SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Cloud Infrastructure and System Administration Services
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Bureau of Public Debt for CFPB, 1700 G St, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20052
- Solicitation Number
- SS-CFPB-13-0080
- Archive Date
- 8/11/2013
- Point of Contact
- Carey Gropp,
- E-Mail Address
-
psb3@bpd.treas.gov
(psb3@bpd.treas.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued Order No. TPDCFP13K0058 on 1 July 2013 to Smartronix, Inc., 44150 Smartronix Way, Hollywood, MD 20636 via GSA's Alliant Contract No. GS00Q09BGD0050 for Cloud Infrastructure and System Administration Services. The order was issued within the authority of the GSA Alliant GWAC which states that all contract holders must be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for all orders in accordance with FAR 16.505, unless an exception to fair opportunity in FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)-(iv) applies. An exception to fair opportunity applied to the order in accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) which states the order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract, provided that all awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order. Smartronix, Inc. was awarded contract TPD-CFP-11-K-00005 on 5 January 2011 for Cloud Infrastructure and System Administration Services for the CFPB. Fair opportunity was afforded to all 59 vendors under the GSA Alliant GWAC. Two (2) key elements of CFPB's cloud infrastructure are Amazon Web Services (AWS) which provides cloud storage and Terremark which provides data storage and colocation services. Both of these accounts are vital to supporting the Bureau's day-to-day technology operations, and have a Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate Authority to Operate (ATO), the security level required for all hosting environments hosting CFPB data. Currently, Smartronix, Inc. owns and manages these two accounts on behalf of the CFPB. CFPB's division of Technology and Innovation (T&I) has matured with sufficient Government staff on-hand to take over the management of these accounts. As a result of this increased capability, CFPB has made the decision to transition these accounts to the internal Government staff. To accomplish this, it is the intent of the CFPB to procure these accounts from qualified third party resellers. Market research indicates a significant number of qualified resellers with the ability to provide these offerings. Market Research also indicates AWS and Terremark are available on frequently used Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) such as NASA SEWP and the National Institutes of Health Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)'s ECS III. The purpose of Order No. TPDCFP13K0058 is to allow for continued performance by Smartronix, Inc. for five (5) months while the CFPB completes a follow-on procurement. Smartronix, Inc. is the only responsible source from which to procure management of CFPB's AWS and Terremark environments because Smartronix, Inc. currently owns and manages these accounts. At this time, CFPB cannot transition the data out of AWS and Terremark to other cloud environments because no other comparable cloud or data storage environments have been given a FISMA Moderate ATO from the CFPB. An interruption in services to either AWS or Terremark would result in a cessation of all CFPB IT functions and its public-facing website. The period of performance of five (5) months is the minimum amount of time necessary for CFPB to complete a follow-on procurement and allow for a transition of management of the AWS and Terremark accounts from Smartronix, Inc. to the CFPB. CFPB has neither the physical servers nor the real estate to transfer and temporarily house its data from AWS and Terremark. Additionally, the cost of procuring such assets would be duplicative of the cost to procure suitable cloud and data storage environments.
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