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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 22, 2013 FBO #4289
SPECIAL NOTICE

R -- DISA Fall 2013 Enterprise Service Management Framework Forum/Consortium - Participant

Notice Date

8/20/2013
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

511210 — Software Publishers
 

Contracting Office

Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement Directorate, DITCO-NCR, P.O. BOX 549, FORT MEADE, Maryland, 20755-0549, United States
 

ZIP Code

20755-0549
 

Solicitation Number

DISA_ESMF_Nov_2013_Attendee
 

Archive Date

10/1/2013
 

Point of Contact

Drew Jaehnig, Phone: 301-225-8142, Marianne M. Call, Phone: 301-225-4056
 

E-Mail Address

drew.l.jaehnig.civ@mail.mil, marianne.m.call.civ@mail.mil
(drew.l.jaehnig.civ@mail.mil, marianne.m.call.civ@mail.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Special Notice for PARTICIPATION IN DISA'S SPRING 2013 ENTERPRISE SERVICE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FORUM & CONSORTIUM 19-20 November 2013 CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Acquisition Directorate, DITCO-NCR-PLD-PL62, 6914 Cooper Ave., Ft. Meade, MD 20755 1. INTRODUCTION The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), in support of the Department of Defense (DoD), is seeking participation from commercial companies or integrators that wish to attend the Department's Fall 2013 ESMF Forum & Consortium event and have experience in implementing ITSM/ITIL best practices in their environment. The Agency will allow 100 industry participants in person and unlimited participants via Defense Connect Online (DCO) and GIG Content Delivery Service (GCDS). Each selected company will be allowed no more than two (2) participants to attend the event. Selection for attendance will be for one-year. This includes all consortium events within that year (both the June 2013 and November 2013 Forum & Consortium). •1.1 OVERVIEW This event is solely for the exchange of information and knowledge. The speakers in the event will benefit from government exchange with the Defense Department as a whole; however presentation at the event does not provide speakers with any competitive advantage or preferential treatment in future acquisitions related to or resulting from the event. Additionally, the government does not support or endorse any company that attends or presents during the event. •1.2 PURPOSE The Forum & Consortium event is intended to facilitate a learning exchange and public dialogue between industry and the Department of Defense (DoD). Day One and Two will consist of industry and government speakers discussing existing DoD problems within the Service Strategy domain (e.g., Financial Management, Service Portfolio Management, Governance, Customer Relationship Management/Business Relationship Management (CRM/BRM), Demand Management, Service Catalog Management and Strategy Management). The ESMF Forum will: • Bring together government and process improvement professionals to detail the work that's currently being done throughout the DoD and industry regarding ITSM. • Highlight industry ITSM implementation best practices and lessons learned. • Expand the ITSM Community of Practice The event is held biannually at Fort Meade, MD on the DISA campus and will also be available via DCO and video teleconferencing. Government attendees include but are not limited to DISA, each military department, each combatant command, and military agencies. Participants for the most part will be GS-15 and O-6 level with some flag-level speakers and participants. 2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Participant Experience (limit to two pages) Participants are asked to provide a submission that summarizes their experience with ITSM, ITIL, eTOM or other Business Process Management as applied to computing, IT, Telecommunications and Cloud Computing. Experiences should be outside the government realm and should demonstrate use internally to their corporation or large client applications (specifically to organizations that sell or support IT/Telecom services to groups larger than 10,000 with support staff in the hundreds). The government is looking to share experiences with large-scale service providers. 2.2 Submission Responses to this SPECIAL NOTICE are due by 16 September 2013. The government will accept electronic submissions only via email. The subject line for emails should read: DISA ESMF Participant Request November 2013. Responses should include speaker's (1) business name, address and phone number; (2) name of speaker and their business title; and (3) experience/capability statements as discussed in Section 2.1. All submissions must be submitted to Drew Jaehnig ( drew.l.jaehnig.civ@mail.mil ). Selected participants will be notified by 23 September 2013 of their selection and details regarding their attendance. Attendance at this Forum & Consortium event is free. Participants in the Forum & Consortium event will not be paid by the government nor is there any implied or implicit competitive advantage for the participants in future solicitations, nor will the government charge the participant for any costs incurred by the event. The event is for informational, educational and academic purposes only. 3. CONTACT INFORMATION Questions should be directed to Drew Jaehnig ( drew.l.jaehnig.civ@mail.mil ). 4. DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER: THIS SPECIAL NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICIATION OR ULTIMATELY AWARD A CONTRACT. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PROPOSALS NOR WILL ANY AWARD BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. All information contained in the SPECIAL NOTICE is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the government. FAR clause 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes is incorporated by reference into this SPECIAL NOTICE. The government does not intend to pay for information received in response to this SPECIAL NOTICE. Responders to this invitation are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this SPECIAL NOTICE. Responses to the SPECIAL NOTICE will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this SPECIAL NOTICE are not offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. Again, responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this SPECIAL NOTICE.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DISA/D4AD/DTN/DISA_ESMF_Nov_2013_Attendee/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: DISA Headquarters, 6914 Cooper Ave., Fort Meade, Maryland, 20755, United States

Zip Code: 20755
 

Record

SN03156171-W 20130822/130821000505-d463496bea3ef81c60c7759a9344485b (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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