The Department of Homeland Security has a continuing requirement for Tactical Communications and Technical Investigative Comprehensive Solutions (TACTICS).

In support of its mission and strategic goals, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires commercial commodity solutions for a wide variety of applications throughout the Department and its Components. This acquisition shall establish multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to support legacy systems, as well as provide access to updated technology and interoperable solutions for Tactical Communications and Technical Investigative Comprehensive Solutions (TACTICS).

The TACTICS IDIQ contracts are comprised of both Tactical communications (TACCOM) and Technical Investigative Surveillance (TechOps) Equipment and Services. Tactical communications are defined as the electronic exchange of any information required to support law enforcement operations or activities. Technical investigative surveillance equipment and services are defined as using surveillance capabilities or techniques to investigate possible criminal activity or provide situational awareness during law enforcement operations.

TechOps requirements support investigative, protective, and training surveillance missions for the Federal law enforcement community. TacCom and TechOps both involve the exchange and use of mission critical communications—voice, video and data. Specific requirements shall be further identified and defined at the order level.

DHS requires access to a wide and renewable variety of TACTICS commodity equipment from multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers as made available from published commercial and General Services Administration’s catalogs. The contractor shall also provide services such as infrastructure, operation, and maintenance. The contract scope includes, but is not necessarily limited to:

• Technical Category 1: Equipment
  • Radios and Accessories – includes end-user equipment, devices, push-to-talk applications, interfaces, user equipment (cellular devices), networking functions, associated accessories and power systems; also includes equipment that uses the non-radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • Infrastructure – includes software, hardware, communications infrastructure, microwave, backhaul, control/base stations, radios, repeaters, comparators, encryption, antennas, network, management, dispatch, Radio over Internet Protocol, push-to-talk (working with any network connection), private cellular networks, distributed antenna systems, cellular signal boosters, test equipment, enclosures, shelters, towers, and power systems.
  • Maritime/Air – includes communications, sensor, or surveillance equipment and accessories to outfit and interface with boat, shipboard and aircraft systems.
  • Mobile Command and Control, Communications, and Surveillance Vehicles – includes specialized vehicles or trailers that are outfitted with capabilities to support mobile command functions, mobile communications capabilities, or technical surveillance capabilities.
  • Satellite – includes end-user equipment, associated accessories, interfaces, antennas, and related infrastructure.
  • Collection, Process, Exploitation, Dissemination, or Presentation of Tactical Information – includes any devices, software, hardware, systems, networks, or accessories that may assist in planning operations, collecting information, sharing information, managing communications, directing operations, presenting information in a geographic information systems context, enhancing officer safety, providing situational awareness, recording/storing/saving/logging/ analyzing/managing/translating information, or any other aspect that assists with law enforcement; this includes any integration to administrative or business systems.
  • Other Tactical Devices and Capabilities – includes acoustic signaling devices, acoustic receivers, long-range acoustic hailing devices, seismic detectors, motion detectors, radar sets, smart helmets, and tactical devices that provide situational awareness or communications capability, including those using remotely controlled or autonomous platforms except for air vehicles that are not tethered. Includes any device or system for detecting, tracking, identifying, or countering unmanned systems that do not include kinetic countermeasures.
  • Video, Audio, Sensor, Tracking, and Communications Intercept Capabilities – includes equipment, devices, systems, accessories, interfaces, or mounts/enclosures/concealments for collecting, processing, powering, transporting, disseminating, storing, exploiting, analyzing, or managing video, audio, sensor, tracking, or communications intercept information. Also includes body worn devices. Transporting information includes wireless, wired, or the use of physical storage media.
• Technical Category 2: Services
  • Radios – services required to develop, maintain, program, install, deploy, modify, remove, train, repair, or support any type of radio, radio system, infrastructure, service, or network; includes cellular or satellite systems.
  • TechOps Systems – services required to develop, maintain, program, install, deploy, modify, remove, train, repair or support any type of TechOps system or service.
  • Operations and Sustainment (O&S) Services – services required to operate, provide, and sustain TacCom or TechOps systems or services, includes data plans, service plans and subscriptions for services as well as Network as a Service.
  • Engineering – services required to provide spectrum support, and to architect, design, survey, develop, integrate, interoperate, test, evaluate, inspect, analyze, or implement TacCom or TechOps systems or services.
  • Service Based Systems – includes services that would support the capturing and processing of any tactical communications or technical investigative capability.
  • General –project management services to develop, draft or maintain plans, documentation, reports, status, information, schedules, estimates, costs, risk registers, policies, instructions, and procedures; also includes providing and arranging for training, accreditations and certifications