# Dynamic Integrated Secure Connectivity for Operational Value and End-Point Resiliency II (DISCOVER II)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/70t03024rfi7672n001

- Solicitation number: 70T03024RFI7672N001
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Homeland Security
- Agency: Transportation Security Administration
- Contracting office: Enterprise Information Technology (70T030)
- NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Product or service code: DG10 Network services delivered as a service, by subscription, or service contract. Physical and wireless networks managed as a service connected to and from core data centers, work areas, and offices connecting end users to the organization's broader networks. Network services delivered in connection with other IaaS and PaaS services. Cloud based network management services and Software Defined Networks (SDN) accessed by service contract or subscriptions.
- Place of performance: Springfield, Virginia
- County: Fairfax County (FIPS 51059). https://abierto.us/counties/fairfax-county-va-51059
- City: Springfield. https://abierto.us/cities/springfield-va-5174592
- First posted: May 28, 2024
- Last posted: June 6, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d31d7547b2474394abf7491dc3582788/view

## Description

Dynamic Integrated Secure Connectivity for Operational Value and End-Point Resiliency II (DISCOVER II) services in support of the Security Technology Integrated Program (STIP) applications and clients. STIP maintains about 15,000 Transportation Security Equipment (TSE) across 450 federalized airports.

TSE includes machines such as the Bottle Liquid Scanner (BLS), Credentialing Authentication Technology (CAT), Enhanced Metal Detectors (EMD), Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), Automated Technology (AT), Explosive Trace Detectors (ETD), Computed Tomography (CT), Automated Screening Lanes (ASL), Checkpoint Property Screening System (CPSS), and Explosive Detection System (EDS).

Currently, there are over eleven (11) different types and forty-nine (49) models of TSE running on multiple Operating Systems (OS) and firmware permutations with different access levels, locations, connectivity, and interfaces. This equipment supports the physical process of screening passengers and accessible property and is considered Operational Technology (OT). The STIP platform is one of TSA’s mission critical systems.

The Contractor may be responsible for providing corrective maintenance support / Tier III, modernization and development, modernization and enhancement, and O&M for the STIP applications and clients. The scope may also include the availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response and capacity planning/demand forecasting of the STIP platform, its existing and future applications, services, and clients.

## Publications

- May 28, 2024: Sources sought, due June 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice a94c622dd3914c07ba0c2b1d1f56662a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a94c622dd3914c07ba0c2b1d1f56662a/view
- May 28, 2024: Sources sought, due June 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice e417e8fac1534dce9ec069a0c57d9ef7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e417e8fac1534dce9ec069a0c57d9ef7/view
- June 6, 2024: Sources sought, due June 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice d31d7547b2474394abf7491dc3582788. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d31d7547b2474394abf7491dc3582788/view

## Points of contact

- Tommy Zamfino, thomas.zamfino1@tsa.dhs.gov, 571-227-3850

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