Request for Information

UNCLASSIFIED

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Request for Information
Message Operations and Information Exchange Support
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DESCRIPTION & PURPOSE

1.1 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking information on how an interested vendor could provide and administer an organizational message (OM) application that supports the exchange, discovery, drafting, coordination, release, receipt, storage, and dissemination of intelligence reporting information for internal and external users and customers. The OM capability should provide access to NGA-authored reporting and supports broader intelligence discovery and information exchange across connected mission partners. 1.2 The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to obtain information on current industry capabilities, commercial practices, and available solutions to support the operations, maintenance, sustainment, modernization, and cybersecurity support of NGA’s organizational messaging environment. Specifically, NGA seeks information to assess industry’s ability to provide Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) messaging software, associated licensing and support, geographically separated operational capability, storage modernization, system automation, transition support, and ongoing operational and technical support within a Government-provided hosting environment. This RFI will also assist NGA in understanding commercial approaches, technical considerations, contract structure, and potential risks associated with sustaining and modernizing this capability. 1.3 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. NGA is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.
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BACKGROUND

NGA has a mission-critical need to produce and disseminate Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) information throughout the Department of War (DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC). 2.1

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ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS: See the attached Statement of Work (SOW).