SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- NGEN - Public/Private Data Centers RFI
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- 4301 Pacific Highway Bldg OT4 Code 02, San Diego CA 92110-3127
- ZIP Code
- 92110-3127
- Solicitation Number
- SPAWAR_Headquarters_MKTSVY_96F12
- Response Due
- 7/31/2012
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2012
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - John H Windom, Contract Specialist, 202-433-7317
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(john.windom@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Space and Naval Warfare SystemsCommand (SPAWAR) in support of the Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Management Office (PMW- 205) / Next Generation Enterprise (NGEN) is seeking industry comments on commercial solutions that support End User communications and collaboration (EUCC) software as a service (loosely defined as E-Mail, office automation software (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations), and groupware & collaboration tools (audio & video chat, IM, calendaring, contact manager, white boarding, etc.) that may be applicable to supporting Department of the Navy (DON) requirements. An RFI requests responses from Industry solely for information and planning purposes. An RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future, and an RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to the RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested partys expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website and the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website at https://e- commerce.spawar.navy.mil. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. General background information on the Next Generation Enterprise Network can be located at the publicly accessible website: http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/PEOE IS/NGEN/NGEN/Pages/NGENReferenceLib rary.aspx The Government has established a goal of reducing its non-tactical IT (or Business) budget by 25%. To achieve this goal, the Department needs industrys best thoughts and ideas on how the Department might obtain its EUCC capabilities in a more cost effective manner. Currently, the Department is supported by more than 80 data centers to meet the demands of the war fighter and the personnel and organizations that support the majority of their warfighting support (Business/Information Technology) requirements. Many of these data centers implement custom, point-to-point solutions for each system, with outmoded service delivery models. Given todays fiscally constrained environment and under the Departments current consolidation and efficiency guidance, this continued approach is neither desired nor sustainable. The optimal configuration for Department data centers will be a tradeoff between the three strategic drivers depicted in Figure 1 (in attachment). The DON currently manages and maintains approximately 1600 IT systems. Four percent of these are considered mission critical. Many of these systems and applications will be consolidated or retired, based on the results of the Departments ongoing Application Rationalization initiative, but those that remain and all that are developed in the future must be adequately protected by an improved cybersecurity posture. To achieve the Navys data center vision, the Department needs industrys thoughts and ideas on how to implement this optimal configuration with the use of Public/Private Data Centers. Vendors with For Official Use Only (FOUO) access should consult the following reference documents: Department of the Navy Networking Capabilities Based Assessment, 22 October 2010, Appendix A Department of Defense Unified Capabilities Requirements Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES), and Next Generation Network (NGEN) System Design Specifications The following links provide additional background information on Cloud Computing: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/8 00-145/Draft-SP-800-145_cloud- definition.pdf https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/wp- content/uploads/2011/07/csaguide.v2.1.pdf Interested parties are requested to respond to this announcement by providing questions or suggestions to the documents. All submissions should be in Microsoft Word for Office 2003 or a compatible format and are due no later than 29 August 2011. Responses shall be submitted via e- mail only to NGEN Procuring Contracting Officer, CDR John Windom, at NGENPWS_NGENPWS@bah.com Responses to this announcement shall include the following: a. Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail of designated point of contact; Proprietary information WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Government intends to use various military and civilian Navy and Marine Corps personnel in reviewing and evaluating any responses to this announcement. The DON contracts with each company include the appropriate organizational conflict of interest and nondisclosure agreements. Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted by e- mail to the Contracting Officer, at john.windom@navy.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Any Government answers, responses and/or comments will be posted to the NGEN Reference Library. Accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/SPAWAR/SPAWARHQ/SPAWAR_Headquarters_MKTSVY_96F12/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1325 10th Street SE Bldg 196 Suite 301, Washington DC
- Zip Code: 20374
- Zip Code: 20374
- Record
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