The FBI will be releasing a solicitation next week to contract with cyber experts who can provide support services and expertise to the bureau on an as-needed basis.

The winning contractors will work with several law enforcement and intelligence bureaus — including the intelligence branches; national security branch; the criminal, cyber, response and services branch; science and technology branch; inspection division; and internal policy office — to provide a pool of technical subject matter experts that can work directly with the FBI.

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"The contractor shall have the ability to recruit, retain and replace operational SMEs with a wide range of [law enforcement/intelligence community] backgrounds to fulfill task order requests of varying scope and complexity," according to a synopsis of the upcoming RFP.

Work will include consultations, data collection and analysis, intelligence interviewing, training, policy development and assistance with project implementation and management.

Contractors must be eligible for Top Secret clearance and able to work with sensitive compartmented information on a task order basis.

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The final contract will have a $10 million minimum and $100 million maximum.

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The RFP is expected sometime before May 6, with awards in the August-September timeframe.