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Insight into Winning a Northeast Infrastructure Solutions (NIS) Contract

The GSA has developed a far-reaching strategy to improve the way government acquires communications and information technology infrastructure services. This initiative, known as Network Services 2020 (NS2020), envisions a sourcing program that blends telecommunications technologies and IT infrastructure, and that provides access to the latest industry capabilities. The program will span everything from advisory services, to satellite, with enough flexibility to eventually include emerging technology like mobile-to-mobile solutions.As always, accessibility to services and the lowest overall cost to the Government are paramount in the acquisition strategy. It is GSA’s goal to drastically expand the number of vendors included in the contract in addition to the incumbent contractors. The Northeast Infrastructure Solutions (NIS) procurement will replace current local services agreements in place in four of the GSA regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) and Regions 1, 2 and 3.

Purpose of the NIS Contract

The NS2020 program will establish three regional procurements that provide access and connectivity when current LSAs expire between 2015 and 2017. Service areas will include the Northeast Infrastructure Solutions (NIS), Central Infrastructure Solutions (CIS) and Western Infrastructure Solutions (WIS).

The NIS strategy is meant to serve as the transition service between Regional Local Service Agreements (LSA) and the Washington Integrated Telecommunications Service (WITS) 3 contract that will expire over the next three years, and the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program that is set to replace Network in 2017.

The program includes several important goals: (1) Reduce acquisition costs; (2) Diversify purchasing capabilities; (3) Improve agility and flexibility; (4) Establish an Everything over IP (EIOP) environment, and; (5) Facilitate ease of transition to the EIS program.  The GSA hopes to accomplish these goals by giving agencies a larger and more diversified pool of vendors from which to choose, and offering greater flexibility in how they manage their contracts.

The end result will empower agency customers, as well as the vendor community to propose solutions that will not require contract modifications to meet the broad and ever-changing agency needs.

By |2015-02-23T20:31:57+00:00February 23, 2015|Industry News|0 Comments
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DHITS Generation I Contract Has $20 Billion Cap

I wrote an article that appeared in the OCI newsletter on last October 6th, regarding the Defense Health Information Technology Services Generation I (DHITS Generation I).  That article can be read at the following URL: http://www.ociwins.com/Industry-News/name-change-for-defense-systems-integration-design-development-operation-and-maintenance-support-dsiddoms-iv-contract.html.

In the previous article we focused on providing an overview and background to the D/SIDDOMS / DHITS program.  This program supports the Defense Health Agency’s TRICARE program.  TRICARE provides the delivery of health care services to military members worldwide.

DHITS I Current Status

The purpose of this current article is to provide insight into how prime and subcontractor bidders can increase their chances of winning a DHITS I contract.  On February 12, 2015 the contracting office released a list of those contractors registered for the Industry Day, which was scheduled for February 17th but was cancelled due to inclement weather and will be rescheduled.  There are some 930 names registered and unfortunately for readers, if you are not already on the list, registration was closed and may remain that way when the meeting is rescheduled.

However, for anyone, registered or not, the listing provides names and companies to contact for possible subcontract position or if you plan to prime the deal, subcontractors that may have skills that your company needs to fill out the ten technology areas required by the solicitation.  The Draft RFP has been available since July of 2014 and can be used by for forward-thinking federal contractors that want to get a two-month head start on developing their proposals.  The final RFP is expected to be released on or about October 14,  2015 with the award currently scheduled for June 2016.

By |2015-02-23T17:27:14+00:00February 23, 2015|Industry News|0 Comments
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Insight into Preparing an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) Proposal

Written by: Thomas Hodges Last August I wrote an article highlighting the forthcoming Department of Energy ESPC IDIQ program: Department of Energy- Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC) IDIQ. In that article, I explained the unusual nature of this IDIQ, including the fact that Congressional appropriated funds are not sourced for these projects, but [...]

By |2015-02-03T21:39:50+00:00February 3, 2015|Industry News|0 Comments
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DISA’s Global Network Services (GNS) IDIQ Offers Business Opportunities to Network and Telecom Service Providers

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is the Department of Defense (DoD) combat support agency that provides information technology and communications support to DoD agencies, the military services, combatant commands, and mission and coalition partners. DISA’s Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) is the core global enterprise network DISA uses to provide connectivity.

DISN’s current communication network program in partitioned by multiple geographic regions spanning nine contracts.  DISA envisions a future single consolidated DISN network.  This effort is named the Global Network Services (GNS) program.

GNS Contract

The GNS contract will provide the vehicle for DISA to acquire telecommunications network solutions and services that improve or enhance the DISN. This IDIQ contract is valued at $4 billion over a five-year base period with five one-year options.  

Completion is full and open. An awardee becomes a Multiple Award Contractor (MAC).  MACs can lead to future task orders issued under the GNS contract vehicle.  DISA anticipates a minimum of two MACs.

GNS Service Requirements

The GNS solicitation covers engineering, furnishing, installing, testing, and maintaining transmission services, capabilities, and circuits. Key service requirements are:

  •  Network capacity services
  • Telecommunications network data transfer services
  • Satellite communication services
  • Wireless services
  • Equipment installation

Additional services will be used to equip the DISN with sufficient capability to support multimedia services including voice, data, video, and imagery transfer at any time or place.  Secondary requirements include logistics support, IT professional services, and software and systems software. Provision of services will occur in both CONUS and OCONUS.   

This program is of interest to wired communication carriers, wireless communication carriers, and satellite communication carriers and teams that combine these types of communication services.

GNS Contract Vehicle

DISA has spent more than a year developing its strategy for the GNS contract.  Deltek predicts that the final solicitation will be released in February. Awards are anticipated in September 2015. The contract is directed by DISA’s Procurement Directorate at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

GNS Proposal Responses

Responses must consist of a five-volume set provided as an Internet upload and burned to CD-ROMs. The Technical and Management Volume is the largest of the set at approximately 200 pages. The Past Performance Volume requires completion of questionnaires by customers.

By |2015-01-30T07:06:15+00:00January 30, 2015|Industry News|0 Comments
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Win Strategy General Guidelines – The Customer Analysis

In the first two parts of this six-part series we provided an overview of the importance of a structured analysis of your win and provided a checklist for conducting a critical analysis of the opportunity. In this part we will provide a checklist for a critical analysis of your customer. In the remaining parts we will provide checklists for your competitors’ analysis and self analysis, and guidelines for preparing your win strategies.

By |2009-05-04T16:17:44+00:00May 4, 2009|Competition Analysis|0 Comments
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