The U.S. State Department, Bureau of Information Resource Management has a requirement for Information Technology Equipment and Hardware.

The Office of Information Resource Management’s (IRM) mission is to create an interconnected, secure and informed Department through the prioritized, secure, and innovative application of IT resources. The vision of IRM is to drive necessary and effective operations and collaboration across the Department, its partners, and foreign audiences.

Within IRM, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Information Resource Management, Foreign Operations Directorate, Information Technology and Infrastructure Office, Global IT Modernization Division (IRM/FO/ITI/GITM) supports the President’s Management Agenda initiative of expanded electronic government by employing a common Information Technology (IT) that facilitates seamless sharing of information across agencies. GITM also supports the DOS’ efforts for IT Consolidation and the IT Strategic Plan by providing centralized unclassified and classified desktops, servers, and core local area network (LAN) IT equipment through a standardized lifecycle refresh process. GITM’s customer base spans the globe.   In this capacity, GITM serves as the backbone to many mission-critical functions throughout the Department and seeks to create expansive solutions via IDIQs in conjunction with the Office of Acquisition Management (AQM) that support the long-term strategic plan and enable key day-to-day functions across all bureaus.

GITM’s modernization of classified and unclassified systems protects the Department’s substantial investment in IT infrastructure by keeping the Department’s core IT infrastructure on a regular refresh cycle. GITM’s program provides centralized management of the IT infrastructure under a single Program Management Office (PMO), facilitates changes required to support the Department’s evolving business needs, and enhances the enterprise’s overall security posture.  This ensures that Department of State employees possess the latest hardware technology necessary to carry out the Department’s foreign policy mission and enables collaboration with other U.S. Government agencies.

Currently, there are multiple repetitive hardware purchases made across the Department in support of mission-critical functions that use various procurement methods ranging from Agency Catalogs to Department-owned IDIQs.  DOS seeks to establish a series of overarching IDIQ contracts to support these needs.

• The fundamental scope of the IT equipment BPAs is to provide a total solution one-stop-shop in the Information Technology market to meet the needs of the US Department of State
• The BPAs will include but are not limited to networking equipment, servers/ storage/peripherals/multimedia, identity management/biometric hardware, end-user devices, and associated Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software
• The BPA’s will provide a streamlined process for procuring IT hardware and software commodities, ancillary supplies, and installation services that meet the DOS’ IT baseline
• All hardware delivered under these BPAs shall include associated software and associated peripherals required for operations (such as controllers, connectors, cables, drivers, adapters, etc.)