Solutions for Intelligence Analysis Request for Industry Information and Comment 1. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: a. In the wake of 9/11 and the evolving threat environment, defense leadership determined that a new intelligence analysis management construct was required ? one that focused on analytic effectiveness, as well as efficiency. The Defense Intelligence Analysis Program (DIAP) was introduced in 2004 to address this need. The goal of the DIAP is to ensure that our analysis addresses both current and emerging national security challenges as well as meeting customer needs. b. The purpose of ?Solutions for Intelligence Analysis? (SIA) is to provide the DoD Intelligence Community (consisting of the DIA, Service Centers (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force) and the Combatant Commands) with a responsive, efficient and reliable means to satisfy requirements for contract intelligence analysis and related services. ?SIA? is intended to streamline the procurement process for contract intelligence analysis services and will provide leadership with the capability to efficiently manage the use of analytic services across the DIAP. c. Analysis is a highly specialized endeavor and its provision requires the capability to access a large pool of available talent with a diversity of experience, education and security clearances. 2. SCOPE/ASSUMPTIONS: a. The DIAP program details are classified. If you have access to the JWICs network, you can view detailed information on the DIAP at http://diateams.ne.dodiis.ic.gov/sites/DI/diap/default.aspx. The geographic scope of this effort is any DIA, Service Center, COCOM or deployed location where the delivery of intelligence analysis and related services is deemed necessary by the customer. b. ?SIA? is envisioned as a task-order-based, multiple-award contract with a mix of small- and big-business primes ? each with an extensive network of teaming partners and subcontractors to satisfy the community?s mission-based analytic requirements. The Government shall reserve the right to designate selected task orders as set-asides for competition among the small business primes or to allow competition among all primes. c. The total value of the ?SIA? contract vehicle is expected to be more than one-billion dollars. Prime contractors (teams) shall be required to perform all services covered in the contract. 3. REQUIREMENTS: a. For purposes of contract scope and requirements, the DIAP shall be incorporated by reference into the ?SIA? vehicle. b. General Information About the DIAP i. DIAP Principles: 1. Maintain global situational awareness while gaining depth of knowledge on a limited number of countries and enduring transnational issues that represent the greatest challenge to the U.S. national interests. 2. Maximize resources by assigning clearly defined responsibilities to each Command, Service, and DIA. 3. Assign analytical responsibilities based on capabilities, workforce characteristics, and Command, Service, or DIA?s mission requirements. 4. Bring stability to the all-source analytic workforce through careful assignment of analytical responsibilities. 5. Support the National Intelligence Priorities Framework and Strategic Planning guidance. ii. Organization: The DIAP consists of two Categories: Transnational Issues and Country-focused Defense Topics. The goal is to apply the appropriate level of effort against the full range of defense intelligence requirements. 1. Transnational Issues, including but not limited to: a. Global and Regional Terrorism b. WMD Programs & Proliferation c. Counterintelligence 2. Country-Focused Defense Topics, including but not limited to: a. Strategy & Doctrine b. Joint Force Requirements & Capability c. Order-of-Battle d. Readiness & Deployment e. Infrastructure c. POTENTIAL SERVICE CATEGORIES ? General service categories under consideration by the Government for the ?SIA? contract vehicle include, but are not limited to, the following: i. National-Level Intelligence Analysis ii. General Military Intelligence iii. Intelligence Planning, Management & Implementation iv. Support to Deployed Forces v. Rapid Response Crisis/War vi. Intelligence Analysis Training d. INCIDENTALS ? The acquisition of goods/services related to intelligence analysis may be incidental to a basic service requirement. Individual task orders may require the contractor to have specific infrastructure capabilities, such as secure compartmented information facility (SCIF) space or JWICS communications capability, essential for the performance of the task. e. SECURITY ? At a minimum, all contractors shall be required to have Top Secret Facility Clearances when submitting proposals. Specific task orders may have unique security requirements. These requirements could include unrestricted access to the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center or other DIA approved SCIF, JWICs connectivity, and NSTS telephones. Security requirements will be task order-specific. 3. QUESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY ? a. For the broad-based intelligence analysis requirements identified for this contract vehicle, what service categories would promote efficiency and responsiveness by industry? b. What kind of pricing strategy, arrangement or schedule could most effectively support the provision of intelligence analysis services? c. Are there any innovations with regard to security issues or clearance processing that should be considered to promote efficiency? d. With regard to primes, what is the most significant criteria that would predict a company?s potential for success? e. Does industry have any comment on how the ?SIA? program office should be organized or managed? f. The Government proposes to apply performance-based contracting principles to this effort ? what criteria/metrics can be applied to accurately measure a contractor?s effectiveness and efficiency? Please respond by June 4 with any questions, information or comments to
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