SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Army Knowledge Online Bridge
- Notice Date
- 11/13/2019 10:11:30 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-PICA PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ 07806-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-17-F-0006-P00015
- Response Due
- 11/15/2019 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2019
- Point of Contact
- Jake R. Perrotta
- E-Mail Address
-
jake.r.perrotta.civ@mail.mil
(jake.r.perrotta.civ@mail.mil)
- Description
- The Army Contracting Command - New Jersey is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Enterprise Services (ES). Government intends to bridge the current effort by 26 December 2019 for nine months.Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.PLACE OF PERFORMANCE - Please see attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).DISCLAIMER“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”PROGRAM BACKGROUNDAKO-ES provides web-based enterprise information services to approximately 1.9 million Army, joint, and Department of Defense (DoD) customers with a Common Access Card in every country where the DoD has a presence on a 24 hour, seven (7) day a week, 365 days a year (24x7x365) basis. Enterprise services are provided to these customers on both classified and unclassified networks and include portal, directory, discovery, and single sign-on.REQUIRED CAPABILITIESThe Contractor shall provide information technology support services in support of the areas specified in Program Background (above). Further detail is provided in the draft PWS attached to this announcement (Attachment 1).If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.ELIGIBILITYThe applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541512 with a Small Business Size Standard of $27.5M. The Product Service Code is D399. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT)A draft PWS is attached for review. (Attachment 1)Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 1200pm, EST, 15 November 2019. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Jake Perrotta, Contracting Officer at jake.r.perrotta.civ@mail.mil w/ Erin Gleason, Contract Specialist at erin.m.gleason2.civ@mail.mil carbon copied.This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?5.) Can your company transition-in by 26 December 2019? If so, provide details.6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern.8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.The estimated period of performance consists of nine months.Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contracting Officer, Jake Perrotta with the Contract Specialist, Erin Gleason, carbon copied in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email jake.r.perrotta.civ@mail.mil w/ erin.m.gleason2.civ@mail.mil cc’d.All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. No phone calls will be accepted.All questions must be submitted to the point of contacts identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 29008, VA, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05493483-F 20191115/191117154918 (samdaily.us)
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