SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Identity and Access Management Consulting Services
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-HO-2016-071-CDB
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2016
- Point of Contact
- Chris Bocus, Phone: 3014027888
- E-Mail Address
-
chris.bocus@nih.gov
(chris.bocus@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), intends to negotiate and issue an award on a sole source noncompetitive basis to Sailpoint Technologies, Inc., 11305 Four Points Drive, Austin, TX, 78726-2367, to provide Identity and Access Management (IAM) software tool consulting services. BACKGROUND: The Information Technology Applications Center (ITAC) is a branch of the Office of Management of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). ITAC provides a full range of IT support services to the Institute including custom software development, customization and deployment of COTS products, management of the NHLBI IT infrastructure, and management of the Institute's IT Security policy. ITAC collaborates very closely with the NIH Center for Information Technology in many of its functions and serves a set of customers ranging from researchers in the Division of Intramural Research, to scientists managing a scientific grant portfolio, to personnel supporting the administrative aspects of the Institute's operations. To support the lifecycle management and governance of Identity and Access Management, NHLBI has selected the SailPoint IdentityIQ software tool (IAM tool). This tool will integrate to existing infrastructure such as Active Directory, SiteMinder, etc. Consulting services are required to plan the implementation of this software tool. PROCUREMENT: The contractor shall provide the following services: • Conduct planning sessions and best practices workshops for definition of the NHLBI setup • Provide knowledge transfer to the team identified by NHLBI on the software, system, integrations, and operations of the IAM system. • Provide expert technical consulting to the NHLBI development team to include any of the following: o Application on-boarding, including configuration of creation, correlation, and build map rules o Extending reporting capabilities via custom reporting o Role mining and modeling assistance and configuration o Risk/SOD configuration and implementation consulting o Project/code reviews o Analysis and design activities o Documentation review o Product version upgrades  Planning and preparation  Analysis of customer configuration  Ongoing patch installation o Advanced configuration (workflow, rules, reports) o Mentoring and custom training o Performance management plan ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: To be determined upon award. Estimated level of effort: 80 hours of consulting services JUSTIFICATION: The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research. The sole source determination is based on the fact that Sailpoint Technologies Inc. is the only vendor able to meet the requirements of the government. Due to the proprietary nature of the software and unique knowledge needed to provide these services, Sailpoint Technologieis Inc. is the only vendor capable to perform the requested services. REGULATORY AUTHORITY: This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541519, Other Computer Related Services and the Small Business Size Standard is $27,500,000. This acquisition is conducted in accordance with the procedures as prescribed in FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Subpart 12.6. The solicitation document, the incorporated provisions and clauses are those in the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86, effective February 1, 2016. This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by March 1, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. EST. Responses must reference synopsis number HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-HO-2016-071-CDB, may be submitted to the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisition, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rm 6207, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: Chris Bocus. Response may be submitted electronically to chris.bocus@ nih.gov. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. "All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency."
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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