Notice ID: 7f3d12aeb84b4b909e73c08d13396e58Sources Sought
RFI-FY27-SI Powered Communications and Video Intelligence
Active, responses due . Full description on SAM.gov.
Description
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a principal investigative and enforcement component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE protects national security, public safety, and the integrity of the Nation's borders through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. ICE employs personnel in offices and operational locations throughout the United States and abroad and carries out responsibilities under hundreds of federal statutes. This Request for Information is for Integrated SI-Powered Detention Communications and Video Intelligence Suite, including software licenses and subscriptions, implementation, integration, configuration, testing, training, cybersecurity support, operations and maintenance, and transition services.
RFI Questions are due October 16, 2026 @ 09:00 AM, Eastern Time to Heather.Cauthinn@ice.dhs.gov and Kelli.Brooks@associates.ice.dhs.gov.
RFI Responses are due October 29, 2026 @ 05:00 PM, Eastern Time via Microsoft Forms at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/nZnJXksCzk.
Overview
Agency:
Department of Homeland SecurityUS IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
Office:INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Posted:October 27, 2026
NAICS:541519: Other Computer Related Services
Last Updated:Oct 28, 2026
First published:
Last updated on SAM.gov:
PSC:DA01: IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR)
Set-Aside:No Set aside used
Type:Sources Sought
Place of Performance:Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
Award Overview
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Contacts
Contracting Officer
Primary Contact
Kelli Brooks
Secondary Contact
Heather Cauthinn
Documents
Lifecycle
- 1Version 1Sources Sought
RFI-FY27-SI Powered Communications and Video Intelligence
- 2Version 2Sources Sought
RFI-FY27-SI Powered Communications and Video Intelligence
- 3Version 3Sources SoughtCurrent
RFI-FY27-SI Powered Communications and Video Intelligence
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The Government is conducting market research to identify capable industry partners that can provide systems engineering and integrated logistics support for Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) Technical Support Services (NETSS) 2, a complex enterprise system supporting more than 70,000 users, across the system lifecycle, including planning, development, integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, and modernization. The anticipated requirement is expected to require a minimum workforce of 15 full-time equivalents (FTEs) with the technical experience necessary to provide coordinated engineering and logistics support for a large, operationally critical enterprise environment. Please find some sample tasks from prior work for context: -Provide technical management and systems engineering support, including engineering assessments, hardware and software integration, interoperability and network analysis, and support to Government engineering teams. -Maintain engineering plans, requirements-management processes, technical baselines, system architectures, and supporting documentation; analyze requirement and design changes; track Requests for Change; maintain traceability through design and testing; and recommend process improvements. -Support SETRs and other technical reviews by assessing readiness, risk, compliance, and technical baselines; preparing reports, briefs, metrics, meeting minutes, and action plans; and tracking actions to closure. -Develop and maintain architecture products, support Model-Based Systems Engineering, evaluate cloud and security considerations, and help implement Agile and DevSecOps practices. -Support testing, releases, and external interfaces by developing test artifacts, analyzing results, coordinating releases and test events, maintaining requirements traceability, and managing Interface Control Agreements and Interface Control Documents. ________________________________________________________________________ This RFI is issued solely for market-research purposes and does not constitute a solicitation, request for proposal, or commitment by the Government to award a contract. This notice is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. This is not a solicitation announcement or a promise to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) in the future. The Government is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Interested parties are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI or any follow-up information requests. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. All responses must be UNCLASSIFIED, will become Government property, and submissions will not be returned. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if is issued. The Government reserves the right to consider a set-aside for small business or one of the small business preference groups (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB) should an RFP be issued. Only responses following the guidelines, requirements and limitations prescribed in this RFI will be reviewed. Standard marketing brochures or catalogs will be discarded. The Government reserves the right to independently verify all information submitted. The Government is not requesting a proposal or quote at this time. Respondents should avoid providing proprietary, export-controlled, classified, or otherwise protected information unless specifically authorized and appropriately marked. Respondents should not submit marketing materials, capability statements, or promotional content. Feedback should focus solely on the request for information and questions identified in this RFI document. __________________________________________________________________________ RFI Response Review by Government Support Contractor: The Government may use Contractor support to assist in the review of RFI responses. The support firms have submitted non-disclosure agreements and are precluded from competing for the contemplated requirements per the conflict of interest clauses contained in their respective contracts. Respondents that wish to execute their own Proprietary Data Protection Agreements (PDPAs) and/or Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with any support contractors working on this RFI must contact the point of contact (POC) for each firm listed below. Any PDPAs or NDAs must be completed prior to the RFI submission deadline. Support Firms: Name: ASRC POC: Mr. Terry Gotter Email: terry.v.gotter.ctr@us.navy.mil Name: Dynamic Management Associates POC: Mr. Jeffrey Bradshaw Email: jeffrey.s.bradshaw.ctr@us.navy.mil _____________________________________________________________________ Interested parties shall submit a written response of no more than five (5) pages total, including the cover page. Responses exceeding the page limitation will not be evaluated. All pages, including the cover page, shall be formatted on standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper using single-spaced, 10-point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins. Pages shall be consecutively numbered. The Government will only evaluate interested parties that would bid as Prime. The Government will not evaluate subcontractors. Responses shall be organized as follows: Cover Page (one page maximum; included in the five-page limit) Item Information Small Business Status [Yes / No] Small Business Designation [If “Yes,” identify applicable designation(s), e.g., Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business] Legal Name [Insert] UEI [Insert] Contract Vehicles [Insert] CAGE Code [Insert, if applicable] Anticipated NAICS Code [Insert] Business Size /Socioeconomic Status [Insert] Company Primary POC [Name, Title, Phone, Email] Cognizant DCAA Office [Office Name, Location] Cognizant DCMA Office [Office Name, Location] DCAA/DCMA POC Familiar with Company [Name, Office, Phone, Email] Accounting System Adequacy Determination [Adequate / Other Status]- An Adequate Account System is a requirement 2. Staffing and Transition Capability (1 page) Respondents shall provide an example demonstrating their ability to recruit, onboard, and deploy a workforce of at least 15 FTEs specifically for systems engineering work within 30 calendar days, while achieving full transition of responsibilities within the same 30-day period. 3. Past Performance (maximum three pages total, 1 page per past performance example) Respondents shall provide three examples of relevant past performance as a Prime supporting systems engineering efforts for a Department of Defense customer. The experience cannot be as a subcontractor. Respondents are required to demonstrate experience supporting a system with more than 20,000 users in all examples; staffing an effort of at least 15 FTEs in all examples (the majority need to be systems engineers, software engineers, requiremenets engineers, and/or enterprise architects) ; and performing work for a minimum period of three years in all examples. Respondents are required to have an Adequate Accounting System. Each response should include: a. Customer organization, contract number, period of performance, contract type, and total contract value; number of FTEs; b. System supported, approximate user population, mission purpose, and technical complexity; c. Scope of work e. The technical artifacts or products developed or maintained, such as Systems Engineering Plans, requirements traceability matrices, interface control documents, architecture products, configuration-management plans, technical-review packages, test plans, or risk registers; f. Measurable outcomes achieved, including examples of improved system availability, reduced defects, successful releases or integrations, requirements closure, technical-review completion, schedule recovery, or risk reduction; Responses exceeding the one page per past performance example limitation will not be evaluated. Responses shall be submitted electronically in searchable PDF format to the PCO Heather Glovinsky, heather.glovinsky.civ@us.navy.mil, AND the Contract Specialist PJ, Patrick.j.kimener.civ@us.navy.mil, no later than November 2, 2026, Use the following subject line: “RFI Response –Systems Engineering Services.” | Market Research | 541519 | No Set-Aside | 10/26/2026 | 11/02/2026 | 80742, DC | |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting market research to identify commercial of the shelf (COTS), configurable commercial of the shelf (CCOTS), custom, or hybrid solutions capable of replacing the legacy Deployment Tracking System (DTS) and materially improving Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) incident workforce management capabilities. The replacement solution should support workforce readiness, personnel availability, qualifications, certifications, training, deployment tracking, incident and event staffing, force package management, equipment assignment, reporting, analytics, secure cloud hosting, and interoperability with existing FEMA and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) systems. FEMA is seeking information on solutions that improve readiness visibility, accelerate staffing, reduce manual work, strengthen data quality, support surge operations, improve reporting and analytics, and reduce long-term sustainment burden. The estimated dollar value for this requirement is $50 Million to $100 Million dollars over a five to ten year period. See attachment for full description and submittal details. Amendment 0001 Any questions to this Response for Information/Sources Sought notice is due no later than 12:00PM, Monday, October 5, 2026. The response due date is hereby extended as stated in this notice. If you already submitted questions, please do not resubmit; we will answer all questions at the same time by publishing an amendment to this notice. Amendment 0002 The response date is hereby extended to October 20, 2026 as indicated in this annoucement. We hereby incorporate the Vendor's Profile Excel template for submission. If you already submitted your vendor profile in Excel, you do not need to resubmit. Amendment 0003 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the response due date to allow the Government additional time to publish answers to questions received. Vendors are encouraged to refrain from submitting additional responses until the Government’s responses have been posted. For clarity, numbers have been added to each attachment. Vendors should not resubmit responses solely to reflect the updated attachment numbering, as the numbering is intended only to help viewers distinguish among the attachments. Attachment 4, TOS_DTS_2.0 RFI Consolidated Responses and Review_Finalized, is hereby incorporated into this RFI. The Government anticipates providing responses to all remaining RFI questions within the next 24 to 48 hours. Amendment 0004 The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate responses to questions labeled as attachment 04. Due date and time for responses has been updated. | Market Research | 541511 | No Set-Aside | 10/20/2026 | 10/22/2026 | Washington, DC |
Additional Details
Solicitation Number
RFI-FY27-SI-Powered_Communications_Video_Intelligence
Archive Date
Dec 30, 2026
Office Address
WASHINGTON, DC, 20024