SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Computer and Data Security Services
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Government Printing Office, Paper and Specialized Procurement and Sales Division, Contract Management Branch, 732 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20401
- ZIP Code
- 20401
- Solicitation Number
- Inv-0002
- Response Due
- 2/3/2005
- Archive Date
- 2/18/2005
- Description
- This synopsis is issued for informational and planning purposes only! The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is seeking qualified companies with the expertise to provide comprehensive services for the Acquisition planning and management implementation of GPO?s Future Digital Systems (FDsys) Companies are hereby requested to submit a capability statement (10 pages or less and no marketing material) that addresses their ability to perform the service described below and company points of contact and GSA Schedule Number. All responses should be sent via e-mail to: lferezan@gpo.gov or mail to the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20401, Mail Stop: CSAS/LF. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE PHONE CALLS! This announcement is a request for information only and does not obligate the GPO in any way. This is not a request for proposal and the GPO will not pay for any information submitted or for any expenses associated with providing information. 1.0 BACKGROUND GPO?s mission includes both printing government documents and disseminating them to the public. Under the public printing and documents statutes of Title 44 of the U.S. Code, GPO?s mission is to fulfill the printing needs of the federal government and to distribute those printed products to the public. All printing for the Congress, the executive branch and the judiciary?except for the Supreme Court?is to be done or contracted by GPO except for authorized exemptions. The Superintendent of Documents, who heads GPO?s Information Dissemination Department, disseminates these government products to the public through a system of nearly 1,300 depository libraries nationwide (the Federal Depository Library Program), GPO?s Web site (GPO Access), telephone and fax ordering, an on-line ordering site, and its bookstore in Washington, D.C. The Superintendent of Documents is also responsible for classification and bibliographic control of tangible and electronic government publications. The proposed future system will ingest, preserve and provide access to electronic content of all three Branches of the U.S. Government. The proposed future system is envisioned as a comprehensive, systematic and dynamic means for preserving electronic content free from dependence on specific hardware and/or software. The system should automate many of the electronic content lifecycle processes and make it easier to deliver electronic content in formats suited to customers? needs. 1. GPO's future system will allow the federal government to create content, and for GPO to subsequently receive, preserve, and provide access to electronic information. 2. GPO's future system will be an integrated process that provides maximum efficiency and value for users. 3. GPO has taken a lifecycle management of content approach to managing and preserving content. This approach promotes more effective and efficient processes by sharing relevant data and seamless transition from one phase to another. 4. The proposed future system will support GPO?s end-to-end lifecycle management processes, including the creation of content, schedules, transfer, and archival description, for all content, i.e., electronic and non-electronic. 5. The future system will be built using the OAIS reference model framework. 2.0 OBJECTIVE To provide GPO with information security consulting services in support of the cross-functional team developing FDsys requirements: 1. The immediate staff of the Office for Innovation and New Technology (INT); 2. The core cross-functional and extended team members who are working with the INT office. 3. The office of Information Technology and Systems (IT&S), IT Security Division 3.0 SCOPE To encompasses services required to assist GPO in writing well formed software specifications requirements for system, data and public dissemination of content based on IEEE Std 1233, 1998 Edition, Guide for Developing System Requirements Specifications. Requirements will be developed utilizing GPO IT Security Program Statement of Policy and FDsys Concept of Operations (ConOps) document The vendor will also provide general consulting services to the IT Security Division of IT&S on an as needed basis regarding FDsys security. 4.0 SPECIFIC TASKS The contractor will be directly responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness and completion of all tasks assigned under this contract. Specifically, the contractor will provide: 1. Assistance in developing requirements for each sub-component and the overall FDsys. a. Including use cases and scenario planning 2. Assistance in writing well formed requirements for FDsys security 3. Finalizing requirements for all elements of the FDsys. 4. Working with the acquisition manager on translating requirements to statements of work. 4.1 Proficiency Requirements: The contractor must have, at a minimum, the following abilities: Expertise in relevant functional areas such as information life-cycle management, system engineering, business case analysis, data quality management methodologies and modeling techniques, information architecture, IEEE 1233, 1998 Edition and Federal IT Security Policies (NIST guidance and FIPS standards). The ability to facilitate intra-agency teams and supervise the preparation of FDsys requirements and relevant documentation specific to security. Review the requirements work of all GPO cross-functional teams for security impact. Provide technical assistance to the acquisition manager and assist in SOW creation. 4.2 Vendor Capability: Contractor shall have demonstrated experience in producing information security requirements and architectures and in analyzing customer requirements and security policy to produce information security requirements. Contractor shall have qualified staff with demonstrated knowledge of and experienced in information security concepts, techniques, policies, methods, practices and standards. Such staff knowledge as demonstrated in generally accepted certifications, such as the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification, are desirable.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20401
- Zip Code: 20401
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20401
- Record
- SN00739903-W 20050127/050125212427 (fbodaily.com)
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