NOAA Enterprise Wide Security Services Compliance (EWSSC) - Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity

The NOAA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Cybersecurity Division (CSD) requires a contractor that can provide the expertise, technical knowledge, staff support, and other related resources necessary to support NOAA's IT security policy development, maintenance and implementation. The objectives of this effort are to:

1. Maintain and improve centralized services for NOAA's RMF compliance review
2. Maintain and improve centralized Cyber Security Services; administer and manage associated information and inventory
3. Assist with cloud activities to include providing advice, reviewing FedRAMP packages, and making recommendations to CSD leadership
4. Conduct oversight and compliance support of NOAA's Risk Management Program
5. Strengthen and support NOAA’s Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program by enhancing NOAA’s ability to safeguard CUI, in accordance with federal requirements, NARA, and NIST best practices