SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Cost and Economics Defense Business Systems Support and Maintenance Services
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2023 1:29:53 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- W00G OFC ASA FIN MGT AND COMPT WASHINGTON DC 20310-0109 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20310-0109
- Solicitation Number
- DASA-CE_CAVE_CPP
- Response Due
- 9/15/2023 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/30/2023
- Point of Contact
- LaTischa Castro
- E-Mail Address
-
latischa.r.castro.civ@army.mil
(latischa.r.castro.civ@army.mil)
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (SSN) ONLY, which is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, Market Research. This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be awarded from this synopsis. There is no solicitation package available at this time. All interested parties should send responses and any comments/questions in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email, to the Contract Specialist LaTischa Castro at latischa.r.castro.civ@army.mil. � The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics (DASA-CE) is requesting CAPABILITY STATEMENTS to identify capable sources that can provide the necessary resources and expertise to: 1) operate and maintain the Cost Analysis and Visualization Environment (CAVE) system in cArmy, 2) operate and maintain the Cost and Performance Portal�s (CPP) legacy applications, and 3) implement DASA-CE�s consolidation and refactoring/modernization plan for OSMIS, FORCES, AMCOS, and the CPP.� See the DRAFT PWS attachment for detailed requirement. Capability Statements, including attachments, are limited to fifty (50) 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 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 15 September 2023. Please include the answers to the following questions in the response. Answers to all the questions are required to determine your capability. Organization name, address, CAGE Code, Unique Entity ID, and website address. Point of Contact (POC) name, telephone number, and email address. Size and type of ownership (Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 541512. Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. Please indicate if your company holds a General Services Administration (GSA) or other similar Government-Wide Contracting Vehicles. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: Provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements. 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. Provide services under a performance-based service acquisition contract. Specific Questions: 1)�������� Please describe similar past experience if the company has performed work of this nature previously.� If the company has not performed work of this nature previously, please describe how the company�s unique qualifications will allow successful contract performance. 2)�������� Can or has the company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. 3)�������� Does this requirement appear to be appropriate for a firm-fixed priced (FFP) acquisition? If not, please provide an explanation as to why, the type of contract that is appropriate, and include an explanation as to why the suggested contract type is more appropriate. 4)�������� What insights can the company bring from prior factoring/refactoring projects and/or subject matter expertise concerning the conversion of legacy software architectures to a serverless cloud native configuration? 5)�������� Discuss the company�s experience or familiarity with the Department of the Army�s (or other Service�s) AMCOS (Personnel Costing), CPP (Cost Management Tools and resources), FORCES (Unit Mission Costing), and OSMIS (Operations and Sustainment Costing) systems. 6)�������� Describe the company�s experience or familiarity operating, maintaining, and securing systems within the Department of the Army�s cloud environment: cArmy. 7)�������� Describe the company�s experience and knowledge concerning the attainment of a system�s Authority to Operate (ATO) via the performance of Risk Management Framework activities within the Department of Defense. 8)�������� Describe the company�s ability to hire, ability to retain, and the ability to provide surge support of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and key program staff to complete all aspects of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) concurrently. 9)�������� Describe the company�s familiarity and experience with the Army Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Processes, Army enterprise ERP systems: LMP/GFEBS/GCSS-A/AESIP, as well as ADVANA and Vantage. All questions and comments must be in writing; no telephone calls will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Not responding to this SSN does not preclude participation in any future request for proposal (RFP), if one is issued. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on the Contract Opportunities Section of the SAM.gov. website at https://sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.� All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. 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.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06782048-F 20230810/230808230106 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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