MODIFICATION
R -- Audio and Video Forensics Lab AVFL - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 11/3/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Virginia Contracting Activity, Virginia Contracting Activity (ZD50), 200 MacDill Boulevard, Post Office Box 46563, Washington, District of Columbia, 20035-6563
- ZIP Code
- 20035-6563
- Solicitation Number
- 288-0002-17
- Archive Date
- 11/8/2016
- Point of Contact
- Mishelle Miller,
- E-Mail Address
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contracting_Officers@dodiis.mil
(contracting_Officers@dodiis.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR THE NATIONAL MEDIA EXPLOITATION CENTER (NMEC) AUDIO AND VIDEO FORENSICS LAB (AVFL) The Virginia Contracting Activity is seeking to identify qualified sources that have the ability to meet Government requirements for services and operational support of an Audio and Video Forensics Lab (AVFL). The National Media Exploitation Center ( NMEC) requires contractor services to provide in-depth exploitation analysis of multimedia files such as photos/images, audio, and video files extracted from digital forensics media. The AVFL will triage, examine, analyze and produce in-depth reports on the findings. The Government requires operational support by staff who are familiar with DOMEX processes and procedures. This effort is currently being performed by Engility under a full and open awarded contract on a firm fixed price / level of effort contract type, HHM402-11-C-0122, which expires 28 March 2017. All personnel performing services must have a Top Secret/SCI clearance and the company must have a Top Secret facility clearance and safeguarding classified materials at the Secret level. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541380 (Testing Laboratories - $15M small business size standard), and potential offerors must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). The acquisition will be conducted using the advisory multi-step process (hereafter referred to as "voluntary down-select") pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.202. The Virginia Contracting Activity (VaCA) requests that only potential PRIME offerors submit information. The submitted statement will allow the Government to advise Offerors about their potential as viable competitors. A written electronic submission is required in response to this notice. The type of information that must be submitted in response to this notice and the criteria that will be used to make the initial evaluation and resultant voluntary down-select is described below. VaCA plans to use non-government personnel in support of this acquisition pursuant to FAR Subpart 37.2 Advisory and Assistance Services. This pre-solicitation notice contains the following Defense Intelligence Agency Acquisition Regulation Supplement & Instruction (DARSI) provision: 1052.209-98 UTILIZATION OF SUPPORT CONTRACTORS BY THE GOVERNMENT (FEB 2009) a. Offerors are advised that non-government employees will serve as advisors for assisting the government during evaluation of proposals. The government will authorize these persons access only to those portions of the proposal data and limit discussions only for the purpose of providing technical advice on specialized matters or particular issues. They shall be expressly prohibited from scoring, ranking, or recommending the selection of a source. b. The government is responsible for proper safeguards to ensure proposal evaluation objectivity. In this regard, the government exclusively retains all source selection decision authority and supporting decision responsibilities. Moreover, all participants in the proposal review process with access to source selection sensitive information are required to execute a government nondisclosure agreement. c. Government support contractors who may be involved in review of proposals submitted in response to this solicitation are identified as follows: Ms. Cynthia Tran, government contractor for CT Dynamic Consulting, LLC under an Advisory and Assistance Services Contracts held by Prime Contractor, Government Contracting Solutions (GCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of PSS, 8251 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. POC: Mr. Gregory R. Anderson, Director of Contracts, Email: ganderson@gcsinfo.com. d. Offerors who submit proposals in response to this solicitation do so with the express understanding that government support contractors serving as advisors in the proposal review process may have access to the Offerors' proposal information, as described above. Offerors requiring nondisclosure agreements with any government support contractor are not relieved of solicitation submission time requirements, nor is the government required to provide additional time to Offerors requiring their own bilateral nondisclosure agreements with any government support contractor. e. Offerors requiring nondisclosure agreements with any government support contractor shall: (i) Inform the contracting officer of the Offeror's requirement; (ii) Contact the government support contractor and negotiate the necessary terms and conditions and obtain the contractor's written agreement; (iii) Provide a signed copy of each such nondisclosure agreement executed to the contracting officer with their proposal submission; and (iv) Indicate in the proposal that the support contractor(s) may utilize the Offeror's proprietary data in evaluating the Offeror's proposal. f. The Offeror shall notify their prospective subcontractors who are submitting proprietary information that the above government support contractors may require similar access to this information. Any such subcontractors may execute agreements directly with the above government support contractors or may authorize an Offeror to permit such access on such reasonable terms as the subcontractor may provide. For each such subcontractor agreement executed, Offerors shall provide a copy of such agreements with their proposal, and shall indicate in the proposal that the government support contractor(s) may utilize subcontractor proprietary data in evaluating the subcontractor's proposal for this acquisition. (End of Provision) The Offeror's response shall be submitted electronically to the attention of Ms. Mishelle Miller, Contracting_Officers @dodiis.mil no later than 07 November 10:00 a.m. EST. The Government will confirm acceptance via email within two business days. The draft Statement of Work (SOW) is being released and made available through this Pre-Solicitation notice (Attachment 3), as it contains sufficient information to permit potential offerors to make an informed decision about whether to participate in this acquisition. Offerors' viability will be evaluated on the following two factors: Statement of Capabilities and Similar Experience: •A. Statement of Capabilities The Offeror's company information shall be provided on the template contained in Attachment 1. The Government will evaluate each Offeror's Statement of Capabilities based on their ability to demonstrate a broad understanding of exploitation analysis of multimedia files and its capability of providing support in the area of Program Management, Infrastructure, Media Exploitation and Analysis, Video Production and Editing, Audio and Video Processing, Reporting, and Workflow Coordination as delineated in the SOW. •B. Similar Experience The Government will evaluate each Offeror's Similar Experience and will examine the Offeror's efforts to determine the extent of experience the Offeror has with programs similar in size, scope and complexity as envisioned by program. Offerors with significant experiences with programs of similar size, scope, and complexity may be looked upon as more viable competitors. The Offeror's similar experience information shall be provided on the matrix template contained in Attachment 2. Any information provided by the Offeror's referenced customers is subject to verification/validation by the Government during the evaluation process. Offerors shall submit their response via email to Government Point of Contacts provided below. The page size is to print to a Standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper using Times New Roman, 12-point font, with one inch margins using Microsoft Word. The file shall be only one, in PDF or Word, and shall be no more than 7 pages in its entirety. See Chart below. Topic Maximum Pages/Special Instructions Statement of Capabilities Four (4) page limitation (Submitted by Prime to email address above) Similar Experience Use Attachment #2 Similar Experience Matrix Template Experience presented shall be no more than three (3) projects. Maximum of 1 page per project (submitted by Prime to email address above) This Pre-Solicitation Notice is a continuation of the Special Notice posted as Audio and Video Forensics Lab (AVFL) on August 15, 2016. All Offerors will receive a viable/not viable determination letter response via email. Offerors that the Government considers not to be viable competitors will receive, in writing, the general basis for the Government's findings. In accordance with FAR 15.2029(b), those Offerors will also be advised that, notwithstanding the advice provided by the Government in response to their submissions, they may participate in the resultant acquisition. A company need not submit a statement to participate in the later RFP. Following this pre-solicitation process, the Government estimates the release of the formal RFP in the 1st quarter Fiscal Year 2016, with an award expected in the 2nd Quarter. The Government Contracting Officer Point of Contacts for any questions or concerns in regards to this notice is Ms. Mishelle Miller, Contracting_Officers@dodiis.mil. No telephone calls will be accepted. ATTACHMENT #1 COMPANY INFORMATION Company Name: _________________________________________________________ Company DUNS: ___________ Is your company a Women Owned Business: Yes No Is your company a Small Business: Yes No Is your company a Small Disadvantaged Business: Yes No Is your company a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business: Yes No Is your company a Certified 8(a): Yes No Is your company in a HUBZone: Yes No Does this company have a Top Secret facility clearance: Yes No Does this company the ability to safeguard classified materials at the Secret level: Yes No ATTACHMENT #2 SIMILAR EXPERIENCE MATRIX TEMPLATE •1. Contract /Title, Project Name (Contract Number XXXX) •2. Performed By: •3. Major Subcontractor(s): •4. Agency/Company: •5. CO: •6. COTR: •7. Other Technical POC: •8. Period of Performance: •9. Contract Type and Total Value: •10. Product/Service Provided: •11. Small Business Participation: •12. Awards, Recognition, and Certifications Received: •13. Relevancy of Experience: November 03, 2016 Posted a readable Statement of Work. Corrected the description to provide the correct Attachment Number in the chart. Deadline remains as November 07, 2016.
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