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70 -- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION IAW FAR 12.6 FOR INFORMATION WARFARE (IW) VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT/RISK MANAGEMENT (VARM) SOFTWARE. PART II OF II. SOL F19628-98-R-0024 POC Ann Marie Espinola, Contract Specialist (781) 271-4820 Joseph P. Abate, Contracting Officer (781) 271-7141 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, espinolaa@hanscom.af.mil. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS FOR THE IW VA/RM (F19628-98-R-0024). (viii) FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The SIC Code is 7379 and the size standard is $18M in annual receipts. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The following two addenda apply: Addendum 1) Offeror's written proposals shall address the following areas: technical, management, past performance, price and price-related factors, supplying all information identified in this solicitation and the SRD, as follows: Technical: Offeror shall provide convincing evidence that its proposed solution will meet all technical requirements as described in paragraph (vi) andin the SRD, Table 1. Also, the offeror may propose a different allocation of requirements between Releases 1 and 2 than that shown in SRD Table 1, provided that all Release 1 and Release 2 requirements have been implemented at the time of Release 2 delivery. Management: Offerors shall briefly describe their proposed management approach for: a) meeting system requirements as described in paragraph (vi) and the SRD, emphasizing: 1) requirements tracking, allocation to release and verification testing; 2) approach to software quality assurance, configuration management, including version control in development and in the field; 3) incorporation of problem reports, problem tracking and resolution; 4) risk management and cost control; b) providing all necessary algorithms (SRD para. 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6), and data base design data (SRD para. 5.2 and CDRL); c) providing timely software and data updates as well as help desk support (SRD para. 5.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.2.2.a, and 6); d) providing for membership in and support of the VA/RM ISWG (SRD para. 6); e) assigning key personnel skilled and experienced in evolutionary acquisition and software development, possessing security clearances for handling SECRET/NOFORN data; and f) providing development facilities cleared to process and store SECRET/NOFORN data. Offerors shall provide an integrated master schedule which includes the offeror's software development tasks (durations, dependencies, start and end dates), and need dates for Government-furnished items in order to meet the release dates in the SRD (para. 4.1), acknowledging the risks it sees and providing mitigation techniques for these risks. Past Performance: Offeror should provide information regarding past performance which addresses the following three points: 1) past performance in developing commercially available IW risk assessment software that directly benefits or reduces the risk to this effort; 2) past performance and relationships with the information protection community (commercial and/or Government) that may directly benefit modeling of database information, such as: current or recent relationships or experience with Government agencies that are charged with protecting government unique systems; current or past relationships with IW, protection, intelligence, or information assurance offices in any of the following subject areas: IW systems risks or product assessments; development of threat, vulnerability, or countermeasure information; Automated Information System security; or IW policy; and 3) past performance where it provides assurance to meeting schedule and cost. Cost: A total Government Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate by Fiscal Year for the effort for the acquisition and sustainment aspects of this solicitation is: (FY98) $700K, (FY99) $700K, (FY00) $250K; and (FY00) $175K, (FY01) $500K, (FY02) $650K, respectively. Offerors may consider these figures in developing their proposals. However, strict adherence to the funding profile incorporated herein shall not be a consideration in the source selection decision and offerors are encouraged to develop best value proposals. The Government makes no assurances that the projected funds shall be made available for this program nor shall the above ROM be the basis for a claim under the contract in the event the projected funds fail to materialize. The above ROM will not be incorporated into the contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Also, this ROM does not include the purchase of software licenses for the expected user base. CLIN Option 0005 will be exercised should this agency become the broker for purchasing the resulting commercial product software and support. For licensing purposes, the Government anticipates an initial user base of 20 upon fielding of Release 2 software, which may expand to about 200 by the end of FY02. For CLIN 0003, offeror shall propose a table of labor categories and fully-loaded labor rates for accomplishing the tasks described at paragraph (v) for this CLIN by completing the blank labor rate table from the HERBB (Pricing Table 1). Use as many rows as needed to list the appropriate labor categories. Provide a description of each proposed labor category as an attachment to the table. The ceiling price for CLIN 0003 is $1.575M. In addition, for evaluation purposes only, offerors shall complete Pricing Table 2, which represents the Government's Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) of labor hours for CLIN 0003. In Pricing Table 2, offerors shall provide the fully-loaded labor rate for each category by fiscal year and multiply this amount by the Government's BEQ for each category by fiscal year. Finally, offerors shall complete all totals in Pricing Table 2. Pricing Table 2 is available on the HERBB. In the event the offeror's proposed categories of labor from Pricing Table 1 differ from the Government's representative labor categories in Pricing Table 2, offeror must identify which of their categories correspond to the Government's representative categories. The offeror shall propose a rate for each category in Pricing Table 2. For CLIN 0006, using the Joint Travel Regulations as a guide, offeror should propose a table of prices for travel, subsistence, and incidental travel expenses associated with effort under CLIN 0003 by completing the blank travel table from the HERBB (Pricing Table 3). The ceiling price for CLIN 0006 is $50K. The following page limitations apply to this solicitation: technical (20), management (5), past performance (5), cost (no limit), and contractual (no limit). Pages should be 8 1/2" by 11", single-spaced, using 12 point Times New Roman font (uncondensed, no kerning), with at least 1" margins on all sides. Offerors shall provide 5 copies of the proposal-separate volumes are not required for each section. The written proposal must be complete and not dependent upon information to be supplied in the oral presentation. Addendum 2) At some point following submittal of their proposals, offerors will be required to provide an oral presentation demonstrating their current product at Hanscom AFB, MA, performing a risk assessment using data provided in a sample problem available from the HERBB. The oral presentation is intended to show how closely the offeror's current product meets the Government's requirements and, specifically, what the offeror plans to do to alleviate any shortfalls, including cost, schedule, and offeror's perceived risk aspects of these plans. During the oral presentations, discussions as defined in FAR 15.306(d) will not be permitted. This oral presentation is offered as a singular opportunity-no presentations will be rescheduled, extended or redone. At the oral presentations, offeror attendance shall be limited to three persons and the presentations shall not last longer than 90 minutes. Offeror presentations will be expected to be self-contained; an overhead projector, and nothing else, will be provided by the Government. Any written materials associated with the oral presentation will not be used for evaluation purposes. In addition, offerors shall provide a report generated from the sample problem by its tool, if the current product is capable of producing such a report. The Government plans to videotape all oral presentations. (ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial items, is applicable to this acquisition. Tailor paragraph (a) as follows: [insertion one] Technical, management, past performance, and price and price-related factors considered in descending order of importance as listed here. [Insertion two] Also, when all other factors are combined they are more important than price. A superior technical solution may be selected if its higher price is justified by additional technical features offered in comparison to a lower priced technically-acceptable solution. Incorporating the technical features identified as "goals" in the SRD is one way in which a technical solution may be evaluated as superior. Furthermore, the Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. The oral presentation will not be evaluated separately from the written proposal. Rather, it will be used to establish the Government's assessment of the risk associated with the offeror's plans as described in its written proposal. (x) FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, is applicable to this acquisition. Complete this provision, and submit with offer. (xi) FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, is applicable to this acquisition. In addition, FAR clause 52.232-7 is applicable to CLIN 0003 for this acquisition, as is DFARS clause 252.232-7007, Alternate I. In Alternate I, para (a), insert "CLIN 0003" in the first blank. In para (i), insert in order: On execution of contract -- $N/A; 01 Oct 1999 -- $425K; 01 Oct 2000 -- $500K; and 01 Oct 2001 $650K. (xii) FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, is applicable to this acquisition. Clause 52.212-5, paragraph (b) is tailored to include the following clauses by reference: 52.203-6 Alt 1, 52.203-10, 52.219-8, 52.219-9, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.239-1. (xiii) Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the offeror providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offered meets the Government's requirement. The Government does not restrict the offeror from proposing more than one product (or different versions of a product) that will meet the requirements of this solicitation. All responses to this RFP shall be in writing. Include Federal Tax Identification Number on your offer. (xiv) DO-A7. (xv) An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or program manager, but to communicate the offeror's concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concerns. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of the proposals or in the selection process. The Ombudsman is Colonel Lee H. Hughes, Director, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX (781) 377- 5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Offerors are also advised that the Air Force has contracted with The MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation under Air Force sponsorship, for the services of a technical group which is under the program management of the Electronic Systems Center, and responsible to the Air Force for overall technical review of specified Air Force programs. The Air Force contract with The MITRE Corporation and MITRE's employment contracts with its personnel, prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of data to which it or its employees have access. It is the Government's intent to use the services of The MITRE Corporation in a purely advisory role in the technical evaluation of offers. The exclusive responsibility for source selection remains with the Government. The Government also intends to provide MITRE personnel access to past performance information. If you desire that MITRE be excluded from access to information contained in your offer or excluded from past performance information, kindly so indicate in a letter of transmittal accompanying your offer. (xvi) The closing date for receipt of offers is 1500 EDT on the 15th day after the date this notice is published in the Commerce Business Daily. In the event that the 15th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a Federal holiday, the period extends to 1500 EDT on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday. Responses sent via U.S. mail shall by sent to: ESC/IYK, 50 Griffiss St., Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1625, Attn.: Mr. Joseph P. Abate. Responses sent via an overnight delivery service shall be sent to: ESC/IYK, Mitre "K" Bldg., 202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730-1420, Attn.: Mr. Joseph P. Abate. On the 16th day after the date this notice is published in the Commerce Business Daily, offerors will be contacted to schedule the oral presentation described in paragraph (viii), Addendum 2). In the event that the 16th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a Federal holiday, offerors will be contacted on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday. Offerors should provide the name, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of the individual for the Government to contact in order to coordinate the oral presentation time and date. (xvii) Buyer: Ms. Ann Marie Espinola (781) 271-4820; Contracting Officer, Mr. Joseph P. Abate (781) 271-7141. (0153)

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