JA - TIC Application Firewall - Redacted

TIC Application Firewall Maintenance

CONTROL NUMBER VA-27-00009587

JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Procurement Operations
Technology Acquisition Center

23 Christopher Way

Eatontown, NJ 07724
2. Description of Action: The proposed action is for a firm-fixed-price delivery order to be issue under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for the renewal of brand-name Thales Luna Hardware Security Module (HSM) license subscriptions and associated maintenance support for the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Gateway 7080 Application Firewall solution. 3. Description of the Supplies or Services: VA’s Office of Information and Technology, Connectivity and Collaboration Services, Network Core Services, requires the renewal of brand-name Thales Luna HSM maintenance support and license subscriptions supporting the TIC Gateway Application Firewall solution. The existing VA TIC Gateway Application Firewall environment uses Thales Luna HSMs to provide enhanced Layer 7 security for network traffic entering and leaving VA networks. This existing VA TIC Application Firewall solution provides enhanced layer 7 security for network traffic flowing into and out of VA. VA requires the renewal of its existing Thales license subscriptions and maintenance support for the following Thales products: eight (8) production Thales Luna HSMs and two (2) non-production Thales Luna HSMs to ensure users have secure and safe network access to applications, files, protection against viruses, spam and malware while continuing to seamlessly integrate with other existing components of the TIC infrastructure.
Two production Gateway Application Firewalls are deployed across four Internet Gateway locations in Sterling, Virginia; Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Santa Clara, California. Two non-production laboratory firewalls are located at the Capitol Region Readiness Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Required maintenance support required shall include 24x7 technical support, hardware replacement, and access to applicable software patches and upgrades. No hardware will be procured under this requirement. The Period of Performance (PoP) shall be November 24, 2026, to November 23, 2027, with two (2) 12-month Option Periods to be exercised at the Government’s discretion. The total estimated value of the proposed action, including all option periods, is