SANS 508 CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE TRAINING

SOLICITATION NUMBER: W911YP19R0021 RESTRICTIONS : Sole Source SUBJECT: Intent to Award Sole Source for SANS 508 Cyber Threat Intelligence Training LOCATION : Utah Army National Guard, 97th TC/174th Cyber Protection Team 12953 S Minuteman Dr, Draper, UT 84020 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 15-30 JUNE 2019 RESPONSE DUE DATE: 27 May 2019 at 1200 PM MST CONTRACTING POC: William (Billy) T. Brown III Email: [email protected] The Utah Army National Guard intends to Award a Sole Source contract with SANS Training SEC FOR 508 (Cyber threat Intelligence). This Sole Source contract is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 and authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Other Than Full and Open Competition. The Period of performance for SANS SEC FOR 508 training is 15 -30 JUNE 2019. Forensics 508, Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics This course is anticipated as a 15 day course delivered using live streaming classroom and/or online formats. The vendor provides all pre-class materials, FOR508 authorized courseware, mentoring, exam study resources, and exam voucher. The course provides instruction on advanced incident response, threat hunting and analysis, threat forensics, threat incident response, hunting threats on an enterprise, advanced adversary and anti-forensics detection. The course will offer pre-study resources, practical exercises, response challenge, post-class support, and an exam. Materials must be provided to students NLT 10 June 2019. All Cyber personnel are required to be qualified in all Mission Essential Task IAW USCYBERCOM Cyber Mission Force Joint Qualification Readiness. The cyber Task Force work-roles require that personnel be fully certified, in their deployed work roles. Additionally, DET 3 174 CPT Rear DET is still tasked with achieving full operational capability (FOC), as per USCYBERCOM Cyber Mission Force Training pipeline (USCC CMF) by January 2020. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement to the USPFO for Utah within seven (7) calendar days from the posting of this notice or by 1200PM MST 20 May 2019. Supporting information must be furnished to demonstrate the firm's ability to provide the stated services. Information can be sent to Contract Specialist, William T. Brown III at [email protected]. No telephone or facsimile requests will be accepted unless deemed absolutely necessary. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, The USPFO for Utah will proceed with the sole source award. Review/Approval _______________________________________________________