SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Research, analysis, and reports of Global Elites
- Notice Date
- 11/4/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323, United States
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- Intelligence-Studies-RFI
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth M Mullis, Phone: 813-826-1471
- E-Mail Address
-
elizabeth.mullis@socom.mil
(elizabeth.mullis@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to conduct market research which will be used to plan and implement an acquisition strategy to procure services for Open Source Data Research. Interested Vendors: USSOCOM is requesting responses to the following criteria as described in this RFI. Please note: Vendors who do not have TS facility clearance and storage capability at the Secret Level will not be cleared to receive any actual solicitation documents in the event the Government issues a solicitation. A detailed and thorough response to this RFI is necessary in order to assist USSOCOM in determining the potential levels of interest, acquisition strategy, and technical capability of Interested Vendors. NOTE: "Elite", for the purposes of this RFI, represents one whose opinions, actions, and decisions influence political, economic, military, and public events. Capability: Recent and relevant extensive experience utilizing disparate sets of all-source data, media, mixed-media, Government Furnished Information (GFI), including classifications up to TS/SCI, into analysis and reports in languages associated with Elite research, i.e. English, Farsi, Korean, Arabic, Pashtu, e.g. Extensive experience translating data into reports that can be mapped, updated, tracked and analyzed to provide timely assessments tailored to meet specific requirements. Research, analysis, and reports may include but are not limited to: - Countries of Interest (COI)s and Region of Interest (ROIs) - Population, events, topics, e.g. - High level of the Global view of Elites - Regional view of Networks and Technologies of Elites - Future progressions of Elite technologies, networks,e.g. - Elite responses to internal/external stimuli, i.e. events, topics, campaigns, e.g. Interested Vendors should respond to the personnel listed below with a notice of intent (NOI) and a summary of their firm's capability (white paper) combining the experience as described above. Please include the Full name of your firm, Point of Contact, contact numbers/emails, CAGE Code, address, and vendor business size. Please limit response to 10 pages. ** Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997): 1. The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this RFI notice or to otherwise pay for the information. There is a possibility that based on the learned information a future RFP may be issued. 2. Although "proposal" and "respondent" are used in this RFI, your responses will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ** Please submit responses concerning this RFI to Elizabeth Mullis, Contracting Officer (elizabeth.mullis@socom.mil) No Later than 1600 Monday, 14 November 2016.
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