SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 4301 Pacific Highway Bldg OT4 Code 02, San Diego CA 92110-3127
- ZIP Code
- 92110-3127
- Solicitation Number
- N00039-04-R-0009
- Response Due
- 1/20/2004
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Kimberly M Dsouza, Contract Specialist, 619-524-7346; Kimberly M Dsouza, Contracting Officer, 619-524-7346
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Contract Specialist
(kimberly.dsouza@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Administrative and Technical Support for the Management of Security Assistance (SA)/Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs under the cognizance of SPAWAR and PEO C4I 1.1. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) is issuing this request for information announcement N00039-04-R-0009 on behalf of Code 07-23/PEO C4I and Space Program office for administrative and technical support for the management of Security Assistance (SA)/Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs under the cognizance of SPAWAR and PEO C4I. 1.2. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes ? it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Navy is not at this time seeking proposals, and will not accept unsolicited proposals or cost and pricing data. Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party?s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website and the SPAWAR E-commerce Central Website at https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 2.1 Background: SPAWAR intends to seek sources capable of providing Information Technology (IT) services, data collection, policy, planning, programming and budget support to the SPAWAR Case Administering Office (CAO) and technical, administrative, and financial support for FMS case management to PEO C4I PMWs. The existing SA/FMS contract has executed at a support level of 9-13 workyears per annum over the past four years. The new contract is expected to increase potentially up to 20 workyears per annum. The contract basic plus four option years is expected to be valued at $13.5M. See attached Statement of Work. 3.0 Requested Information: 3.1 White paper 3.1.1. The white paper is limited to a maximum of 10 pages in length. White papers in Microsoft Word for Office 2000 compatible format are requested via e-mail no later than 40 calendar days after the date of this announcement to Kimberly D?Souza, SPAWAR 02-23F at kimberly.dsouza@navy.mil. 3.1.2. Business Type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) based upon North American Industry Classification System (NAIC) code 54161, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. ?Small business concern? means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121. A small business concern for the purposes of this procurement is generally defined as a business, including its affiliates, averaging no more than $6 million dollars in annual receipts. Annual receipts of a concern which has been in business for 3 or more complete fiscal years means the annual average gross revenue of the concern takes for the last 3 fiscal years. Annual receipts of a concern that has been in business for less than 3 complete fiscal years means its total receipts for the period it has been in business, divided by the number of weeks including fractions of a week that it has been in business, and multiplied by 52. Respondees are cautioned, however, that this is a general description only. Additional standards and conditions apply. Please refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 for additional detailed information on Small Business Size Standards. The FAR is available at http://www.arnet.gov. 3.1.3 Requested Information: Commercial companies and other technical organizations are hereby invited to provide information on their previous experience in and demonstration of the ability to support all aspects of SA/FMS. Respondee shall address previous experience in and the demonstration of ability in each of the elements below individually in its response. Failure to respond to each element below will result in respondee?s submission ruled non-responsive. a. Pre-Letter of Request (LOR) efforts b. Price and Availability (P&A) development c. Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) development d. Case execution including administrative, acquisition, logistics and financial management e. Case Closure and reconciliation f. Business sustaining functions including general administration, policy research and evaluation, strategic planning, and training coordination. g. FMS Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) planning, programming and budgeting as well as financial execution, reconciliation, and management. h. Other security assistance including ship transfer support and releasability research and evaluation. 4.0. QUESTIONS. Questions in regard to this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail only to kimberly.dsouza@navy.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Questions will be answered via posting answers to the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website; accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary and/or classified information. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after 6 January 2004 will be answered. To access the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website, go to https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. Click on Headquarters; then Future Opportunities; then click on the yellow folder to the left of N00039-04-R-0009 to view other important information related to this RFI. Interested parties are invited to subscribe to the SPAWAR website to ensure they receive any important information updates connected with this RFI. To subscribe, click on N00039-04-R-0009; then click on ?Subscribe? near the top of the screen, and follow the directions provided. 5.0 RESPONSE DATE White papers are requested no later than 20 January 2004 at 14:00 Pacific Standard Time. Responses shall be submitted via e-mail only to kimberly.dsouza@navy.mil 6.0 SUMMARY This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide administrative and technical support for the management of Security Assistance (SA)/Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs under the cognizance of SPAWAR and PEO C4I. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Navy has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment, or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. It is emphasized that this is a Request for Information. It is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) of any kind, and it is not intended to guarantee procurement of these items/services. All submissions become government property and will not be returned.
- Web Link
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Click on this link to access the SPAWAR Solicitation Page
(https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform&db=navbusopor.nsf&whichdoc=B500C3CEEB2BA43B88256DF9007E05DB&editflag=0)
- Record
- SN00488166-W 20031213/031211212453 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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