Update: Small Business Gearing up for CISA Strategy, Policy and Plans Support RFP

Updated October 23, 2023

Update: The latest word out of DHS has the agency trimming both the length of the contract, and thus the potential total contract value of this early 2024 RFP seeking support for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. This OASIS SB task which was slated to be approximately 5 years, will now only be three years and the total potential value is now expected to be less than $10M.

Added October 13, 2023

A recent increase in projected total contract value further ensures that this early 2024 RFP seeking support for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, which leads agency missions strategic planning, national policy coordination, internal governance implementation, and enterprise-wide process improvement, will draw a lot of interest from firms who support the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency today, and those looking to break in. 

The focus of this new 5-year contract will be to provide support for program and policy management services, policy and strategy analysis, business process improvement and planning, strategic technology support, and CISA Action Task Tracking support (CATT). 

The known incumbent in this effort is Global Miracle Solutions, a Joint Venture between Global Consulting International (GCI) and Miracle Systems. The spend on the existing task order is actually quite limited, but DHS recently upped the projected total contract value for this effort to be in excess of $20M.  

Contractor access to classified information may be required under this requirement, which will serve as a stumbling block for some. The incumbent task order was competed on OASIS SB, and the expectation is that this will be the same this time around,  

More info will be shared as it is made available.  

Key Points of Contact (Current or Past) 

• Jason Hawkins, Division Director / Contracting Officer, CISA – jason.hawkins@cisa.dhs.gov 
• Melody Hinkle, CISA – melody.hinkle@cisa.dhs.gov 
• Ian Wallace, Deputy Chief Strategy Officer, U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 
• Martin Stanley, Strategic Technology Branch Chief, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans at CISA 

Pro Tip 1: When viewing relevant Federal staff on LinkedIn, mutual connections you have can be an indicator of a potential partner or competitor.  

Recent/Related  

• CISA Cybersecurity Division Mission and Vision   
• DHS CISA Leadership Page    
• CISA funding to top $3 billion under Biden’s FY 2024 budget   
• $20M+ DHS CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) support RFP pushed to December 
• Contract Award: $90M DHS CISA Vulnerability Management (VM) Cybersecurity Division Insights Program Support 
• Updated again: Competition for now multi-award $100+M DHS CISA Operational Support IDIQ pushed to Spring of 2024 
• Chevo Consulting, LLC, Wins Two Department of Homeland Security Prime Task Orders 
• MetaPhase wins DHS CISA School Safety Task Force Operational Support task 
• OASIS SB Primes eye recompete of $75M DHS CISA Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED) contracts 
• Contract Award: $36M DHS CISA Supply Chain Risk Assessment Support Services 
• Easy Dynamics scores CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaboration Operational Technology Support contract 
• Contract Award: $20M DHS CISA ECD Priority Services Operational Support 
• Phil Landfried takes Deputy CIO role with DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
• Contract Award: $23M DHS CISA Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure support 

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Included below is a list of the large and small companies we have noted as drawing the most views by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory in the second half of FY 2023 and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of DHS CISA.  [Updated: 10/11/23] 

• Partner Forces ** 
• Cybermedia Technologies (CTEC)    
• Chevo Consulting ** 
• Leidos    
• Global Solutions Group (GSG) 
• MetaPhase Consulting ** 
• AVER    
• Akira Technologies 
• Innovative Management Concepts (IMC) **   
• ABSG Consulting **
• Accenture 
• ANALYGENCE 
• Blue Sky Innovative Solutions (Blue Sky) 
• Noblis **
• Easy Dynamics** 
• Miracle Systems 
• IVA’AL/NAIS Technologies    

** An Elev8 GovCon Honoree, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making the company a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.       

We cannot and will not speculate here as to the reasons for the increased interest, but whether it is a company evaluating them as a potential partner; a federal acquisition leader doing their due diligence; or a consultant weighing their next job move, this group of companies has been receiving increased interest.    

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