SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; The US Army Contracting Command, Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE) intends to procure software maintenance and support of PKZIP/MVS software.
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Defense Contracting Command-Washington, Contracting Center of Excellence, Army Contracting Agency (ACA), Contracting Center of Excellence, Army Contracting Agency (ACA), ATTN: Policy and Compliance, 5200 Army Pentagon, Room 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200
- ZIP Code
- 20310-5200
- Solicitation Number
- W91WAW-09-SS-070609
- Response Due
- 7/6/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2009
- Point of Contact
- Richard White, 703-428-0435<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
Contracting Center of Excellence, Army Contracting Agency (ACA)
(richard.white20@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The US Army Contracting Command, Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE), on behalf of Army Information Technology Agency, Data Center, intends to procure software maintenance and support of PKZIP/MVS software. This software will operate on both IBM z9 series Systems located within the U.S. Army Information Technology Agency (USAITA) consolidated Data Center (DC) and its Disaster Recovery site (DR). The CCE intends to procure this requirement by using a HUB Zone certified small business set-aside, small business set-aside, or under full and open procedures. If at least two responsible HUBZone certified small business concerns are determined by the Government to be capable of performing this requirement based on an evaluation of the capability packages submitted no later than 12:00 am EST, July 6, 2009, the requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for HUB Zone certified small business concerns. If two or more HUB Zone certified small businesses are not found capable, this requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns. If capability packages are not received from at least two responsible small business concerns by the response date or if the Government determines that no small businesses are capable of performing this requirement based upon an evaluation of the capability packages submitted; this requirement will be solicited under full and open procedures. Only small businesses are to submit capability packages. Interested small businesses that are certified and qualified as a HUB Zone, or small business concern in NAICS code 511210 with a size standard of $7 M are encouraged to submit their capability packages. The capability package for this sources sought market survey is not expected to be a proposal, but rather statements regarding the companys existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the PWS. Capability packages must not exceed 10 pages and must be submitted electronically. Small businesses are to outline their experiences in the following: (1) Ability to provide PKWare software licenses, (2) Ability to provide software maintenance from the contractors site, and (3) Ability to provide new software releases. Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such. In addition, the following questions must be answered and elaborated on as part of the package: (1) Financial Capability-Does your firm have the financial capability to withstand a negative cash flow? (2) Past Performance-Does your firm have the relevant past performance within the last three years? (include contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement, point of contracts, and brief description of the work performed); (3) Corporate Experience-Does your firm have the work experience similar in nature, scope, complexity, and difficulty of work as outlined above? To assist us in maintaining a list of interested small businesses for this potential procurement, please provide your companys name, point of contact (POC), address, phone number, and business size under the above NAICS code to the POC for this procurement Richard W. White, Contract Specialist, Email : richard.white20@us.army.mil. A Firm Fixed Price type contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance will be from date of award for 12 months. The place of performance will be from the contractors site. A written Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on or about the month of July 2009. The RFP must be retrieved and downloaded from CCEs homepage at: http://cce.hqda.pentagon.mil/rfp/rfp_1.asp select the desired RFP and click on the Process button. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued; all amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. Responses to the RFP must be submitted by email to the POC identified below. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Contractors are responsible for all costs for submitting their capability packages. POC is Richard W. White, Contract Specialist, for all contracting matters. No telephonic inquiries will be accepted. Email address is richard.white20@us.army.mil.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/DSS-W/DASW01/W91WAW-09-SS-070609/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contracting Center of Excellence, Army Contracting Agency (ACA) ATTN: Policy and Compliance, 200 Stovall Street, 11th Floor Alexandria VA<br />
- Zip Code: 22332-0001<br />
- Zip Code: 22332-0001<br />
- Record
- SN01855715-W 20090626/090625000959-8a8f64d1645459ac54aa88437e203ec4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |