Specifications include, but are not limited to: Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (“MassTech”), on behalf of the MassCyberCenter, is issuing this Request for Responses for Entities Interested in Establishing Cybersecurity Centers of Excellence (RFR No.2022-Cyber-02) (the “RFR”). We are seeking expressions of interest and qualification (“Responses”) from entities (“Respondents”) interested in establishing a Security Operations Center (“SOC”) and/or a Cyber Range facility and becoming a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (“CCE”) as part of the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Consortium. Additionally, respondents submitting a request for funding whose responses meet the Imperatives outlined in section 2.1 and are ready to begin the process to establish a SOC or Cyber Range may be considered to receive funding for capital and/or operational expenditures associated with establishing a CCE.