Closed 2605 - Responses to Questions v2

Question
For this AOI, do companies need to
have a SECRET FCL prior to
submission or is this something they
can work with you on as the project
progresses?
Also, are you only accepting video
submissions or would you also accept
written solution briefs (5 pg singlesided white paper or briefing slides NTE fifteen (15) slides)?
Whether the FCL could come after
submission or was a submission
requirement?

What is the intent and use case for the
utilization of data consistency across
platforms? Is the intent that the data
will be available within both platforms
and maintained there?

Answer
Ideally we would need a portion of the
staff to have secret clearance—that is not
specified, but now that is around 1/3 of
those working similar solutions. I will
inquire if need be before selection of the
submissions, or once the awardee is
selected.
The submission must be video, please
refer to the document attached, section

7.1.1 Solution Video for the specifics—

one video, for each solution suggested.

4.4.5. Personnel Security Clearance

All contractor personnel involved in
classified work must have a minimum
Tier 1 security clearance for general
access. For those handling classified
materials, a Tier 3 clearance is required.
According to the AoI’s section on
clearance, those handling classified
material are required a Tier 3 clearance.
However, for submission you are not
required to have it, but if submission
does not meet this requirement during
selection, it will not be eligible for
award.
The focus is to make sure that data
transfers well from one system, to
another; and that is discoverable. Not
interested in copying data sets over, but
sharing them while maintaining visibility.

Is the Government's intent to leverage
The intent is to leverage current data
current data platforms within the DAF platforms: best practices for discovery Data Fabric for data storage,
and sharing of data.
management, and analytics? Or is the
intent to create a separate data platform
that is orchestrated with the other DAF
Data Fabric platforms?
On which domains does the solution
The solution(s) should be in both NIPR,
need to operate (NIPR, SIPR, JWICS)? and SIPR environments.

Can the Government please clarify the
scope of data audits and lineage
tracking? The task states the standard
is "all data used within AFIMSC’s
systems" but perhaps it is limited to