IT Innovative Program for Strategic Sourcing

Anticipated RFP release: December 2020

A new requirement for IT support services is emerging from the Department of Transportation and it is seemingly off the radar of most IT-centric firms, large and small.  Released under the anticipated NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services, size standard of $30 million annual receipts except 150 employees for IT Value Added Resellers), the DoT anticipates the procurement to be managed by Federal Aviation Administration in Atlantic City, New Jersey via the William J. Hughes Technical Center.  The Center serves as the DoT’s hub premier aviation research, development, test and evaluation.  The facility serves as the FAA national scientific test base.  

The to-be-released ITIPSS is slated to provide a wide range of multi-disciplinary solutions using a GWAC procurement model and it is anticipated to have a procurement ceiling of ~$500M.  While it remains unclear on the procurement competition and award type, it appears to be following a track similar to GSA OASIS.

Under ITIPSS, subsequent Task Orders will be released and will note be limited to a single subject-matter solution area. Rather, the FAA reports that the GWACC and related Task Orders will require one or more of the three following service groups: management solutions, administrative solutions, and/ or technical solutions.  Under of the 3 service groups, the FAA has organized a series of support functions that are broadly defined. 

For planning purposes, RWCO has outlined the support functions as follows:

• Management solutions:
  • Program Management, Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Planning
  • IT Service Management Implementation
  • Enterprise Management Framework
  • Concept Maturity & Technology Development (CMTD)
  • Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations (COOP)
  • Management solutions:
  • Program Management, Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Planning
  • IT Service Management Implementation
  • Enterprise Management Framework
  • Concept Maturity & Technology Development (CMTD)
  • Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations (COOP)
• Administrative solutions:
  • Office Administration
  • Training Support
  • Facilities Support: Incidental Design and Modification Support; Installation Support; Physical Security Support.
  • Asset Management: Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Systems; Data Communications Systems; Voice/Video Systems; License Management.
  • Administrative solutions:
  • Office Administration
  • Training Support
  • Facilities Support: Incidental Design and Modification Support; Installation Support; Physical Security Support.
  • Asset Management: Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Systems; Data Communications Systems; Voice/Video Systems; License Management.
• Technical solutions:
  • Software Development/Dev Sec Ops/Net Ops: Systems/Software Engineering; Software Technology Design; Development, Demonstration, and Transition; Enterprise Management Network Engineering; Web Application Design and Development; Enterprise Application Development and Support; Mobile Application Design and Development; Cloud Computing; Modeling and Simulation; Test & Evaluation (T&E).
  • Hardware/Software Support: Technical Documentation Support; Hardware Support; System/Software Integration and Migration; Software Defined Network Support; System Network Administration; Transmission Systems Support (both secure and non-secure transmission systems); Internet of Things (IoT) support; Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications; Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V); Intelligence Amplification Support; Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Modeling and Simulation, Informatics Services Support; Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
  • Security Management Support: Cyber Security; Information Assurance; Logical Security, Assessment and Authorization Support; Security Operating Support.
  • XaaS: A vast number of products, tools, technologies captured by the concept of the term XaaS. Including proof of concept, design/dev, and integration for any potential XaaS (e.g. X = Software, Platform, Infrastructure, etc.).
  • Futuristic technology concepts: Quantum Computing, Autonomous Technology; Artificial Intelligence.
  • Technical solutions:
  • Software Development/Dev Sec Ops/Net Ops: Systems/Software Engineering; Software Technology Design; Development, Demonstration, and Transition; Enterprise Management Network Engineering; Web Application Design and Development; Enterprise Application Development and Support; Mobile Application Design and Development; Cloud Computing; Modeling and Simulation; Test & Evaluation (T&E).
  • Hardware/Software Support: Technical Documentation Support; Hardware Support; System/Software Integration and Migration; Software Defined Network Support; System Network Administration; Transmission Systems Support (both secure and non-secure transmission systems); Internet of Things (IoT) support; Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications; Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V); Intelligence Amplification Support; Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Modeling and Simulation, Informatics Services Support; Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
  • Security Management Support: Cyber Security; Information Assurance; Logical Security, Assessment and Authorization Support; Security Operating Support.
  • XaaS: A vast number of products, tools, technologies captured by the concept of the term XaaS. Including proof of concept, design/dev, and integration for any potential XaaS (e.g. X = Software, Platform, Infrastructure, etc.).
  • Futuristic technology concepts: Quantum Computing, Autonomous Technology; Artificial Intelligence.

For additional research, please refer to Beta SAM Notice ID 35812. RWCO did speak with the FAA Small Business Office (SBO) who advise that the final solicitation is still slated for Q4 FY2020, with an award in Q4 FY2022. The competition type appears to be evolving as a multiple award GWAC with specific procurement tracks for small business.