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This is a Sources Sought Notification (SSN) issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS). The purpose of the SSN-ISS-24-040 notice is to identify potential solutio... This is a Sources Sought Notification (SSN) issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS). The purpose of the SSN-ISS-24-040 notice is to identify potential solutions for Middleware – Secure services. The information is being sought for informational and acquisition planning purposes. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES ISS is seeking sources for Secure services that restore data on media/tapes including the LTO and 3592 format types. A solution that is Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorized. A solution that will restore data that has been created on tape using backup software of Veritas NetBackup and/or z/OS mainframe. Media/tapes are encrypted. Solution may be performed at a Fiscal Service data center location by bringing hardware/software solution on premise, or the media may be shipped to a local data restoration lab/location inside the United States via chain of custody procedures. This service is for on demand restore of data from media tape, not the storage of media tapes. o Is the vendor able to verify data recalled from Fiscal Service media has been deleted/removed/cleaned from the tape machine used to recall the data? o Will the vendor sign a non-disclosure agreement? o Will the vendor provide the recalled data in an encrypted format? o Will the data being returned, if done outside of a Fiscal Servicer location, follow a chain of custody process? o Is the vendor able to use decryption keys provided by Fiscal Service to read the media? o Will the vendor be able to read the Veritas catalog? o Will the vendor be able to maintain the Veritas catalog at the vendor location? o Does the vendor have processes in place to manage Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and Federal Tax Information (FTI)? SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Vendor responses to this SSN shall include sufficient evidence that clearly demonstrates the respondent’s interest and capability to satisfy the scope and objectives outlines above. Responses shall include a general capabilities statement that includes a description of their standard line(s) of business, information outlining their experience, and technical narrative addressing the specific requirements. Responses submitted will assist the Government in its market research to determine the availability of commercial sources in determining an acquisition strategy in terms of setting aside this requirement. In order for Fiscal Service to assess set-aside possibilities, interested parties shall also identify their socio economic status(es) based on the following in their capability statement: 1) small business; 2) 8(a) business; 3) HUBZone small business; 4) small disadvantaged business; 5) woman-owned small business; 6) economic disadvantage women-owned small business; 7) veteran-owned small business; 8) service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or 9) large business under each of their GWACs. No pricing is being requested or will be considered at this time. This is only a request for information for determining an acquisition strategy. No other information regarding this SSN will be provided at this time. All electronic materials and attachments submitted shall be formatted in accordance with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s Security Requirements. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be opened: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, html, mhtml, and .zip files Microsoft Office non-macro enabled compatible documents are acceptable. If the interested vendor determines that other formats are necessary, it is the interested vendor’s responsibility to verify with Fiscal Service that those formats are acceptable. The Government does not allow 3rd party messaging systems/secure mail. DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES Vendors shall submit responses to this SSN by e-mail to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov no later than Monday, January 29th, 2024, at 1:00pm Eastern time. Responses shall reference “Response to SSN-ISS-24-040 ATTN: TW/RG” in the subject line of the e-mail message. DISCLAIMERS This SSN is not a request for proposal/quote, and this request does not imply an obligation on the part of the Government to purchase products/services or to proceed to any request for proposal/quotation for such products/services. Further, this SSN does not obligate the Government to ultimately pursue a particular acquisition strategy. The Government will not be liable for any costs incurred by vendors in preparing and submitting a response to this SSN. Submission of a response confers no rights upon the responder. NO FORMAL SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Requests for additional information and/or a copy of the solicitation will not be considered an affirmative response to this posting. Telephone responses or inquiries to this SSN will not be accepted. All responding vendors are advised that responses to this notice, in and of themselves, will in no way be considered for contract award. In the event that a resultant solicitation would ensue, interested parties would be required to respond separately and formally in order to be considered for contract award. Additionally, a determination not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this request would be at the sole discretion of the Government.