SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Intelligence, Analytical and Portal Support Services
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, FISC Pearl Harbor, Bldg. 475-2, Code 200 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI, 96860-4549
- ZIP Code
- 96860-4549
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-C0069
- Response Due
- 6/19/2003
- Archive Date
- 6/23/2003
- Point of Contact
- Norine Horikawa, Contract Specialist, Phone 808-473-7539, Fax 808-473-0811,
- E-Mail Address
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norine_e_horikawa@pearl.fisc.navy.mil
- Description
- The Regional Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii intends on awarding a sole source, unrestricted contract to Intellibridge Corporation of Washington, DC for the following Enterprise Intelligence Web Portal Services. NAICS Code 514191, $18M. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items conducted under the Test Program for Certain Commercial Items in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.5. Please use the following identification number on any quote submitted: C0069. You are required to submit a completed FAR 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, provided as an attached document, with your quote. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this announcement. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION will not be issued. All prospective quoters are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. This synopsis/solicitation is being issued as a Request For Quotations (RFQ), for a Firm Fixed Price type contract incorporating provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisitions Circular 14 and DFARS Change Notice 20030603. ITEM 0001: $_________. Period of Performance: One Year. Scope: This task requires contractor information support to perform open source information research and analysis, and provide basic information products for JICPAC’s Directorate of Operations. Contractor support will include, but not be limited to, basic event reporting on geo-political, military, scientific, technological, and economic events and developments that might affect USCINCPAC plans, activities, or resources, or impact upon interactions with it partners, components or national and international agencies in the Pacific Command (PACOM) Area of Responsibility (AQR). Such information/knowledge support will be provided on a proactive basis with the contractor providing analytical support and predictive analysis and reporting on said developments based on priorities set by the JICPAC Director of Operations. Contractor will also provide JICPAC access to subject matter expertise as requested by JICPAC Director of Operations in support of its mission and activities via Expertlink. At a minimum, JICPAC Director of Operations requires information and knowledge support on: 1) Economic developments in the Asia-Pacific and neighboring regions (if those developments impact the Asia-Pacific or any of its countries; 2) Political-military developments in the Asia-Pacific and neighboring regions, particularly if those developments will impact on (a) U.S. relationships and USCINCPAC (JICPAC) operations in or with the countries of those regions or (b) relations among countries in the Asia-Pacific Region; 3) technological and scientific developments that might impact USCINCPAC operations or be used by USCINCPAC to adjust its force deployments; and 4) scientific and commercial developments that might affect the country(ies) of the Asia-Pacific region and their economies, policies or interaction with the United States or other country(ies) in the Region. The contractor will provide translations of relevant press reporting and other foreign language periodicals and media not available via the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) as requested by JICPAC Director of Operations or as determined by the contractor to be essential to the analysis or reporting of an event or development of significance or interest to JICPAC. PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS: The analytical products provided in shall be formatted for easy dissemination within JICPAC. Requirements are as follows: 1) Web portal. Customized JICPAC website made available to designated users, summarizing and providing analyses on issues and topics. Services provided and made available to 75 users; 2) Daily email. Morning update provided to designated users, providing reporting on important topics and issues, determined by contractor and under technical guidelines; 3) Expertlinks. Separate from daily email, up to 100 interactive email exchanges between analysts and JICPAC users. These exchanges will require further research and will be delivered on a time scale set by user. ITEM 0002: Contractor will also offer additional Expertlinks for $________.00 per Expertlink. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Products will be forwarded to JICPAC via electronic means (for example; email) and also posted to the contractor’s web sites. Electronic content must comply with DOD Firewall Ports, Protocols and Service Policy and the Policy Guidance for use of Mobile Code Technologies in DODIIS. JICPAC uses “MIMEsweeper” to review all incoming email for the presence of computer viruses prior to release to addressees. Maintenance and data population of established web sites will be conducted on an ongoing basis for the duration of this contract. The files must be able to be downloaded into standard, commercially available software programs such as Microsoft Offices, and to either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers. Any programs developed to support these technical requirements shall be provided to the government with unlimited software rights. JICPAC’s dissemination of contractor products will not exceed the number of recipients included in this contract without first notifying the contractor. LOCAL SUPPORT: The contractor shall offer temporary on-site support when necessary. Contractor shall provide person(s) with active security clearances who are able to perform duties within JICPAC. DELIVERABLES: In support of this contract, the following deliverables are required.: 1) In support of the product requirements identified above, the contractor shall prepare or support the preparation of two periodic reports to JICPAC Director of Operations (DO). These will detail work accomplished and action items completed to document the acceptable and timely delivery of this information and knowledge support. The reports shall contain, at a minimum, a list of account holders who accessed contract web portal daily, list of account holders who have read email product, number of analysis products produced for given period, and Expertlink queries responded to. This deliverable will be due to Director of Operations (DO) no later than 10 calendar days after period end date, and may be submitted via electronic means; 2) Progress Reviews. The contractor shall periodically prepare briefing material and deliver briefings on the progress of any specially tasked production efforts or work conducted under the basic scope of work; 3) The contractor is authorized direct technical liaison with the sponsor and government program personnel on site at JICPAC, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as appropriate. In addition, technical liaison with other contractor personnel supporting the Director of Operations is authorized. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database (CCR) to be eligible for Department of Defense Contract awards. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror/quoter INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your quote. Call 1-888-227-2423 or visit the Internet site http://www.ccr.gov/ for more information. The following clauses are applicable: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items, the following factors shall be used to evaluate offfers: (1) Technically acceptable, (2) Price. Also applicable to this requirement are clauses FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items. The offeror shall provide the information required in FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items. The FAR clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items, includes the following clauses incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, FAR 52.212-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), FAR 52.22-35 Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212), FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities. (29 U.S.C. 793), FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212), FAR 232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332), FAR 52.247-64 Preference for Privately Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (46 U.S.C. 1241). Other applicable clauses include FAR 52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals, FAR 52.211-5 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999), DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items. The following clauses also apply DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, DFARS 252.204-7001 Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Reporting, DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues of Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. Under this clause, the following is incorporated by reference: DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program (41 U.S.C. 10a- 10d, E.O. 10582) DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (10 W.S.C. 2533a), DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea (10 U.S.C. 2631), DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea (10 U.S.C. 2631). These clauses may be obtained vial the Internet at FAR site: http://www.arnet.gov/far or DFARS site: http://www.acq.ods.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html. REVIEW OF AGENCY PROTEST (FISCPH) (APR 2000) (a) The contracting activity, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor (FISCPH), will process agency protest in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 33. 103 (d). (b) Pursuant to FAR 33. 103 (d) (4), agency protests may be filed directly with the appropriate Reviewing Authority or a protester may appeal a decision rendered by a Contracting Officer to the Reviewing Authority. (c) The Reviewing Authority for FISCPH is the Director, Regional Contracting Department (Code 200), Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, at 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4549. Agency procurement protests should clearly identify the initial adjudicating official, i.e., the Contracting Officer or Reviewing Official. (d) Quoters should note this review of the Contracting Officer’s decision will not extend GAO’s timeliness requirements. Therefore, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 days of knowledge of initial adverse agency action. All prospective quoters interested in submitting a proposal for this solicitation shall include your name, address, telephone number and point of contact, fax number, e-mail address and commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Quotations are due 10:00 a.m., Hawaii Standard Time, on JUNE 19, 2003. PROPOSALS SHOULD SUPPLY AN EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE QUOTER IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. The quoter is encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, “Solicitation/Contract Order for Commercial Items.” The form can be found at http://web1.deskbook.osd.mil/htmlfiles/forms/DBY_Forms_Standard_Forms_(SF).asp. THE COMPLETED REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS CLAUSE FAR 52.212-3 ALT I MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR QUOTE. Quotes may be mailed to Regional Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Code 203A.NH, Attn: Norine Horikawa, 1942 Gaffney Street, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4549 or emailed to norine_e_horikawa@pearl.fisc.navy.mil. Facsimile quotes will be accepted at (808) 473-0811.
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