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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 25, 2008 FBO #2433
DOCUMENT

70 -- Telepresence Equipment, Installation and Support - DRAFT Statement of Objectives

Notice Date

7/23/2008
 

Notice Type

DRAFT Statement of Objectives
 

NAICS

423430 — Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, WO-AQM IT Support, 333 Broadway Blvd, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102
 

ZIP Code

87102
 

Solicitation Number

AG-7604-08-RFITelepresence
 

Archive Date

8/22/2008
 

Point of Contact

Ramona M Romo-Garza,, Phone: 505-842-3409, Bonnie Gilbert,, Phone: 505-842-3384
 

E-Mail Address

rromogarza@fs.fed.us, bgilbert@fs.fed.us
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Request for Information (RFI) Pursuant to FAR 15.201(e) U.S. Forest Service Telepresence Acquisition After review of the SOO, please complete the following Market Research Questionnaire. Your response should be limited to five 5 single-spaced pages and one literature brochure, excluding a cover page and table of contents, using 1” margins and a font size greater than or equal to Times New Roman 12. Market Research Questionnaire Interested organizations should complete the information below and respond to the questions that follow. This information supplied will help to insure the SOO has been adequately prepared to provide meaningful incentives/disincentives, and better finalize the acquisition strategy plan for a possible resultant procurement. Company Name: _________________________________ Contact Name: ___________________________________ Position: ________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________ E-mail: _________________________________________ Company URL: __________________________________ Business Classification and Socio-Economic Status: Please check all that apply. • Large • Small • 8(a) • Women Owned • Hub-Zone • SDB • Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Contract Vehicles you currently hold: Please check all that apply and list all contracts. • GSA IT Schedule 70 - Contract No. ______________________________________________ • GWACs/MACs Contract No. _______________________________________________________ • Other CONTRACTS:________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONS: 1)The USDA requires a wide range of skills to complement the work necessary to implement telepresence. Many of these deliverables have issues of synergy that result in inefficiencies, delivery problems, and increased cost if done in a fragmented way or by multiple vendors: a)Describe your experience in delivering the full range of functions described by the SOO. b)Describe how you have dealt with coordination issues with subcontractors when the services/skills provided are not within the key areas of expertise within your organization. 2)Has your organization performed past projects comparable to those described in the SOO? If so, provide details of each engagement (project nature, size, dollar value, customer contact name, e-mail address, phone number). Also identify risks identified with each past project and the solution your firm utilized to offset the risk(s) for each past project. Disclaimer This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. All documentation received from offerors shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone outside of official Government channels. Based on the written results of this RFI, if funding is available and USDA deems that sources are available to provide contractual support for telepresence, the government may develop and finalize an acquisition strategy and may submit a follow-on announcement in FEDBIZOPPS requesting quotes. Submissions Completed technical response(s), questions, suggestions to this RFI shall be submitted electronically, but no later than 2 PM MST on August 7, 2008, to Ms. Ramona C. Romo-Garza @ rromogarza@fs.fed.us Vendors are cautioned not to contact any other USDA employees concerning this RFI. Violation of this request may deem a vendor ineligible to respond to any resultant Request for Quote. Point of Contact Ramona Romo-Garza Contract Specialist U.S. Forest Service Phone: 505-842-3409 Email: rromogarza@fs.fed.us
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ad30b8135100fa4a4657fb823d750e70&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Document(s)

DRAFT Statement of Objectives
 

File Name: DRAFT Statement of Objectives for Telepresence (Telepresence SOO v3.doc)

Link: https://www.fbo.gov//utils/view?id=2a6121c1c48003480aff6529e264bfe5

Bytes: 70.50 Kb
 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Locations listed in the SOO (Attachment to this notice), United States
 

Record

SN01620562-W 20080725/080723221321-ad30b8135100fa4a4657fb823d750e70 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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