AR Consulting Newsletter - ARCTIMES Issue 2

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ARCTimes
ISSUE
MONTHLY JOURNAL OF
Upcoming Events in January 2012 02
January
DHS SMALL BUSINESS
OPPORTUNTIES
2012
 BioWatch Industry Day— Monday, January 9 from 1pm to 4pm in the auditorium of
the General Services Administration (GSA) Regional Office Building, 801 D Street,
SW Washington DC, 20229
 DHS Vendor Outreach—Thursday, January 19 from 9 am to 12pm in the Holiday Capi- This issue:
tal Inn. Registration, January 12 from 12pm
Business Development Activities
DHS Opportunities
 Combating Terrorism Support Office / Advance Planning Briefing for Industry -
Featured DHS Component
Tuesday January 24 from 9 to 1pm, held at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington,
DHS Congressional Activity
DC. Register at www.ndia.org before the day of the event.
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ARC Business Development Activities
During the month of December, ARC attended the, DHS Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Sys-
tems Development Division (SDD) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Industry Day, met with
DHS contractors, followed the Homeland Security Congressional hearings, reviewed the appropriation bill
ARC Times Issue 02 January 2012 for fiscal year 2012 and we are closely monitoring five DHS solicitations.
ARC was impressed by the broad scope of ICE’s mission that was presented at the SSD IDIQ industry
About AR Consulting
day. ICE is a new agency, and is the second largest investigate agency in the federal government. ICE
Alpha Rolando Consulting, LLP (ARC) was founded to provide a cost effective solu- is the “Feature DHS Component” in this newsletter.
tion for small business interested in developing business opportunities at the Depart-
During industry day, ICE discussed the SDD multiple award IDIQ requirement. SDD IDIQ will be using
ment of Homeland Security (DHS). Our clients will be able to leverage (at no addi-
the “Agile Systems Delivery” methodology. Task orders awards will be for deliverable functional incre-
tional cost) our Business Development (BD) activities that include:
mental releases with a short period of performance. The three (3) functional categories are, Software Re-
 Attending Industry Days
quirements, Architecture and Software Design and Software Development Support Services. Contractors
 Attending conferences & other network events
are not required to submit a response to all functional categories because the government is not looking
 Meeting with DHS Contractors Ozzie Gerald
 Monitoring DHS Congressional Bills, Hearing & Findings Founder of AR Consulting for a “Jack of all Trades”. Vendors must distinguish their expertise.
 Monthly ARCTimes newsletter This procurement process is going to be in two phases. The first phase will be a 15 page “White Paper”
ARC provides Qualified Opportunity BD services on DHS solicitations that have been and the second a full proposal. Contractors with a favorable rating in phase one will be encouraged to
determined that a client has a better than a 50% chance of winning. At no additional participate in the second phase. Even if you do not receive a favorable rating, your firm would still be
charges, the services includes the following:: able to participate in phase two. ARC believes this would allow a firm the ability to modify their response
 Strategy Development for the final proposal. The anticipated phase one “White Paper” will be due in mid-February and the final
 Team Development proposal due at the end of March.
 Key Personnel Resume
Please contact ARC if you are interested in pursuing this requirement or any of the other solicitations
Essentially, ARC shares the risk in pursuing government contacts, allowing our cli-
listed on the “EYE ON IT” section of this newsletter.
ents the benefit of a Business Development Manager without the overhead expense.

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EYE ON IT
Featured DHS Current DHS
Component Opportunities
Immigration and Customs  TSA IT Test Support
Enforcement (ICE) Agency: TSA/OIT
Sol #: DHS ST IT SECURITY
Set Aside: SDVOSB
NAICS: 54512 / $25M
Current: RFI Submitted
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the principal investigative arm of the US
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the fed- Overview of Congressional Activity  BioWatch
The Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations Legislation that passed Congress included a total of $39.8 Agency: Office of Health Affairs
eral government. Created in 2003 through a merger o the investigative and interior enforcement
billion of funding for DHS. This is a decrease of $2 billion below last year’s level. Below are Sol#: HSHQDC-12-R-00007
elements of the US Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. ICE now has summary of funding levels for the major DHS components: Set Aside: SM
more than 20,000 employees in offices in all 50 state and 47 foreign countries. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) - This bill contains $11.7 billion an increase of $362
NAICS: 541690 / 7M
Current:: Industry Day 1/9/12
million of last year’s budget. The funding provides for increased in Border Patrol agents, addi-
ICE “primary mission is promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and
tional training and canine units, inspection and detection technologies and Air and Marine opera-
civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration”. tions.
 Patch Release Man-
agement Services
ICE three main components are; the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Homeland Immigration and Customer Enforcement (ICE) - This bill contains $5.9 billion an increase of
$50 million more than last year level. This includes increased funding for detection and removal Agency: CBP/ OIT
Security Investigations (HDI) and Management and Administration (M&A). ERO enforces the
operations and enhanced domestic & international investigations. Sol #: HSHP1012R0016
nation’s immigration laws. It identifies and apprehends removable aliens, detains these individ- Set Aside: 8(a)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - This bill contains $7.8 billion an increase of
ual and removes illegal aliens from the US. HDI is a critical asset in the ICE mission and is $153 million over last year. This bill contains funding for sustaining the current level of 46,000 full
NAICS: 541519 / 25M
Current: Phase 1 due 1/6/12
responsible for investigating a wide range of domestic and international activities arising from time screening personnel and for explosive detection systems, security enforcement, cargo in-
spection, and the Federal Air Marshals.
the illegal movement of people and goods into and within and out of the U.S. HDI investigates
immigration crime, human rights violations and human smuggling, smuggling of narcotics, weap- Coast Guard—This bill contains $10 billion an increase of $86 million above last year’s level.  Systems Develop-
The funding provides for maritime safety, security activities, counter narcotics enforcement, facili- ment IDIQ
ons and other contraband, financial crimes, cybercrime and export enforcement issues. ICE ties and equipment maintenance and overseas contingency operations. Agency: ICE/SDD
special agents conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that Secret Service—This bill includes $1.7 billion an increase of $151 million over last years level.
Sol #: SD2RADIDIQ
Set Aside: Total SB
are vulnerable to sabotage attack or exploitation. HDI overseas the agency’s international af- The funding increase will provide protective activities for the 2012 Presidential Election.
NAICS: 541511/25M
fairs operations and intelligence functions. HDI has more than 10,000 employees, consisting of Office of Health Affairs (OHA) - This bills includes $167 million a $28 million increase from last Current: White Paper due 2/2012
year. Funding is for the BioWatch and the Chemical Defense programs.
6,700 special agents assigned in more than 200 cities around the world. M&A has profession-
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - This bill include $4.7 billion in regular dis-
al managers and mission support staff who make ICE mission possible. M&A provides a inte-
cretionary funding and decrease of $2.9 billion from last year. This bill funds Emergency Man-
 Financial Manage-
grated information technology infrastructure, executes a cost-effective financial management agement Performance and Firefighting Grants.
ment support
Agency: CBP/ PD
policies, standards and systems. Science and Technology - This bill includes $668 million to continue research critical areas as Sol #: FMG2012
detection of biological attack, IED detection, internet vulnerabilities, interoperability for 1st Re- Set Aside: TBD
ICE’s annual budget is more than 5.7 billion dollars. ICE has a board mission and is seeking
sponders and research to counter violent extremism. NAICS: 541513 /25M
contractors that will be able to assist ICE on achieving its three main goals of (1) preventing ter- Current: award time from 3d 2012
Departmental Management— This bill includes $1.2 billion a $99 million decrease from last
rorism and enhancing security; (2) securing and managing borders; and (3) enforcing and ad- years funding. Funding is provided for the consolidation for DHS headquarters at St. Elizabeths,
ministrating immigration laws. procurement oversight, hiring, security personnel and information technology,