Request for Information and Sources Sought
Office of Information & Technology (OIT)
Integrated Logistics Division Support Services

Purpose: 
This public posting is for informational, planning, and market research purposes only and constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) and a Sources Sought Request (SSR) only for United States, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This announcement does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise that a solicitation or procurement will be issued. This is not a solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP), or Invitation for Bids (IFB). No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. 

All information received resulting from this RFI will be used by CBP for acquisition planning and market research purposes only. However, your response may be releasable to the public under the Freedom of information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, and the DHS FOIA regulation, 6 C.F.R. Chapter 1 and Part 5. If you wish CBP to consider any portion of your response as "confidential commercial information", you should clearly mark the portion as "confidential commercial information". The procedures for identifying "confidential commercial information" are set forth in the DHS FOIA regulation cited above and are available on the DHS website: http://www.dhs.gov/xfoia/editorial0579.shtm. CBP, at its discretion, may request respondents to this RFI to meet with CBP program and contracting officials and to elaborate on information in their written response. Respondents to this RFI will not be notified of any results derived from a review of the information provided. All information contained in this RFI is preliminary and is subject to revision and is not binding on the Government.

The purpose of this public posting is to give contractors the opportunity to provide information regarding their capability to provide logistic support services.

Background:
The Integrated Logistics Division (ILD) within EIOD provides CBP with centralized management to provide the full life cycle support to sustain the inventory of interdiction, inspection, detection, and surveillance, technology at the highest operational readiness levels possible. ILD provides support services to the Office of Field Operations (OFO), U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), and other DHS Components. These support services include but are not limited to; development of policy and procedures, maintenance management & planning, product support management, help desk/maintenance dispatch, supply support, asset management, inventory control, packaging, handling, storage, and transportation (PHS&T), service engineering, reliability analysis, and product line improvement. 

Draft Requirement Overview: 
The Contractor shall provide the labor, supplies, materials, and procurement services to staff the ILD’s Maintenance Dispatch Center (MDC) and provide life cycle support functions to sustain the operational availability of systems/equipment deployed to sites within Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS). Life cycle support functions encompass efforts to perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance planning and execution; to perform inspection and tracking of assets; to perform warehouse management, to relocate equipment; to provide enhancements, technical refresh, or refurbishment of equipment; and to retire or dispose of the equipment. 

The following Government facilities and locations are where the ILD functions take place:

• The OIT facility located in Lorton, Virginia is the principal location / offices of the ILD management, business and contract administration, program technology support staff, and the NII/RDE Repair Depot
• The Repair Depot in Lorton, Virginia supports the hand-held Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII), Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE), Material ID & Surface Analyzer instruments, and other DHS and CBP hand-held technologies. The Repair Depot includes the warehouse space, shipping & receiving area, repair part storerooms, and technical repair labs.
• The Intermediate Repair Facility (IRF) in Albuquerque (ABQ), New Mexico supports the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) components, Agent Support Equipment (ASE), and Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS). The ABQ IRF consist of offices, warehouse space, shipping & receiving area, repair part storerooms, testing rooms, and technical repair labs.
• Fielded NII and Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) Systems deployed at various sites at: U.S. Land Port of Entries (LPOEs), I