MODIFICATION
R -- TABSS (Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services) - TABSS - Pre-Solicitation Questions and Answers
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (CG-912), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-912), 1900 Half Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20593-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20593-0001
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG23-10-R-TABS00
- Point of Contact
- TABSS Email Account,
- E-Mail Address
-
TABSS@USCG.MIL
(TABSS@USCG.MIL)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- TABSS - Pre-Solicitation Questions and Answers UPDATE 6 (28 September 2010) The purpose of this update is to provide the TABSS pre-solicitation questions and answers. The questions and answers are in an Excel file labeled "TABSS - Pre-Solicitation Questions and Answers." This file can be found at the bottom of the right-hand column on this page. Please email all questions and concerns to TABSS@uscg.mil. Thank you. UPDATE 5 (10 September 2010) The purpose of this update is to provide additional information related to key TABSS documents. Responses to the draft RFP questions and answers will be posted in the coming weeks; the anticipated release date is late September. The final TABSS RFP has an anticipated release date of mid- to late October. Thank you for your patience. Please send all future questions and concerns to the TABSS@uscg.mil email address. UPDATE 4 (22 July 2010): The purpose of the update is to provide the TABSS Pre-Solicitation Conference presentation in Adobe Acrobat format because some contractors are not able to view the presentation in the previously-posted Power Point format. UPDATE 3 (21 July 2010): The purpose of this update is the following: (1) Provide the audio recording, transcript, Power Point presentation and list of attendees from the TABSS Pre-Solicitation Conference. Video from the conference is not able to be posted due to technical difficulties. (2) Notify contractors the Government is in the process of answering questions received in response to the draft RFP and will post those answers once finalized. (3) Notify contractors the current estimated final RFP release timeframe is late August, vice the date stated in the Pre-Solicitation Conference Power Point presentation. UPDATE 2 (10 June 2010): The purpose of this update is the following: (1) Provide instructions for attending the Live Webcast of the morning session of the TABSS Pre-Solicitation Conference - which will occur 15 June 2010, 8:30am through 10:30am - via the attached document entitled "Live Webcast Instructions". (2) Provide an agenda for each of the two Pre-Solicitation Conference sessions via the attached document entitled "Agenda - TABSS Pre-Solicitation Conference". (3) Notify contractors that the Government intends to post a list of all conference attendees to this synopsis webpage after the conclusion of the conference. The information on this list will be limited to individual names, company names and email addresses for each attendee. UPDATE 1 (27 May 2010): The purpose of this update is to (1) announce the scheduling of the Pre-Solicitation Conference and provide details related thereto and (2) provide the draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for industry comment. The presolicitation conference for this acquisition is scheduled for 15 June 2010 at 7th and D St SW, Washington, DC. Due to security considerations, the deadline for registering for this conference is 03 June 2010. The attached file entitled "Frequently Asked Questions - TABSS Pre-Solicitation Conference" contains registration, location, and other details. The draft RFP and its corresponding attachments are included in this updated announcement. The Government is soliciting industry input to inform its development of the final RFP. Accordingly, please submit questions and comments related to the draft RFP no later than 08 June 2010, 5:00 PM EDT. To the maximum extent possible, these questions and comments will be addressed at the Pre-Solicitation Conference. ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS: The primary goal of this acquisition is to establish a Department-Wide Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract vehicle for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide technical, acquisition, and business support services. The acquisition and resulting multiple award contracts will be collectively referred to as TABSS (Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services). The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is conducting this department-wide acquisition with on behalf of DHS and all of its components. Use of this contract vehicle will be limited to all DHS components. The technical, acquisition and business support services to be acquired can be categorized into three domains: (1) Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services, (2) Business, Financial Management and Audit Support Services and (3) Contract Management Support Services. These domains comprise the professional services necessary to support a wide-range of Departmental requirements, to include DHS component organizations as well as those more specific in meeting the programmatic needs of the United States Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate (CG-9). The objectives for this acquisition include: a) Providing a comprehensive range of support services for use throughout the DHS. b) Providing a continuous alignment between business strategy, business processes, and various management support services while simultaneously maintaining an acquisition approach based on flexibility and efficiency. c) Leveraging the DHS spend in acquiring essential support services in an effective, economical, and expedient manner consistent with the DHS mission through the use of this enterprise-wide contract. d) Promote and support DHS socio-economic goals and initiatives. This acquisition is intended to replace numerous disparate contracts at USCG, as well as 3 multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) awarded by the DHS Strategic Sourcing Program Office. Said multiple-award BPAs consist of those for Acquisition Support Services, Financial Management Support Services and Program Management Support Services, which are scheduled to expire between May and June 2011. TABSS will also serve in companion to the Program Management, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Services (PACTS) contract. Although PACTS may appear to provide similar services as the TABSS Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services domain, the PACTS services are more generalized in nature. Under the TABSS vehicle, program management services are intended to meet a full range of specialized Program, Business, and Acquisition support services across multiple domains ensuring business continuity and integration. In the case of requirements overlap for a specific task order, PACTS will remain DHS' preferred vehicle. This acquisition will utilize both unrestricted and small business set-aside award tracks. DHS intends to award a sufficient number of contracts to maintain effective competition in each of the domain tracks. There will be multiple unrestricted and Small Business award tracks, as shown below. The number of awardees per track will be determined later, and may not be uniform among tracks. 1. Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services Domain; Unrestricted Track 2. Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services Domain; Small Business Track 3. Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services Domain; preferred 8(a) Track 4. Business, Financial Management and Audit Support Services Domain; Unrestricted Track 5. Business, Financial Management and Audit Support Services Domain; Small Business Track 6. Business, Financial Management and Audit Support Services Domain; preferred SDV Track 7. Contract Management Support Services Domain; preferred 8(a) Track The resulting IDIQ contract will have an ordering period of five (5) years from award. A draft solicitation for this acquisition is currently planned to be released in May 2010. Interested parties will have 1-2 weeks to submit questions and comments related to this draft. These questions and comments will be addressed at an Industry Day/Pre-solicitation Conference in late May or early June 2010. DHS anticipates release of a final solicitation shortly following this event. Contractors will be provided sufficient time after solicitation relaserelease to develop and submit proposals. An email address has been established for this acquisition - TABSS@USCG.MIL. Due to the large number of parties interested in this acquisition, use of email communication (sent to this address) is strongly encouraged to ensure timely response to questions. This synopsis corresponds to Advance Acquisition Plan (AAP) 62889, which is posted on the DHS AAP website (https://www.fido.gov/dhs/aap/publicview.asp).
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