SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Engineering and Technical Support Services
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AMQ-210 Aeronautical Center (AMQ)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 5955
- Response Due
- 8/29/2007
- Description
- ANNOUNCEMENT/SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR) ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES DTFAAC-07-R-03461 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for the acquisition Engineering and Technical Support Services for the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contractor shall provide the personnel, materials, resources, and associated management services necessary to perform the work as defined in the Performance Work Statement. The current version of the PWS, dated June 14, 2007, is provided as a separate document under this Announcement/Screening Information Request (SIR) 1. The contract will be for a 1-year base period with four 1-year option periods to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government. The contract type will be an Indefinite-Delivery/Requirements type contract with time-and-material and labor-hour provisions. The Government estimates the total cost for the 5-year period to be approximately $9,050,600. This acquisition is set-aside exclusively for competitive award among Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Businesses (SEDBs), that are expressly certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) program. To be considered the vendor must be classified as a small business under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541330, Engineering Services (Aerospace Equipment - $25/million). Should an 8(a) vendor intend to incorporate a teaming arrangement, the term "vendor" shall apply to the prime contractor. In conjunction with the set-aside nature of the requirement, at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the prime contractor. This requirement is found in Acquisition Management System Clause 3.6.1-7, Limitation of Subcontracting. This acquisition contemplates a phase approach. This, the initial phase, involves the Announcement/SIR1 of the requirement in order to permit companies that are certified under the 8(a) program with SBA an opportunity to express an interest in this requirement. Only those firms that respond successfully to this Announcement/SIR1 will be allowed to participate in the next phase. The remaining phase(s) of the downselect process will be identified in future communications with those firms that successfully respond to this Announcement/SIR1. Companies that are interested and possess certain special standards of responsibility are to provide specific information as to the unique capabilities to be brought to the performance of this requirement. The specific information provided must be accurate and complete because it will be used to determine each vendor's eligibility to participate. Documentation must be provided to substantiate any statement of fact that goes to the vendor's eligibility pursuant to this Announcement/SIR1. The FAA reserves the right to contact references and verify each vendor's information. Any statement included in a vendor's response that is verified by the FAA as either false or misleading will be cause for rejection. All documentation is limited to 20 pages (8-1/2"x11", printed on one side). Failure to comply with this page limitation may be cause for rejection of a vendor's response. CAUTION: FAA evaluators will read only up to the page limit as specified. Four copies are requested. Mere statements of compliance or intention to comply are unacceptable. All responses submitted must address the capability of the vendor to meet the special standards of responsibility. SPECIAL STANDARDS OF RESPONSIBILITY: The following information must be addressed in each vendor's submission in order for the FAA to determine a vendor's eligibility to participate further in any subsequent SIR. (Note: Each submission will be evaluated on an "acceptable/unacceptable" basis. Where a submission is found to be unacceptable in any area of a special standard of responsibility, the entire submission will be considered unacceptable). 1. 8(a) Certification and Business Declaration Form: (a) Provide certification letter from SBA documenting vendor's enrollment in the SBA's 8(a) program and classification as a small business under the North American Industry Classification System (NAIC) code 541330, Engineering Services. (b) Complete and return the attached Business Declaration Form. 2. Past Performance and Experience: (Note: Past performance represents "how well" an offeror accomplished the effort. Experience simply means an offeror has "done it." Of additional importance is that past performance and experience must be current and relevant as well as comparable in scope and magnitude to that described in the SOW.) (a) In order to be determined acceptable vendors must have a minimum of five (5) years experience in performing engineering and technical support services as identified in the attached PWS. In evaluating experience of vendors whose experience was attributed to a pre-existing or through a previous company, any such experience will be considered. Vendors shall provide a list of relevant past and present contracts performed for Federal, State, or Local Governments or commercial sources within the past five (5) years involving effort of same or similar complexity, magnitude, and level. The vendor's documented experience shall consist of a list of contracts containing the following information stated below. (i) Contract number and contract type (ii) Contracting agency or business (e.g., DOD, FAA, NASA, any Federal agency, State of Oklahoma, etc.) (iii) Original contract dollar value and final contract dollar value (including options) (iv) A brief description of the contract effort (v) Largest number of employees associated with direct contract effort (vi) Name, address, telephone and FAX numbers for the Government Contracting Officer(s); for non-government contracts, provide the name, address, telephone and FAX numbers of business point of contact, liaison, etc. (b) Where inquiries made pursuant to (a)(vi) reveal the vendor's performance was unsatisfactory (e.g., terminated for default {partial or complete}, cure notice(s) issued, adverse administrative findings by government agencies at the federal, state or local level, etc.), the vendor will no longer be eligible to continue in the SIR process. 3. Organizational Management and Staffing: Vendors must demonstrate the capability to provide management and staffing commensurate with the demands of this requirement in the following areas: (a) Vendors must demonstrate that a Contract/Technical Manager will be available at the time of contract award. Qualifications of the Technical Manager are identified in PWS, paragraph 3.3, Position Requirements and Qualifications. The documentation describing the individual's qualifications may include a brief synopsis or resume of work experience. It should include present position or title, experience in managing contracts for similar services of scope and size (include duration or length of all experience), and educational/training background in sufficient detail to facilitate evaluation of qualifications and management competence. In addition, the vendors shall specify a "good faith effort" that the Technical Manager will remain in their respective position for a minimum of one (1) year. (b) Vendors or predecessors must document/demonstrate that they have simultaneously employed and successfully administered, tracked, and managed 25 or more full-time employees for a period not less than one (1) year. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, a spreadsheet identified month by month for the annual period containing a list of employees and the contracts on which they performed or a signed certified list of employees with date of employment including employees managers and the manager's qualification. A copy of the current contract (DTFA-02-02-D-14709), can be downloaded from the AMQ Internet at http://amq.mmac.faa.gov/FOIA.asp Interested firms that can comply with and meet the special standards of responsibility addressed in this Announcement/SIR 1 should respond with their documentation in writing to: Federal Aviation Administration Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center NAS Contracting Division Attn: AMQ-210/Joy Dickson Room 313, Multi-Purpose Building 6500 South MacArthur Blvd. P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-4933 Note: For overnight mail the ZIP code is 73169 The date and time for receipt of responses is 3:30 p.m. local time, August 29, 2007, (facsimile and e:mail responses are not permitted). Any responses received after that date and time will not be considered in accordance with AMS provision 3.2.2.3-14, Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals. If all requested information is not furnished, the vendor's response may be determined unacceptable; therefore, not considered as one of the qualified companies. Oral or written communications with offerors, during the screening process, will be conducted if the FAA deems communication is necessary. Because all incoming mail and other parcels, including overnight air deliveries, are being pre-screened, before being delivered, vendors are encouraged to submit responses early. AMS Clause, 3.6.1-7, Limitation on Subcontracting, AMS Provision 3.2.2.3-14, Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals, and AMS Provision 3.9.1-3, PROTEST, are applicable to this SIR1. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make the full text available, or offerors and contractors may obtain the full text via Internet at: http://conwrite.faa.gov (on this web page, select "Search and View Clauses").
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