CLOUD SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE OPERATIONAL MISSION OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Pre-Solicitation Notice - Federal Aviation Administration Cloud Hosting Services 2.0 (FCS2)

UPDATE:  This announcement is in reference to Notice ID 692M15-25-R-00009. On behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration, General Service Administration’s Market Research as a Service (MRAS) team posted a Request for Information (RFI) to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Cloud Special Item Number (SIN) 518210C. The RFI can be viewed by going to eBuy Open. The RFQ number is RFQ1742912.  Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for updates on this procurement.

UPDATE:  This announcement is in reference to the Notice ID 692M15-25-R-00009.  The Anticipated Solicitation Release Date has been postponed until further notice.  Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for updates on solicitation timelines. 

UPDATE: This announcement is in reference to Notice ID 692M15-25-R-00009. This announcement now contains FAA responses to the compiled list of questions submitted by industry in response to the Pre-Solicitation Notice posted on November 18, 2024.  Follow-up questions may be submitted at this time.  New questions may not be addressed if submitted.  All follow-up questions must be received via email to the Contracting Officers Laurie.p.Jiavaras@faa.gov and Kathryn.Scott@faa.gov no later than 1:00 p.m. EDT, December 9, 2024. The subject line of the email must reference the solicitation number 692M15-25-R-00009.

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PURPOSE:  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contemplates issuing a Screening Information Request (SIR) for Cloud Hosting Services (FCS2) in support of the operational mission of the FAA’s Mission Support Operating Environment (MSOE), Research and Development Operating Environment (RDOE), Mission Essential Operating Environment (MEOE), and Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE) associated with day-to-day agency operations. 

DESCRIPTION:  The scope of the FCS2 procurement encompasses the commercial Cloud Service Provider (CSP) reseller services to support all FAA Lines of Business.  The FAA requires access to two CSPs:  Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.  The CSPs own and control the underlying cloud infrastructure and services.  The FAA cloud service consumers administer and utilizes CSP provided infrastructure and services via CSP provided consoles and Application Programming Interface (API).  The FAA cloud service consumer also has control over deployed applications and the associated data. The attached draft Statement of Work (SOW) describes the scope of this requirement. 

TYPE OF CONTRACT:  It is anticipated that this effort will be procured as a single award Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity Fixed Unit Price contract with a five-year ordering period beginning September 01, 2025.

NAICS:  The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 518210 – Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.

ACQUISTION STRATEGY:  This procurement will be announced as a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Unrestricted Competition.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the Screening Information Request (SIR) on or about 02 December 2024.  Additional details can be found in the SIR when it is posted to http://Sam.gov.

All questions regarding this announcement must be received via email to the Contracting Officers Laurie.p.jiavaras@faa.gov and Kathryn.scott@faa.gov no later than 1:00 p.m. EDT, November 25, 2024. The subject line of the email must reference the solicitation number 692M15-25-R-00009.