SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Sources Sought Notice (SSN) for the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) recompete of the Battle Command Training Capability - Equipment Support (BCTC-ES)
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541513
— Computer Facilities Management Services
- Contracting Office
- PEO STRI Acquisition Center, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3276
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3276
- Solicitation Number
- W900KK15R0021
- Response Due
- 2/25/2015
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2015
- Point of Contact
- Corretta Benton, 407-384-5100
- E-Mail Address
-
PEO STRI Acquisition Center
(corretta.benton@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army PEO STRI is seeking capability information from industry for consideration during development of an acquisition strategy for the BCTC-ES contract which will be used to provide hardware acquisition and fielding/refresh effort in support of Mission Training Complex (MTC) infrastructure. The focus of the contract is to ensure rapid, cost effective, and streamlined contracting for delivery of training products/services to meet the immediate needs of the Warfighter. The following identifies the business areas for which the requirements apply. Fieldings: Procurement and installation of all furniture, fixtures, and equipment required for training in an MTC, to include IT equipment as required (Currently Fort Hood, a large MTC, and Fort Leavenworth, a medium/large MTC, have been identified). Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) refresh: Qualified furniture, fixtures, and equipment required for training in an MTC identified by the government for refresh/replacement. FF&E out-of-cycle Maintenance: Repair and/or replacement of faulty equipment required for training exercises at the MTCs. Dept of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP): network equipment and enclave boundary defense equipment sets to ensure network security. Radio wire integration system (RWIS): Radio simulation capability inside the MTC facility (license renewal/maintenance). It is anticipated that BCTC-ES will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) single award contract having an ordering period of five (5) years, inclusive of options. The specific work to be performed will be ordered by issuance of delivery/task orders and/or Performance Specification for each specific requirement. Additional Information: The contractor will be required to have limited personnel with TOP SECRET (TS/SCI) facility clearance. All contractor personnel working classified task orders must have, as a minimum, a SECRET clearance. NOTE: The NAICS Code being considered for this requirement is 541513. Your response shall include documentation of technical expertise and capability in sufficient detail. This information will help the Government in determining if your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition, as it relates to the questions defined below. It is imperative that businesses responding to this SSN use their page space wisely and articulate their capabilities clearly and adequately. Additionally, please provide the following company specific information: System for Award Management (SAM) registration; Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code number and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. A point of contact (POC) name, telephone number and e-mail address. Identify if you are a small business under the NAICS code 541513. ($27.5M) Market Research Questions: a. If the Government was to execute this under an incentive based contract, what ways would you incentivize the work performed on this effort? b. What do you think is the most challenging part of this effort and what steps can the Government take to help mitigate some of the risks associated with the challenges? c. What recent relevant performance (past three (3) years) and/or current work experience does your company have performing to deliver the services and products (to include constructive training products) on Government contracts of this magnitude and scope? An agency may properly consider the experience or past performance of parent or affiliated companies and as such, all past performance will be identified as to the parent company submitting response or an affiliated or sister company. Give specific examples. d. Please explain your process for securing supplemental staff and other resources necessary to successfully perform on a potential contract, on occasions when presented with multiple requirements. (i.e. fielding hardware to extra sites, two simultaneous fielding events, Testing and fielding hardware fixes and/or refreshes all within a three to six month time frame). Is your company capable of providing qualified and experience personnel at appropriate security levels? Please explain. e. Small businesses must comply with FAR 52.219-14 - Limitation of Subcontracting, regarding contract performance (at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern). Is your company capable of providing a team composition that can support the entire scope of this contract effort with sufficient depth to perform the variety of tasks of varying complexity while performing at least 50 percent of the work as the prime? Please explain. f. Are there any financial constraints that would prevent you from purchasing equipment ahead of time? Can you elaborate on your ability to procure the necessary capital that may be required for advanced purchases? Is there anything the Government can do to help offset the time between advanced purchases and payments made to the contractor team (i.e. Do progress payments help)? g. Please explain your capability and capacity to stop orders with little notice or potentially procure and store large amounts of hardware in anticipation of delayed fielding's. h. Please provide examples where you were required to provide Help Desk support and training given some of the challenges the current environment presents. (e.g. frequent personnel turn-around at user sites; users circumvent the Help Desk; lack of incentive for users to retain knowledge in-house). i. Given the requirement to procure hardware through the CHESS program (not just from a CHESS vendor), do you have ideas on managing cost/schedule of hardware purchases throughout the life of this contract? j. Please explain how you plan to notify the government of pending shipments of equipment to meet the standard of at least 15 days prior to shipment. k. Explain your process for tracking all of the unmodified Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) purchased equipment (computers and peripheral equipment) being shipped to any or all sites, how do you intend to provide the following information to the government before shipment is made (Manufacturer, Item Description, Serial Number, Part Number, Price). L. Please provide examples where you have had to perform networking to existing infrastructure, such as wide area network, local area network, additions and distribution to external site (local and/or remote). Connectivity testing is required for all installation of networking equipment. Along with networking cabling, both telecommunications and power cable will also be handled. Please articulate your knowledge on having dealt with IT infrastructure installation. M. Provide examples where you have had to provide or have knowledge of working with floor plans, room layouts, and cut sheets for building design and installation. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not reimburse any contractor for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this SSN; all costs associated with responding to this SSN will be borne solely by the interested party. Not responding to this SSN does not preclude participation in any future RFP or other solicitation, if any are issued. Disclaimer: This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a RFP and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products. No solicitation document exists at this time. The submission of this information is for PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. Response Information Format: Preferred method of submission is e-mail, but hardcopy submissions are acceptable. If e-mailed, Please use Microsoft Office 97-2003 compatible (.xls,.doc or.ppt) or Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (.pdf) formats. Classified material will not be accepted. Information papers may be submitted in a white paper format. Limit responses to 15 pages, including graphs/charts, or pictures. Please submit all information to ensure receipt by a POC identified below not later than 4:00pm (EST), Tuesday, February 25, 2015. Information papers must be submitted via email to the point of contact for this action, Ms. Corretta Benton, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army PEO STRI Acquisition Center/KOP, e-mail: corretta.m.benton.civ@mail.mil. TELEPHONE RESPONSES AND INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: PEO STRI Acquisition Center 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando FL
- Zip Code: 32826-3276
- Zip Code: 32826-3276
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