Welcome to the EAGLE II Teaming Center

Opportunity Summary

Procurement Timeline

Program Description

The Information Technology Acquisition Center (ITAC), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), has continuing requirement for Information Technology (IT) support services under a recompete of EAGLE.

BACKGROUND:
Support services represent a significant portion of the DHS's IT budget and are currently provided through a disparate collection of acquisition methods, including Component-centric contracts, task orders against General Services Administration (GSA) schedules and Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), and InterAgency Agreements. The establishment of a consolidated portfolio of broad scope, multiple-award IT supports service contracts that are available for use throughout the Department is considered a primary ITAC objective. The EAGLE Program will support the DHS goal of a functionally integrated Department, demanding integrated methods of operation among and between the various Components with the IT support systems that enhance mission effectiveness and create economies of scale through consolidation. The contract-level service descriptions are intended to provide sufficient scope and flexibility to meet a comprehensive range of potential agency requirements. Specific requirements will be identified and defined at the task order level. The EAGLE contracts will be technology neutral in order to keep pace as new technologies, standards, policies and procedures are identified.

REQUIREMENTS:

• FC1 Service Delivery: Integration, Software Design/Development, Operations and Maintenance
• FC2 Program Support
• FC3 Independent Test, Evaluation, Validation and Verification

Latest News

07/15/2011 - The Contracting Office issued an update on July 15, 2011. The Contracting Office stated that it anticipates that notifications will be provided to Offerors by the end of the Fiscal Year 2012 First Quarter.

06/14/2011 - The Contracting Office stated that they are still evaluating the Proposals and do not currently have an estimated Award Date. 05/05/2011 - The Contracting Office stated that it is conducting a thorough evaluation of the submitted Proposals and that a timeframe for making an Award is unavailable. William Thoreen remains a point of contact for this requirement.

02/16/2011 - The Contracting Office confirmed that Proposals have been collected and are under review. A timeframe for making an award is currently unavailable.

01/21/2011 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #4 on January 21, 2011. The purpose of this Amendment is to provide revisions and clarifications to the Solicitation. Proposals remain due no later than February 16, 2011.

01/18/2011 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #3 on January 18, 2011. The purpose of this Amendment is to provide Questions and Answers and revisions to the RFP. Amendment #3 also extends the due date for submitting Past Performance Questionnaires until 2:00 PM EST on February 16, 2011. Proposals remain due no later than February 16, 2011.

01/10/2011 - The Contracting Office released an Amendment/Modification on January 10, 2011. The Purpose of this Amendment is to respond to vendors' questions regarding the RFP submitted by the November 15, 2010 deadline. Vendor questions will be answered in two (2) subsets. This Amendment, includes responses to the first subset of questions. Responses to the second subset will be released on or about January 14, 2011. The Amendment also clarifies the inbox to submit past performance questionnaires. Proposals for the unrestricted portion remain due by February 16, 2011.

12/27/2010 - The Contracting Office released a Notice to Potential Offerers on December 22, 2010. The purpose of the Notice to Potential Offerers is to announce the Government is currently in receipt of a large volume of questions in response to the EAGLE II RFP. For questions submitted by the published deadline, responses are currently being developed. It is anticipated that an RFP amendment will be issued with the majority of responses on January 7, 2011, with another RFP amendment for the remaining responses to be issued on January 14, 2011. Amendments will also address clarifications to Section L of the RFP. As a result of the forthcoming amendment and responses, the Government will be extending the due for Proposals until February 16, 2011 for the unrestricted portion.

12/16/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update on December 16, 2010. The purpose of the update is to announce a forthcoming Amendment containing Questions and Answers. Proposals for the Unrestricted track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 11, 2011.

12/12/2010 - INPUT's Federal Labor Pricing team has recently completed a labor rate analysis update for the upcoming DHS EAGLE II program. Please visit the INPUT Research Library to download this analysis.

EAGLE II Labor Category Rate Analysis Update

11/03/2010 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #1 on November 3, 2010. The purpose of this Amendment is to revise various parts of the Solicitation. All questions for the RFP must be sent to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov no later than November 15, 2010. Proposals for the Unrestricted track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 11, 2011.

11/02/2010 - The Contracting Office released the Solicitation on November 1, 2010. All questions for the RFP must be sent to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov no later than November 15, 2010. Proposals for the Unrestricted track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 11, 2011.

09/30/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for EAGLE II on September 30, 2010. The purpose of the update is to clarify the issuance of the Pricing Template and Table. The Government still anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010.

09/23/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for Eagle II on September 22, 2010. The Government anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010. The Update also clarifies that Offerors may only bid in on Functional Category, as a Prime or as a Core Team member. All comments should be addressed to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov.

09/22/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for Eagle II on September 22, 2010. The Government anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010. All comments should be addressed to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov.

09/21/2010 - According to information presented at the AFCEA sponsored, DHS EAGLE II Small Business breakfast, the RFP is scheduled to be released during October 2010. No definite date was given but the date will be announced at a later time.

08/30/2010 - INPUT recently released an update to its Opportunity Advisory report on the upcoming EAGLE II competition, to update procurement timeline information and to include INPUT's DHS EAGLE II Labor Category Rate Analysis. For a copy of the report, please visit the EAGLE II Report page in the Research Report Library. The Final RFP for EAGLE II remains anticipated on or about October 1, 2010.

07/19/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update on July 19, 2010. The Final RFP is anticipated to be released on or about October 1, 2010.

07/15/2010 - INPUT recently released an update to its Opportunity Advisory report on the upcoming EAGLE II competition, providing further analysis on the incumbent contracts as well as the expected competition. For a copy of the report, please visit the EAGLE II Report page in the Research Report Library.

07/01/2010 - According to a Washington Technology article released on June 29, 2010, the RFP is anticipated to be released sometime around the end of September 2010.

06/21/2010 - INPUT's Federal Labor Pricing team has recently completed a Labor Category Rate Analysis based on the Draft RFP labor categories. More than 100,000 labor rates are available in 3 volumes, organized alphabetically, for INPUT members. Please visit the INPUT Research Library to download these analyses.

DHS EAGLE II Labor Category Rate Analysis (Vol. 1 A-F)

05/22/2010 - The Contracting Office released the Draft RFP on May 21, 2010. Written Comments are due to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov by June 25, 2010. The Contracting Office anticipates releasing the Final Solicitation in the 4th quarter of FY 2010, with Awards planned for mid-FY2011. The Draft RFP is a consolidated draft solicitation for both the Unrestricted and Set-Aside tracks. The Contract Office assigned HSHQDC-10-R-00032 as the solicitation number.

Online Resources

For more information on DHS, please visit: http://www.dhs.gov

Secondary NAICS Codes:

Opportunity Summary

Procurement Timeline

Program Description

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) has a requirement for Information Technology support services specifically designed for Small Businesses under the program name EAGLE II.

BACKGROUND:
Support services represent a significant portion of the DHS's IT budget and are currently provided through a disparate collection of acquisition methods, including Component-centric contracts, task orders against General Services Administration (GSA) schedules and Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), and InterAgency Agreements. The establishment of a consolidated portfolio of broad scope, multiple-award IT supports service contracts available for use throughout the Department is considered a primary ITAC objective. The EAGLE Program will support the DHS goal of a functionally integrated Department, demanding integrated methods of operation among and between the various Components with the IT support systems that enhance mission effectiveness and create economies of scale through consolidation.

The contract-level service descriptions are intended to provide sufficient scope and flexibility to meet a comprehensive range of potential agency requirements. Specific requirements will be identified and defined at the task order level. The EAGLE II contracts will be technology neutral in order to keep pace as new technologies, standards, policies and procedures are identified. EAGLE II will be specifically for the Small Business community.

REQUIREMENTS:

• FC1 Service Delivery: Integration, Software Design/Development, Operations and Maintenance
• FC2 Program Support
• FC3 Independent Test, Evaluation, Validation and Verification

Latest News

07/15/2011 - The Contracting Office issued an update on July 15, 2011. The Contracting Office stated that it anticipates that notifications will be provided to Offerors by the end of the Fiscal Year 2012 First Quarter.

07/14/2011 - The Contracting Office stated that an Award has not been issued for this requirement and that an estimated Award date was currently unavailable.

05/27/2011 - The Contracting Office stated that it is still evaluating Proposals and could not provide an anticipated timeframe for making Awards. The Contracting Office plans on releasing an update regarding the evaluation process sometime in June 2011. 02/28/2011 - According to previously established milestones, the solicitation has closed and proposals are under evaluation.

02/03/2011 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #5 on February 3, 2011. The purpose of this Amendment it to released supporting documents and make revisions to sections of the Solicitation.

01/21/2011 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #4 on January 21, 2011. The purpose of this Amendment is to provide revisions and clarifications to the Solicitation. Proposals remain due by February 23, 2011.

01/18/2011 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #3
01/10/2011 - The Contracting Office released an Amendment/Modification on January 10, 2011. The Purpose of this Amendment is to respond to vendors' questions regarding the RFP submitted by the November 15, 2010 deadline. Vendor questions will be answered in two (2) subsets. This Amendment, includes responses to the first subset of questions. Responses to the second subset will be released on or about January 14, 2011. The Amendment also clarifies the inbox to submit past performance questionnaires. Proposals for the Small Business portion remain due by February 23, 2011.

12/22/2010 - The Contracting Office released a Notice to Potential Offerers on December 22, 2010. The purpose of the Notice to Potential Offerers is to announce the Government is currently in receipt of a large volume of questions in response to the EAGLE II RFP. For questions submitted by the published deadline, responses are currently being developed. It is anticipated that an RFP amendment will be issued with the majority of responses on January 7, 2011, with another RFP amendment for the remaining responses to be issued on January 14, 2011. Amendments will also address clarifications to Section L of the RFP. As a result of the forthcoming amendment and responses, the Government will be extending the due for Proposals until February 23, 2011 for the Small Business portion.

12/16/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update on December 16, 2010. The purpose of the update is to announce a forthcoming Amendment containing Questions and Answers. Proposals for the Small Business track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 18, 2011.

11/03/2010 - The Contracting Office released Amendment #1 on November 3, 2010. The purpose of this Amendment is to revise various parts of the Solicitation. All questions for the RFP must be sent to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov no later than November 15, 2010. Proposals for the Small Business track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 18, 2011.

11/02/2010 - The Contracting Office released the Solicitation on November 1, 2010. All questions for the RFP must be sent to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov no later than November 15, 2010. Proposals for the Unrestricted track are due no later than 2:00 PM EST on January 11, 2011.

09/30/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for EAGLE II on September 30, 2010. The purpose of the update is to clarify the issuance of the Pricing Template and Table. The Government still anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010.

09/23/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for Eagle II on September 22, 2010. The Government anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010. The Update also clarifies that Offerors may only bid in on Functional Category, as a Prime or as a Core Team member. All comments should be addressed to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov.

09/22/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update for Eagle II on September 22, 2010. The Government anticipates releasing the final RFP on or before October 29, 2010. All comments should be addressed to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov.

09/21/2010 - According to information presented at the AFCEA sponsored, DHS EAGLE II Small Business breakfast, the RFP is scheduled to be released during October 2010. No definite date was given but the date will be announced at a later time.

08/30/2010 - INPUT recently released an update to its Opportunity Advisory report on the upcoming EAGLE II competition, to update procurement timeline information and to include INPUT's DHS EAGLE II Labor Category Rate Analysis. For a copy of the report, please visit the EAGLE II Report page in the Research Report Library. The Final RFP for EAGLE II remains anticipated on or about October 1, 2010.

07/19/2010 - The Contracting Office released an Update on July 19, 2010. The Final RFP is anticipated to be released on or about October 1, 2010.

07/15/2010 - INPUT recently released an update to its Opportunity Advisory report on the upcoming EAGLE II competition, providing further analysis on the incumbent contracts as well as the expected competition. For a copy of the report, please visit the EAGLE II Report page in the Research Report Library.

07/01/2010 - According to a Washington Technology article released on June 29, 2010, the RFP is anticipated to be released sometime around the end of September 2010.

06/21/2010 - INPUT's Federal Labor Pricing team has recently completed a Labor Category Rate Analysis based on the Draft RFP labor categories. More than 100,000 labor rates are available in 3 volumes, organized alphabetically, for INPUT members. Please visit the INPUT Research Library to download these analyses.

DHS EAGLE II Labor Category Rate Analysis (Vol. 1 A-F)

05/22/2010 - The Contracting Office released the Draft RFP on May 21, 2010. Written Comments are due to EAGLEIIOutreach@dhs.gov by June 25, 2010. The Contracting Office anticipates releasing the Final Solicitation in the 4th quarter of FY 2010, with Awards planned for mid-FY2011. The Draft RFP is a consolidated draft solicitation for both the Unrestricted and Set-Aside tracks. The Contract Office assigned HSHQDC-10-R-00032 as the solicitation number.

Online Resources

For more information on DHS procurement, please visit: http://www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/opportunities/editorial_0700.shtm

Secondary NAICS Codes:

General Program Information

INCUMBENT INFORMATION: This is a new requirement. No incumbent contracts exist for this requirement. However, below is a listing of Small Business vendors under EAGLE I:

EAGLE Prime Contract holders - Small Business