The Department of Homeland Security is building a contract vehicle for administrative and operational support for its cyber missions — namely the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C). But the deadline for submitting proposals continues to get bumped.
The Cyber Centric Mission Support Services request for proposals was originally issued in December 2013, with a submission cutoff of Jan. 30, 2014. Since then, that deadline has continued to slip, with the most recent — Sept. 30 — being pushed out to Dec. 31 of this year.
Initially, DHS delayed the contract to answer several rounds of questions from industry. The cause of the most recent delay is less clear. DHS officials declined to comment on the moving deadline.
The multiple award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantityIDIQ will cover “a broad set of administrative, clerical, business and program management support functions,” including Scientific, Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) and setting management requirements for National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications.
The vehicle is broken into two tracks: a small business set-aside for administrative and clerical services, SETA and cybersecurity outreach and communications; and an unrestricted track for operational and communications support.
DHS will likely award three to five contracts for each track, according to the original RFP, which has not been altered with the deadline extensions.
The contract will be good for one year, with four one-year add-on options, and has a ceiling of $675 million for all task orders.
RELATED: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and DISA Director LTG Alan Lynn will appear as keynote speakers at C4ISR & Networks and Federal Times’ CyberCon 2015, held Nov. 18 at the Ritz Carlton-Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia.
