DISA to award bridge DISN Information Assurance, Information Systems and Traditional Security support contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Advanced Alliant Solutions Team for Information Assurance (IA), Information Systems Security and Traditional Security support of the Defense Information Service Network (DISN) support services.

A sole source Justification & Approval (J&A) document has been completed and approved in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1.  A copy of the redacted J&A will be posted on SAM.gov to comply with the public display requirements of FAR 6.305.

The proposed contract action is for the procurement of services to monitor the life cycle of the DISA systems, DISN, major supporting and connecting programs, systems, and networks for the purpose of identifying and resolving security issues in support of DISA Transport Services Directorate (IE).  The mission critical IA DISN support services provide highly specialized and technical expertise in assuring that the Department of Defense (DoD) and DISN networks and systems are secure and meet all applicable security requirements, directives, and regulations.

As a result of reorganizations within DISA and DISA IE restructuring efforts, a contract strategy was developed to better allow for an integrated approach and reduction of redundant services across the directorate.  This revised contract strategy has resulted in a delay of requirements generation for affected contracts/orders and their follow-on efforts.  This proposed bridge contract action will extend current support for the IA DISN support requirement to allow time to complete the realignment of tasks into existing or new contracts/task orders without a loss or delay of support ensuring the continuity of mission critical IA DISN support services to DISA and the DoD community.

Efforts are currently ongoing to pursue two new competitive task orders to support IE’s service requirements.  Relevant task areas from this requirement will move to a new task order, Cybersecurity Technical and Analytical Services (CTAS).  CTAS is being competitively solicited allowing fair opportunity under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone set-aside.  However, it is not currently feasible to award the follow-on task order prior to the expiration of the current task order.

At this time, the incumbent contractor Advanced Alliant Solutions Team (AAST) is the only source capable of fulfilling this requirement within the necessary time frame and without risk of a substantial break in service/support to DISA and its mission partners.  AAST is uniquely postured to support the current IA, Information Systems Security and Traditional Security support task order without a significant duplication of cost that’s not expected to be recovered through competition or delays in support while the follow-on is awarded and transitioned.

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