DHS Architecture Developmen

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Enterprise Service Delivery Office (ESDO) has an ongoing requirement for Architecture, Development, and Platform Technical Services (ADaPTS). These services were originally referred to as the ESDO BPA.

Solicitation Summary

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Enterprise Service Delivery Office (ESDO) has an ongoing requirement for Architecture, Development, and Platform Technical Services (ADaPTS). These services were originally referred to as the ESDO BPA.

Solicitation in a Nutshell

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Details
Agency Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Enterprise Service Delivery Office (ESDO)
Solicitation Number F2024067959
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 10/01/2024
Award Date 02/2025 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $450,000,000
Competition Type Undetermined
Type of Award BPA
Primary Requirement Information Technology
Duration Award through February 14, 2030
Contract Type  Blanket Purchase Agreement
No. of Expected Awards N/A
NAICS Code(s):
541519

Other Computer Related Services
Size Standard: $34.0 million annual receipts except 150 Employees for Information Technology Value Added Resellers
Place of Performance:
  • Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Primary)
Opportunity Website: https://apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/record/64237/public-print/

DHS Architecture Development Background

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), is responsible for leading the engineering of DHS’ Digital Transformation by providing knowledgeable and innovative insights into technology products or services across all IT portfolios, strengthening cybersecurity, IT acquisition, IT security, executive oversight, and promoting the use and deployment of best of breed technologies using a unified framework for collectively managing IT investments.

The OCIO provides enterprise technical architectural planning and delivery of enterprise Information Technology (IT) services. In addition, OCIO is the DHS lead for Cloud based computing, in the private, hybrid and public Clouds. OCIO manages multiple, unrelated IT projects in the design, development, testing and staging phases. OCIO seeks to provide innovative business solutions, lower costs through shared services, and reduce the time spent marketing for new capabilities. As the foundation for customer-centric service delivery, OCIO establishes a secure utility computing environment where innovation, re-use, and quality are core principles. OCIO promotes the adoption of standardized solutions and services across the department.

Additionally, DHS needs to modernize several of its existing business applications to migrate off unsupported platforms and improve the efficiency of OCIO’s application delivery functions. OCIO’s intent is to build these applications based on a suite of reusable services.

DHS Architecture Development Requirements

The scope of this effort includes the contractor support services necessary to provide a full range of IT and program support services. All services and products that will be provided must comply with Government security, Section 508, and architecture requirements. The scope of the services and products to support these services required includes:

  • Program and project management
  • Agile Software Development Processes
  • Security/Development/Operations (SecDevOps) Processes
  • Engagement and facilitation of key stakeholders
  • Business Analysis and Requirement management
  • Application, service and cloud architecture support
  • Application and Service Design, Development, Implementation and Migration
  • Unit, System, User Acceptance, Section 508, and Automated Testing
  • User Interface / User Experience Design
  • Business Intelligence, dashboard and analytics support
  • Business process re-engineering and change management
  • Integration with databases and applications
  • Analytics and reporting
  • Release management
  • Training support
  • Data Standardization, Quality, and Analytic Support Services
  • Platform Support and Disaster Recovery (DR)
  • User guides and system documentation
  • Acquisition Lifecycle Framework (ALF) Support
  • Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) Support
  • Operational Analysis (OA) and other Post-Deployment Support
  • Manage Cloud based commodity computing services and Shared Services
  • Knowledge management, communications, and graphics support
  • Audit, Tasker, and Executive Clearance Support
  • Security Support Services
  • Security Engineering Services
  • Zero Trust Strategy Development and Implementation
  • Configuration Management Support
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Support
  • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing (NLP) Support
  • Support for other new and evolving technologies
  • Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Support
  • Electronic Content Accessibility Support
  • Accessibility Compliance Support
  • Technical Editor Support
  • Applicable documents:
    • The Contractor shall comply with the latest version of all Federal, DHS technology standards and architecture policies, processes and procedures applicable to the support of the OCIO IT environment in the following categories:
      • DHS Agile Guidebook
      • DHS Systems Engineering Life Cycle Guidebook
      • DHS ServiceNow Development Governance Policy
      • DHS Information Governance and Privacy Requirements
      • DHS Records and Information Management
      • DHS Sensitive Systems Policy Directives 4300A
      • DHS Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
      • DHS Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
      • DHS Cybersecurity Requirements
      • DHS Cloud Best Practices and Policy
      • DHS Configuration Management Plan
    • Please note that if newer versions of these documents are officially released, the Contractor shall comply with the updated versions within the timeframe established by the government.

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