What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe buyer seeks an enterprise inbound email retention and forensic analysis solution through this Request for Information and Sources Sought notice. The solution must provide enterprise-wide inbound email visibility, retention, centralized search, and forensic investigation capabilities for both legitimate and malicious emails. The buyer requires integration with Cisco IronPort to receive and retain complete, unaltered copies of inbound email messages, as well as integration with Splunk to forward system logs, events, and email metadata. The system must also provide secure command-line interface access or equivalent administrative capabilities and support applicable federal cybersecurity and audit requirements. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to participate, and performance of the work will be offsite. The buyer is looking for proposals, and the notice does not state a specific budget, submission deadline, or evaluation criteria.
Scope of work
- Enterprise-wide inbound email visibility, retention, centralized search, and forensic analysis for clean and malicious emails
- Integration with Cisco IronPort via existing BCC method or equivalent to preserve unaltered email copies
- Support for up to 1 million inbound emails daily, 150,000 hourly peak, and 22 TB monthly
- Configurable retention periods from 30 to 180 days for legitimate and malicious emails
- Integration with Splunk for log forwarding and Splunk SOAR for investigation and response automation
- Secure CLI access, high availability, redundancy, automatic failover, and centralized system management
- Federal cybersecurity compliance including IPv6, FIPS 140-2/140-3, RBAC, and Active Directory integration
- 24x7 technical support availability, software updates, security patches, and maintenance agreements
Documents to include with your response
- Company name, Unique Entity ID (UEI), business address, and point of contact
- Business size and socioeconomic status
- Name and manufacturer of proposed commercially available solution
- Responses to Section 2 technical capabilities, Cisco IronPort integration, volume, and retention
- Identification of dependencies on Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, or Purview
- Federal security certifications, FedRAMP status, hosting locations, and U.S.-citizen support availability
- Estimated implementation timeline and ability to be operational by June 2027
- Available Government contract vehicles, GSA MAS contracts, SINs, and suggested NAICS codes
- Vendor level of interest in a potential future requirement
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic
- Instructions
- Submit electronically to the Contracting Officer, referencing "Enterprise Inbound Email Retention and Forensic Analysis Solution" in the subject line. Responses should be limited to 10 pages, excluding supporting technical documentation.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Software Publishers). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of the Treasury, NAICS 513210, performed in MD
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Top vendors in this category: Department of the Treasury, NAICS 513210, since Oct 1, 2024
122 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.