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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 13, 2017 FBO #5742
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R -- VA Enterprise Cloud Bridge - Attachment

Notice Date

8/11/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541512 — Computer Systems Design Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

VA11817N2458
 

Response Due

8/16/2017
 

Archive Date

11/23/2017
 

Point of Contact

Cara DiNocera
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Request for Information VA Enterprise Cloud Bridge VA Enterprise Cloud Bridge The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisition Operations, Contracting Office, Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ 07724 intends to enter into a Task Order (TO) on a basis of an exception to fair opportunity for the Office of Information Technology (OI&T) Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO). The TAC intends to award a sole source Time-and-Materials (T&M) TO to SRA International, 4300 Fair Lakes Court, Fairfax, Virginia 22033, a Large Business, for BROKER, INTEGRATION, and ENTERPRISE CLOUD SERVICES. Performance shall primarily take place at the Contractor s facility. The statutory authority permitting an exception to fair opportunity is Section 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), entitled Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 541512. Based on the Independent Government Estimate, the anticipated dollar value of the proposed T&M acquisition is $2,839,132.00, for a 3-month base period of performance, with one 3-month option period. Estimated date of award for this action is September 29, 2017. The TO is intended to bridge the gap in service when the existing National Institute of Health (NIH) Contract HHSN3162012000113W TO HHSN31600002, which ends on September 23, 2017 and when the competitive TO is awarded in FY18 Q1. VA anticipates the award associated with this draft PWS to be on a sole source basis to the incumbent contractor, SRA International to ensure continuity of services and the ability to provide BROKER, INTEGRATION, and ENTERPRISE CLOUD SERVICES in accordance with the draft PWS to continue VA s implementation of the Federal Cloud First policy for critical project that are in process of meeting this initiative. The Government believes that only the incumbent Contractor is capable of providing this level of support due to the following reasons: The current contractor is the only source that will be able to provide resources and amass the knowledge and expertise necessary for the three (3) months of continued services to successfully provide the cloud broker services without interruption of support and transition when required. The three (3) months option provides EMPO continuity of services of the effort to a follow-on third-party contractor; The current contractor is the only source that will be able to provide these cloud broker services in accordance with the Personal Identification Verification security requirements and elevated access privileges without interruption. Submittal Instructions: Any response shall include the following: (1) Name of Company: DUNS Number: Cage Code: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: (2) A brief capabilities statement of your technical approach to meet the requirements stated to meet the Draft PWS requirements uninterrupted Day 1 after award, including how the contractor will onboard its resources and amass the knowledge and expertise necessary to successfully provide the cloud broker services and transition when required. Additionally, please provide rationale why the Government s assertions above that only the incumbent Contractor is capable of providing this level of support due to the aforementioned reasons is inaccurate. (3) Small businesses should also include information as to: the intent and ability to meet set-aside requirements for performance of this effort, if applicable information as to available personnel and financial resources Information as to proposed team members, the percentage of work each is to perform and which PWS requirements are planned to be subcontracted SDVOSB/VOSB will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government to it to firms that are not Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business as defined by VAAR 852.219-10 (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION). This notification shall close on August 16, 2017 by 4:30 PM EST. Questions/responses shall be submitted via email to the Points of Contact (POCs) for this action: Cara DiNocera, Contract Specialist at Cara.DiNocera@va.gov or Sharon Fernandes, Contracting Officer at Sharon.Fernandes@va.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/93ecfd6c37499182e0b2a6122116bc79)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-17-N-2458 VA118-17-N-2458.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3728419&FileName=VA118-17-N-2458-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3728419&FileName=VA118-17-N-2458-000.docx

 

File Name: VA118-17-N-2458 VA Cloud Services Bridge PWS DRAFT for RFI.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3728420&FileName=VA118-17-N-2458-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3728420&FileName=VA118-17-N-2458-001.docx

 

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Record

SN04624674-W 20170813/170811231742-93ecfd6c37499182e0b2a6122116bc79 (fbodaily.com)
 

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