Notice of Intent to Designate Sole Brand for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Software

Project Description: Request for Information: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Software
Notice of Intent to Designate Sole Source/Sole Brand:
This Request for Information (RFI) Notice of Intent to Designate a Sole Brand is to determine if the specified commodity or service is available from multiple providers, or if an alternate commodity or service is available that would meet the County’s needs. This is not a request for pricing or a purchase commitment.
The following commodity or service is thought to be available only as a sole brand and is the only commodity/service that meets the County’s needs:
Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) is requesting a sole brand for the acquisition of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete endpoint protection with 24 x 7 x 365 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and CrowdStrike Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) for County endpoints and identities. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete includes Falcon Discover, Insight, Overwatch and Prevent. Falcon Discover provides visibility into assets, systems and applications for a comprehensive topography of our IT environment. Falcon Insight Endpoint Detection and Response delivers continuous, comprehensive endpoint visibility that spans detection, response and forensics to ensure nothing is missed and potential breaches are stopped. Falcon Overwatch Managed Threat Hunting adds a human threat detection engine that operates as an extension of our team, hunting relentlessly to see and stop the most sophisticated hidden threats. While Falcon Prevent Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV) provides the ideal Antivirus replacement solution by combining the most effective prevention technologies with full stack visibility and simplicity.
CrowdStrike allows the County to use one solution for endpoint and identity-based protection. This approach contrasts with separate products for ITDR and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) bringing disjointed architecture, driving up cost and complexity without improving security outcomes. This solution will allow the County to block specific domains on all endpoints no matter what network the endpoint traversing. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete gives the County the unique ability to search all County endpoints utilizing the single Falcon Complete agent for full URL's an endpoint may have browsed via the web browser. Other solutions can only provide the domain name history but not the full URL.
This RFI will remain posted until closing date and time.
Prospective Vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to provide the commodity or service described or written explanation or other documentation contesting the proposed RFI designation.
If you are capable of meeting or exceeding the County’s requirements for the specified commodity or service, respond to this RFI through the electronic bidding system. Vendor should upload any supporting information in the electronic bidding system as part of its response to assist the County in determining if commodity or service is comparable, is available from multiple suppliers, and meets the County’s needs. The Director of Purchasing shall have sole authority in deciding what is comparable.
The Director of Purchasing shall consider such submittals and notify all submitting vendors (thru the electronic bidding system) of the decision whether to designate as a Sole Source/Brand, which decision shall not be subject to objection, protest, or appeal