SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- ADVANCED ANALYTICS TECHNICAL SOLUTION (AATS)
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- P.O. Box 190022, North Charleston SC 29419-9022
- ZIP Code
- 29419-9022
- Solicitation Number
- N65236-16-R-0001
- Response Due
- 10/7/2016
- Archive Date
- 11/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Calvin L Howard, Contract Specialist, 843-218-5941; Erica Smoak, Contracting Officer, 843-218-4797
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(calvin.howard@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic, Charleston, SC is issuing this pre-solicitation notice to inform industry about an upcoming solicitation (N65236-16-R-0001) and to encourage interested parties to participate in the Advisory Multi-Step Process (FAR 15.202). See below for details for responding to the Advisory Multi-Step requirement. The proposed acquisition will be for the procurement of an Advanced Analytics Technical Solution (AATS). The contractor shall deliver advanced analytics software to assist with the processing, exploitation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of all-source intelligence data and will include a robust, open application programming interface (API) that provides extensive support for integration of Government-developed and commercially-developed application plugins and integration to AATS data storage. The software will minimize total ownership costs and will accommodate the characteristics of the user population that will operate, maintain, and support the software without on-site contractor support. The contractor shall also provide support for implementation planning, software installation, software engineering, ontology installation, cybersecurity/information assurance, testing, training, and fielding of the AATS software product. The Program Sponsor is Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM). To meet this AATS requirement, the Government is seeking a commercial item (CI) or non-developmental item (NDI) only. There are no development funds planned or available for this effort including funding for the mitigation of future obsolescence issues. Classified work shall be performed under this contract and subsequent task orders, as required. Certain PWS tasks require access to classified information up to the level of TOP SECRET with Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI). No safeguarding of classified information at contractor facilities is required. On 16 December 2015, SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic issued a sources sought notice (SSC- Atlantic_MKTSVY_112D4A) via the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) web site. Interested parties were encouraged to reply to the sources sought notice and were notified that the Government reserved the right to consider potential set- asides for small businesses. Based on market research results, this procurement will be conducted using full and open competitive procedures. The Small Business Administration Procurement Center Representative has concurred with this decision. The Government anticipates a single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) supply and services contract with a five-year ordering period. Delivery/task orders issued under this contract will be either Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) or Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF). The applicable NAICS code is 511210 with a size standard of $38.5 Million. The requirement contains approximately 90% supplies and 10% services. The primary place of performance will be Government facilities at SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic in Charleston, SC with required travel. SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic is providing the anticipated contract line item number (CLIN) structure (solicitation section B) and the draft performance work statement (solicitation section C) along with this synopsis on the SPAWAR e-Commerce website for industry review and comment. SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic is utilizing the Advisory Multi-Step Process (See FAR 15.202) in order to advise prospective offerors about their potential to be viable competitors and permit potential offerors to make informed decisions about whether to participate in this acquisition. This pre-solicitation notice provides a general description of the scope of the acquisition. Prospective offerors are encouraged to provide responses to this pre- solicitation notice, explaining their capabilities in the subject areas outlined below. Please note that this is not a request for proposals. Responses to this pre-solicitation synopsis are not offers and do not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. At this time, the Navy is not currently seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice; all costs incurred or associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the respondent's expense. The Government would like to invite potential offerors to submit information on the following: A narrative description explaining the projected AATS software product's ability to support the following: (a) the intelligence cycle, including data entry, map display, search, analysis, collaboration, and production; (b) the intelligence analyst operating in a disconnected, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DIL) network environment; (c) management of ontologies within the AATS; and (d) development of third-party plug-ins to the AATS software. A description of how the projected AATS software product satisfies the commercial item (CI) definition or non-developmental item (NDI) definition in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. For example, show that projected AATS software product is an NDI item and was previously developed and used exclusively for governmental purposes by a Federal agency, a State or local government, or a foreign government with which the United States has a mutual defense cooperation agreement. A description of instances where the projected AATS software product has been previously integrated and deployed together in a production environment to perform support for the intelligence cycle, support for the intelligence analyst operating in a DIL network environment; support for management of ontologies within the AATS; and support for development of third-party plug-ins to the AATS software. Responses to the multi-step advisory process shall be limited to six pages. A page is defined as one single-sided 8 1/2 x 11 size paper, 1 inch margins, 12 point font and no fold out pages. Any page that exceeds or fails to meet the size, margin, font or total page limit requirements will not be evaluated. The Government will evaluate the submissions and provide a response to the respondents about their viability IAW FAR 15.202. The following criteria will be used by the Government to provide a viability/non-viability response under the multi-step advisory process: Projected AATS software product's ability to meet the requirements identified in the PWS related to the intelligence cycle, the DIL network environment, management of ontologies, and development of third-party plug-ins. Projected AATS software product meets the FAR 2.101 definition of commercial item or non-developmental item. Projected AATS software product has been previously integrated and deployed together in a production environment to perform the functions described above. Responses are due no later than 7 October 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Responses shall be submitted to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website at https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil. See the SPAWAR e-Commerce website for instructions on how to submit responses. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted by posting questions to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website https://ecommerce.spawar.navy.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Questions regarding the multi-step advisory process or general questions concerning the Government's requirement will be answered by posting answers to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website; accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after 23 September 2016 at 2:00 p.m. will be answered.
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