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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 03, 2006 FBO #1742
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- U.S. Army, Europe (USAREUR) G3 International Operations Division requires enhanced planning and automation support; planning and supporting conferences and seminars; and automation of military-to-military (mil-to-mil) activities.

Notice Date

9/1/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

ACA, RCO Seckenheim, Attn: AEUCC-S, Unit 29331, APO, AE 09266-0509
 

ZIP Code

09266-0509
 

Solicitation Number

W912PE06R0026
 

Response Due

10/17/2006
 

Archive Date

12/16/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Security Cooperation and Information Management Support to G3-IOD. As directed by the National Military Strategy, the United States European Command (USEUCOM), and the Army International Activities Plan, the International Operations Division (IOD), G3, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe (USAREUR) (hereafter referred to IOD), fulfills the G3 staff function of oversight for and coordination of USAREURs role in promoting regional stability under the Theater Security Cooperation Strategy. In or der to do so, IOD manages programs, exercises and other activities to engage Allies, partners and others in USAREURs area of operations. Within its component branches, the IOD has responsibility for all U.S. Army arms control matters in Europe; planning a nd conducting political-military policy analysis that informs the staff of operational implications and appropriate responses; coordinating the Commanding Generals and others visits throughout the Area Of Responsibility (AOR); conducting high level confe rences and supporting workshops; managing the tasking and timely execution of requirements relating to all political-military activities; and supporting the other elements of the USAREUR staff on all matters relating to international operations, host natio n and political-military affairs. All of these areas require timely access to information, standardized and automated processes, and the ability to share information rapidly with higher, subordinate and parallel levels of command. Execution of these task s requires a high degree of skill and knowledge for the accomplishment of tasks of a technical military and scientific nature, as detailed in the tasks below. This provides an ideal basis for the execution of the critical information tasks required to ens ure timely and efficient execution of the priorities on USAREURs Mission Essential Tasks List (METL), to include promoting regional stability. The contractor, management and labor to provide enhanced planning and automation support; planning and supportin g conferences and seminars; and automation of military-to-military (mil-to-mil) activities. The contactor will provide database management and data input support, to include maintaining the website and existing database software, as well as inputting data required by EUCOM and DA theater security cooperation automation systems.The contractor shall provide user training and assistance to IOD staff on the operation of existing and contractor developed management tools and databases, including the two websites , Theater Security Cooperation database input, Mil-to-Mil and Pol-Mil databases. Contractor assistance shall be made available on-site in the IOD division. The contractor shall track, collate and enter, on a back-up basis, relevant security cooperation act ivity information into designated databases. Additionally, contractor shall perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting and upgrades on its management tools and database to ensure compatibility of its systems with IOD hardware and software for the durati on of the contract.Contractor will provide planning support for USAREURs programs supporting various theater security cooperation contact programs in accordance with the Vienna Document (99). IOD has recurring demands for political-military, economic and defense program analysis to evaluate the allocation of USAREUR resources to these regional stability operations. The contractor must be able to analyze USAREURs external environment (e.g. political climate, economic and social trends, legislation, custom er demand/expectations, changes and advancements in technology, emerging technology trends, and competitive conditions) to determine its effects and relationship on advancing the goals and direction of USAREUR operations. The contractor must be able to res pond with timely and frequently updated specialized technical military evaluations that can be formatted either into operations plans/orders or electronically t ransmitted to USAREURs forward support teams and forward deployed Operational Command Posts (OCP). This data will support headquarters functions of managing information and data related to planning and programming future regional stability country outreac h programs.On a task order basis, the Contractor will research and analyze information resources on a country-by-country, regional or subject basis for individual study projects covering the 91 nations within the USAREUR Area of Interest (AOI). The Govern ment will provide the specific requirement to the contractor, who will respond with a firm fixed price proposal for that specific requirement. If accepted by the Government, the task order will be finalized as a firm fixed price order. In order to delive r appropriate products, the contractor must have an understanding of USAREURs regional stability and theater security cooperation (TSC) operations and be able to customize information provided to support ongoing and planned regional stability and TSC oper ations. Because the military, political climate, legislation, economic and social trends can change with great frequency in many nations in the USAREURs AOI, USAREUR may require specific political-military and individual country expertise to provide perti nent information on an as-needed, as-ordered basis. Due to the volatility of the information contained in country resource projects or specific mission requirements, and often unforeseen changes in USAREUR operational priorities, USAREUR Contracting Office r Representative (COR) will issue such requests as separate, individual task orders. When such products are requested, the Contractor will provide draft copies of each product to IOD for review prior to delivery of final version.The CG USAREURs Annual St rategic Research Program includes the preparation and conduct of workshops, conferences, CG Senior Officer Training, and Officer Professional Development meetings focused on collecting and analyzing data related to the technical military environment in Eur ope and impact of regional stability operations in the countries within the USAREUR AOI. The CG-hosted annual Conference of European Armies (CEA) focusing on a topic of special interest to the command is central to this research program. Data and analysis resulting from the Strategic Research Program provides USAREUR senior leadership and staff with a better understanding of their complex technical military operating environment, and is integral to USAREURs regional stability and TSC operations. The contra ctor shall prepare and help conduct the annual USAREUR-sponsored Conference of European Armies (CEA) on a topic of special interest to the command. The contractor will conduct analysis of USAREURs strategic environment and provide topic recommendations to IOD annually. On a task order basis, the contractor may be tasked to conduct one research workshop annually related to the CEA. The research workshop will be designed by the contractor to prepare for, follow-up, or complement the CEA research conference. The research workshop shall be planned for 50 persons for a period of up to 4 days at a location within the USAREUR area of influence. Timing, location, and content of the workshops require prior IOD approval. Since costs for the location and logistics su pport for this subtask are variable (as they are for CEA above), the costs for the logistical support will be reimbursed separately from the firm fixed price for the task order.The contractor shall provide monthly cost and technical status reports of work in progress. Review of status of tasks including problems and corrective action taken/recommended will be addressed. The costs portion of the report will provide a list of cost incurred for items reimbursable by the government under this contract, as well as a projection of such costs for the remainder of the contract year. These reports will be provided by the 15th day of each month to the Contracting Officer Re presentative (COR) and will cover the activities of the previous month and anticipated work of the next month. In addition, the contractor shall provide a separate budget status report directly to the COR when 75% of the budget is spent; this report shall be submitted within two weeks of spending 75%. The contractor project manager shall meet with the COR and IOD personnel on a semi-annual basis, either telephonically or at a place determined by the COR, to review contractor performance, costs and budget s tatus during the preceding six-months and identify any adjustments or modification in the statement of work and budget necessary to accomplish activities planned for the coming six month period. In addition, the project manager shall be responsive to the COR 24 hours a day, every day of the contract. For urgent requests, the project manager shall respond to COR verbal or telephonic messages within 8 hours of the COR calling the contractors designated 24 hour response line. For routine matters, the proje ct manager shall respond to the COR within one duty day. On site services shall be performed Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, 168 Roemerstrasse (Campbell Barracks), D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany. For contractor personnel assigned to G3-IOD, the Government IL S is provided to those contract employees who are granted Technical Expert Status Accreditation from the appropriate German State Government (see Army in Europe Regulation 600-700, paragraph 7-1). Historically, only one of the two positions, that of an a utomation and information technology specialist has been granted Technical Expert Status.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, RCO Seckenheim Attn: (CPT Kyle Noda) AEUCC-S, Unit 29331, APO AE

Zip Code: 09266-9331

Country: EU
 

Record

SN01132766-W 20060903/060901221219 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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