SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Sources Sought for Transformation Strategies, Assessments, Workshops, and Seminars Support
- Notice Date
- 9/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition and Procurement Office, Acquisition and Procurement Office, Rosslyn Plaza North, Suite 12063 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC, 20301-1155
- ZIP Code
- 20301-1155
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-HQ0034OSDSS-06-01
- Response Due
- 9/27/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2006
- Description
- This is a Request For Information (RFI), a market survey to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications to be used in planning a future performance-based requirement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. The Government DOES NOT intend to award a contract on the basis of the responses to this RFI. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. This RFI is for planning purposes only and to gain knowledge regarding the capabilities and qualifications of companies interested in participating in satisfying this requirement. Response to this RFI will not be returned. Information received in response to this RFI may be used to assess alternatives available in determining how to proceed in the acquisition. Any proprietary information that is submitted may be used in establishing requirements but specific information identified as proprietary will be safeguarded as such. The Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition and Procurement Office is seeking qualified, experienced sources to provide support for the research, development, and refinement of policies, strategies, and concepts through independent research, innovative analytical, evaluative, and researched monographs, briefings, and seminars to the Office of Force Transformation (OFT). The Director, Force Transformation is a principle staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense, and acts as the advocate, focal point, and catalyst for transformation within the Department of Defense. Transformation is not a process with a final destination, therefore as the Department transforms, the debate is not about the ultimate goal of transformation, but rather on its substance and the rate at which DoD transforms. Significant progress has been made within DoD since transformation was elevated to the level of strategy, but much more is required. Even as the Department proceeds in building the capabilities required to increase its competitive edge, transformation itself is transforming. DoD's role in national security continues to evolve as the future nature of war is further defined, and the new security environment is better understood. The reality of the strategic environment is resulting in changes to our national security strategy. These changes require new military capabilities and new approaches, and thus the transforming of transformation. The process itself must be adaptive, ready to respond with new capabilities to a world where accelerating change and increasing ambiguity are dominant features. The National Defense Strategy for the United States delineates four security challenges the Department currently faces: traditional threats, irregular threats, catastrophic threats, and disruptive threats. Events such as the war in Iraq, the war on terrorism, and globalization are compelling not only the intensity of transformation, but also its character. The OFT recognizes these challenges, and through its role as proponent for transformation the office will continue to promote and catalyze the individual ideas, the technologies, and the organizational innovations that will best support DoD's evolving role in this nation's defense. The selected contractor shall support OFT in research and analysis of focused scenarios related to anticipated or potential missions for elements of the military. Typically these scenarios will be of a broad spectrum of complexity and duration and of a variety of traditional and non-traditional deployments of U. S. forces at home or abroad; e.g., terrorism and counterterrorism; military measures or countermeasures; stabilization efforts; post-conflict reconstruction; disaster relief; rehabilitation of local infrastructure, including irrigation and sanitation; etc. Products developed under this contract may be used to determine appropriate areas for study in the broader OFT effort in the development, refinement and effective management of its program of analysis, study, planning, implementation, review, and assessment of department-wide transformation strategies. Materials handled by the contractor under this requirement will generally be in the category of SECRET or below; there is the possibility that there may occasionally be a requirement that involves TOP SECRET material. Contractor effort under this contract shall be available, as appropriate and with the consent of the Contracting Officer, to other elements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff. Interested firms are requested to provide capability statements, not to exceed 10 pages, that include the following information: 1) Company name, address, point of contact name, telephone, and email address; 2) Business size status (Large, Small, 8(a), etc.); 3) Company experience - Where, when, and for whom have you done similar work before providing a brief description of each project; 4) Company capability - provide a general discussion of your capabilities and capacity to perform the above stated requirement; 5) Potential performance metrics - Describe what performance measurements would be appropriate for this effort, including the item to be measured, how the measurement would be accomplished, acceptable level of quality or performance, etc. All responses shall be submitted by email. Telephonic or verbal responses will not be accepted. Email responses to marty.heule.ctr@whs.mil or ed.chevalier@whs.mil.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's facility
- Zip Code: 22202
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 22202
- Record
- SN01137050-W 20060909/060907222041 (fbodaily.com)
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