Critical Asset Management System (C/ACAMS) C/ACAMS is secure Web-based information services portal uniquely designed to help State and local first responders, emergency managers, and other homeland security officials develop and implement comprehensive CIKR protection programs in their respective jurisdictions. C/ACAMS provides access to a comprehensive set of tools and resources for effectively collecting and using CIKR asset data, prevention and protection information, and incident response and recovery plans. As IICD’s most mature operational infrastructure information collection tool, C/ACAMS forms the cornerstone of the IICP. Developing and expanding the current C/ACAMS information technology (IT) architecture will improve access to C/ACAMS by State and local stakeholders nationwide. Expansion will continue until C/ACAMS capability and functionality is either linked to or integrated within the IICP. Infrastructure Information Collection System (IICS) This is a planned requirement. As such, IICS will be a robust data collection platform that includes the Infrastructure Data Warehouse (IDW), which is capable of processing infrastructure data from relevant infrastructure data sources. The IICS will fuse data records and generate new, comprehensive composite infrastructure dataset(s) that contain accurate and complete infrastructure attributes and metadata information. The IICS will provide a single virtual source of infrastructure data, spatially and contextually accurate, that can be fully analyzed and disseminated quickly and efficiently in any situation. Once received, this information will provide decision-makers with key information to guide a variety of programs from disaster relief to national risk management and infrastructure protection. IICS information will be available through user interface (UI) functionalities and capabilities that input, maintain, and query-associated information. The UI will incorporate risk and vulnerability methodologies to help users conduct self-assessments or view the results of previously conducted analyses and evaluations. Collected and catalogued infrastructure information has transitioned from the former National Asset Database (NADB) and now resides on a local peer-to-peer network, called the Critical Infrastructure Protection Local Area Network (CIP-LAN). While the distributed architecture of the IICS is under development, CIP-LAN provides the interim solution for information management and storage. Methodology Technical Implementation (MTI) Project Methodology Technical Implementation (MTI) project works with individual Sector Specific Agencies (SSAs), Sector Coordinating Councils (SCCs), infrastructure owners/operators and other appropriate parties to design, tailor and implement user-based protocols for developing or modifying infrastructure risk assessments to help individual facilities identify safety/security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. All methodologies developed or refined will comply with the criteria outlined in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). Within the MTI project, sector-specific methodologies have been developed using the RAMCAP framework for nuclear power plants, nuclear spent fuel transportation and storage, petroleum refineries, chemical manufacturing plants, liquefied natural gas (LNG) off-loading terminals and, more recently, for water/wastewater treatment facilities and conventional dams and navigational locks. The commercial facilities sector utilizes the Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool (ViSAT) to review and enhance individual site security plans using industry-generated best practices. ViSAT assessments have been developed and are available in a Web-based format for convention centers, arenas, stadiums, performing arts centers and speedways. Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program The PCII program encourages infrastructure owners and operators to voluntarily submit sensitive and vital information about the nation’s infrastructure by offering protection from public disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), state and local sunshine laws, and civil litigation. It is a key foundation for building a trusted environment for information sharing unique to the owners and operators. According to the Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) Act of 2002, the PCII activity is designed to help government analysts, emergency responders, and other homeland security professionals gain access to important data about the facilities and systems the country depends upon everyday. The PCII program has increased its reach and the effectiveness of various information sharing partnerships through its accreditation program and relationships with the private sector; federal, state, and local government agencies, and other programs. The PCII program partners with various DHS programs to integrate PCII protections into the design of information-gathering tools. By integrating PCII protections into the design of information gathering tools, government analysts and homeland security personnel obtain critical infrastructure information while the owners and operators are reassured that their sensitive information is protected from public disclosure. As required by the Final Rule, 6 CFR Part 29, the PCII activity facilitates access to PCII and manages PCII through the PCII Management System (PCII MS). The PCII MS supports the PCII mission to receive process and store PCII. Infrastructure Data Management Infrastructure Data Management includes the following projects: Tier 1/Tier 2 Program and Data Calls The DHS OIP Tier 1/Tier 2 Program prioritizes the nation’s CIKR. This program identifies nationally significant, high-consequence assets and systems to enhance decision-making related to CIKR protection. Assets and systems identified through this program include those that, if destroyed or disrupted, could cause some combination of significant casualties, major economic losses, or widespread and long-term disruptions to national well-being and governance capability. The current process of identifying these nationally significant assets and system is conducted annually, and relies on the insights and knowledge of State and territorial Homeland Security Advisors (HSAs) and Sector-Specific Agencies (SSAs). Data call submissions from these security partners provides the informational foundation for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 lists. Data call results are reviewed and vetted by DHS and SSAs, resulting in the final Tier 1 and Tier 2 lists. The Tier 1 and Tier 2 assets and systems resulting from this program provide a common basis on which DHS and its security partners implement important CIKR protection programs and initiatives, such as grant programs, buffer zone protection efforts, facility assessments training, and related activities. Infrastructure Taxonomy The IP Infrastructure Taxonomy was developed to ensure that DHS is able to communicate and disseminate information among other all government agencies regarding the nation’s critical infrastructure. The purpose of the Infrastructure Taxonomy is to provide a common and consistent terminology that will effectively categorize infrastructure elements that are representative of each of the 17 CIKR sectors. The taxonomy is intended to define specific terms used by DHS to define all infrastructure types with a given sector. Collection Management The Collection Management process is a six-phased structured approach to collecting infrastructure information to respond to Requests for Information (RFIs) and to identify data requirements of customers internal and external to OIP. These phases establish and implement a process for collecting information based on requirements, available resources, in addition to identifying sources of industry-accepted information. The goal of the Collection Management Process is to define “how” to collect data and detail the actions needed to respond to RFIs. The process consists of the following phases: •Develop Requirements: receive, validate, accept/reject, prioritize, approve •Develop Collection Plan: evaluate resources, develop draft collection, approval •Task/Request Collection: execute collection, compile data inputs, process data, quality control •Disseminate: finalize data, determine dissemination means, verify recipients, approve, disseminate, store and catalog •Customer Evaluation: customer receives, information accepted, contact customer for feedback, complete evaluation/close RFI •Evaluate Product and Process: review internal processes, update standing request list, discuss collection plan, update collection capabilities, close action item If a contract is awarded, the contractor will be required to provide data management support services to include but not limited to project management, business process evaluation, data management solutions evaluation, testing, analysis and recommendations, data architecture services, and technical architecture evaluation. This RFI focuses on identifying potential sources that could provide the requisite services. This RFI is issued solely for market research, planning and information purposes and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contractual agreement, nor will the Government pay for information solicited hereunder. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Contractors, who believe they are qualified, are requested to submit a description of their capabilities, experience, and small business certification. Responses should be limited to 20 pages and include a listing of relevant contracts including period of performance, dollar amount, and issuing organization. Responses shall be received by close of business, November 7, 2008. Electronic Submissions should be in a Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document Format. Responses should be submitted by e-mail to Iann.Washington@dhs.gov. All questions should be submitted in writing. Graphical content should be minimized to avoid exceeding bandwidth
 

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Place of Performance

Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States

Zip Code: 20528
 

Record

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