The FBI is happy to offer the tentative schedule for the ITSSS-2 BPA. As well as, the FBI is finalizing all different acquisition particulars. In case you have any info or options on the analysis course of you desire to the Authorities to think about, please submit these concepts to ITSSS2@fbi.gov. Thanks for being fascinated by ITSSS-2 and partnering with the FBI.

Present Tentative Schedule:

Milestone  Tentative Completion Date Draft Solicitation (RFQ) Launched 5/15/2023

Trade Occasion *6/7/2023

Launch Remaining RFQ 6/21/2023

Vendor Questions Due 6/28/2023

Vendor Responses Due 7/7/2023

Quotes Due 7/24/2023

Analysis Begin 7/25/2023

Analysis Full 11/1/2023

Contract Award 12/11/2023

*It is a tentative date. The FBI continues to be figuring out location of occasion and/or the potential of a digital occasion.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Data Expertise (IT) Providers and Provides 2 (ITSSS-2) Blanket Buy Settlement (BPA) is an IT companies car that may present IT companies to the FBI and also will be out there to the broader Division of Justice to be used. The BPA supplies a streamlined method to acquiring IT companies from a certified pool of distributors. Because of the crucial want for a streamlined grasp car and the FBI’s contracting specialist staffing challenges on the time, in December 2021, the FBI partnered with the Basic Providers Administration (GSA) to create, solicit, and award the ITSSS-2 BPA.

When the partnership with GSA started, the FBI’s procurement staff was staffed at 71 %. Since that point, nevertheless, FBI procurement staffing has elevated to 95 %. As well as, the FBI has onboarded skilled and senior procurement professionals to guide the event and execution of advanced contract autos.  With the considerably elevated FBI procurement staffing posture and devoted contracting consultants, the FBI is happy to announce that it’s now in a spot to execute the award part of the ITSSS-2 BPA. The FBI is grateful to the GSA for his or her help during the last 14 months.

The FBI will probably be offering month-to-month standing checks by way of SAM.GOV and biz.fbi.gov, and has created a delegated e-mail tackle for the ITSSS-2 BPA. Please ship all emails to ITSSS2@fbi.gov. The FBI may also present a high-level schedule as soon as accomplished for the BPA. The FBI is aiming for a calendar yr 2023 award with a closing RFQ launch of mid-summer with a doable Trade engagement occasion in late Spring 2023.

The FBI is happy about this chance to execute the ITSSS-2 BPA and to accomplice with Trade leaders within the IT enviornment in addition to newer firms, each massive and small. The principle level of contact for this requirement is Contract Specialist Tammy J. Clark. Her e-mail tackle is tjclark2@fbi.gov. At the moment, to deal with all distributors pretty, there will probably be no particular person conferences scheduled to debate this ITSSS-2 BPA. In case you have any options, feedback, or concepts, please submit them to the ITSSS-2 BPA e-mail tackle.

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