SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- AMCOM EXPRESS Request for Information (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-EXPRESS
- Response Due
- 5/11/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2004
- Point of Contact
- Brenda Showalter, (256) 876-7321
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile)
(brenda.showalter@redstone.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is issued to survey the commercial services market for potential prime contractors/team leaders with an interest in providing advisory and assistance services (including all supervision, labor, incidental materials, and travel necessary to perform) in support of the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command (AMCOM) and its customers. To take advantage of competitive industry trends in commercial acquisition pricing and service offerings, AMCOM has established the Expedit ed Professional and Engineering Support Services (EXPRESS) Program, a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) program based upon the use of GSA Federal Supply Schedules. AMCOM desires extensive small business participation within AMCOM EXPRESS. Therefore, all p otential 8(a), Hubzone, Small Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, and small business primes/team leaders are strongly encouraged to respond to this RFI. To establish a logical basis for ordering services, AMCOM has defined four (4) domains within EXPRESS: Technical, Programmatic, Logistics, and Business and Analytical. Draft Statements of Work (SOWs) for each domain may be found on the AMCOM EXPRESS webs ite located at https://wwwproc.redstone.army.mil/acquisition/omnibus2/. Respondents may seek consideration in more than one domain by stating an order of preference. All first preferences will be evaluated. Subsequent preferences will only be evaluated if adequate competition is not received within the specified domain(s). Each prime/team leader is required to hold at least one of the following GSA schedules: 871-Professional Engineering Services (PES), 874V-Logistics Worldwide (LOGWORLD), 874-Management Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS), 70-Informati on Technology (IT), or a 00CORP-Consolidated Products and Services Schedule (formerly Corporate Schedule) including appropriate PES, LOGWORLD, MOBIS, or IT Special Item Numbers. Respondents may submit multiple schedules per domain in response to this RFI. However, a primary schedule that will be used by the prime/team leader to satisfy the preponderance of the domain requirements must be identified. If MOBIS or LOGWORLD is identified as the primary schedule, the NAICS Code and business size standard assigned to the respondents schedule by GSA will apply. If PES is identified as the primary schedule, NAICS 541330 and a size standard of $23M, will apply to the Business & Analytical, Logistics and Programmatic Domains and NAICS 541710 and a size standard of 1,000 employees will apply to the Technical Domain. If IT is identified as the primary schedule, NAICS 541511/541512/541513 and a size standard of $21M will apply to all domains. If the Consolidated Products and Services Schedule is identified as the primary schedule, the primary special item number covered by this schedule (PES, MOBIS, LOGWORLD, or IT) that will be used to satisfy the preponderance of domain requirements must also be identified. The NAICS and size standard for the primary special item number, as identified above, will then apply. The Business and Analytical Domain is reserved for small business primes/team leaders. At least three awards will be made within the Business and Analytical Domain. At least one award to an 8(a) prime/team leader and one award to a HubZone prime/team lea der is desired. If either an 8(a) or a HubZone small business is not selected for one of the first three BPA awards, one or more additional awards may be made to include highly qualified 8(a) or HubZone small business prime/team leaders within the domain. The Logistics Domain is open to both large and small business primes/team leaders; however, the preponderance of BPA awards are reserved for small business primes/team leaders. At least three awards will be made within the Logistics Domain, with at least two BPAs reserved for small businesses. At least one award to an 8(a) prim e/team leader is desired. If an 8(a) small business is not selected for one of the first three BPA awards, an additional award may be made to include a highly qualified 8(a) small business prime/team leader within the domain. The Programmatic Domain will be open to both large and small business primes/team leaders; however, the preponderance of BPA awards are reserved for small business primes/team leaders. At least four awards will be made within the Programmatic Domain, with at least two BPAs reserved for small businesses and one BPA reserved for 8(a) small businesses. The Technical Domain will be open to both large and small business primes/team leaders; however, the preponderance of BPA awards are reserved for small business primes/team leaders. At least six awards will be made within the Technical Domain, with at lea st three BPAs reserved for small businesses and one BPA reserved for 8(a) small businesses. Each respondents management capabilities, technical capabilities, and pricing structure will be evaluated. Business size considered, those respondents demonstrating the best management capabilities, technical capabilities, and pricing structure will be pr ovided the opportunity to compete for a prime BPA award within the specified domain. Management capabilities are more important than technical capabilities or pricing structure. Technical capabilities and pricing structure are of approximately equal impo rtance. For each domain preference, interested prime contractors/team leaders are required to submit four copies of the following: 1) A capabilities statement; 2) the applicable GSA Schedule(s) (not included in page count); and 3) CD-ROM (4 copies) containing the capabilities statement and GSA schedule(s) in files compatible with the Microsoft Office 2000 Suite of software. For purposes of the RFI, capabilities statements shall be prepared using Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font style on 8 1/2 x 11 inch white paper. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font style, not less than 8 point. Foldouts are not allowed. Each page shall identify the submitting respondent, domain, and page number. The capabilities statement is restricted to 20 pages for the Technical domain, 15 pages for the Programmatic domain, 15 pages for the Logistics domain, and 10 pages for the Busi ness and Analytical domain. Any additional material submitted will be discarded without review. Each respondent shall identify its business size based on the criteria stated above. Submissions shall demonstrate: (1) the prime/team leaders management capabilities in accomplishing efforts which are the same or similar to AMCOM EXPRESS, with multiple task orders and multiple subcontractors/team members; (2) the prime/team leaders techni cal capabilities in performing efforts which are the same or similar to the designated domain statement of work; and (3) the adequacy of the prime/team leaders pricing structure to support domain requirements with highly qualified personnel. Respondents m ay include experience in addressing technical and management capabilities. Potential organizational conflicts of interest applicable to the respondent shall be identified and addressed in not more than one page (included in page count). Each respondent s hall designate a preferred domain or an order of preference for consideration, if submitting in multiple domains. An industry conference will be held on Friday, April 30, 2004, in the Bob Jones Auditorium, Sparkman Center Complex, Building 5304, Redstone Arsenal, AL at 1:00 PM (CST). This industry conference will provide information relating to the Request for Inform ation (RFI) for the four program domains. Pre-registration through the AMCOM EXPRESS web-site is required prior to 28 April 2004. Responses to this RFI are due no later than 1500 (CST) on 11 May 2004 at the following address: COMMANDER, U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-AC-OS-OA/Brenda Showal ter, Sparkman Center, Building 5303, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898. Respondents are advised that responses sent by conventional US Mail service or courier services (Federal Express and UPS) are not routed directly to the above address. Late submissions wil l not be considered. Any questions regarding this RFI shall be submitted electronically to RFI Questions and Answers on the AMCOM EXPRESS website. Additional information regarding the AMCOM EXPRESS program can be found on the AMCOM EXPRESS website.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
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