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B -- ACQUISITION REFORM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT MISSION NEEDS SOL N00104-00-Q-Q147 DUE 121399 POC Greg Mohn 717.605.3786 E-MAIL: gregory l mohn, Gregory_L_Mohn@icpmech.navy.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the FAR Part 12.6. A written solicitation will not be issued. For this action, the simplified acquisition threshold takes its definition from FAR 13.5. The Navy's Acquisition Reform Office (ARO) located in Crystal City, Va. has a requirement for support services. The Statement of Work is provided now. The Government invites you to propose your approach to meeting this requirement based upon the resources identified in your Navy ITSS BPA or GSA schedule. The ARO anticipates work to commence on or shortly after 15 December 1999 and continue through 15 December 2000. -The Government's award evaluation shall be in accordance with the ordering rules stated in FAR 8.402 and GSA language in their FSS schedules ordering terms and conditions. Selection shall be based on the following in descending order of importance. 1. The expertise provided by the offeror. The resumes of Key personnel will be evaluated based on education and experience. We'll be looking for educational background and especially work experience that shows prior success in meeting goals and solving problems in the fields of work supported by the ARO and/or identified by the SOW. 2. Past Performance is closely associated with the expertise provided. Although the past performance of the Key personnel is of prime importance, your corporate experience in the work areas supported by ARO is important. 3. Technical Approach. Please provide a written response to how you would meet the needs of the ARO as described in the SOW. 4. Price will be evaluated for Realism and will become more important as the range of technical scores narrow. Please provide a breakdown of the price by labor categories, fully burdened prices per hour, and quantities of hours per category. Other direct costs should identify what tools you need and expenses you anticipate to directly support the labor you offer. Please limit your quote to eighteen pages. The time for submission of quotes is 2:00 PM on Monday, 13 December 1999. Your response may be made via FAX to 717.605.4600 or email to gregory_L_mohn@icpmech.navy.mil. A hard copy should follow by mail. ASN(RDA) ACQUISITION REFORM OFFICE STATEMENT OF WORK 1.0 Background The DoN Acquisition Reform Office serves as the core change agent for acquisition reform in the Navy, structurally and philosophically pushing and pulling a web of reform agents through the Navy infrastructure. The office is designed to emulate the tenets of acquisition reform in its operation, serving as a real-life test bed for integrated product and process development and staffed by diverse individuals drawn from across the Navy acquisition field: program management and contract personnel; military and civilian; industry, government, and academia. Acquisition Reform Office (ARO) team members serve as catalysts and facilitators, instantiating acquisition reform initiatives, then moving to a support role, and eventually moving to the periphery as consultants and advisors. The team is a fluid example of a working government / industry / academia partnership to help change the way the Navy does business. 2.0 Scope The contractor will provide support in the following areas: Program Management Mission Needs Analysis Configuration and Data Management Internet Technology Development and Operations 3.0 Task Requirements 3.1 Program Management 3.1.1 Provide requirements analysis, applications analysis and program development in support of acquisition reform initiatives and goal areas as assigned by the Acquisition Reform Executive (ARE) and Deputy, the Director for Communications and Outreach, and the Team Leaders for Total Ownership Cost (TOC) and Internal Business Processes 3.1.2 For the Director for Communications and Outreach, provide team leadership support in the following areas: 3.1.2.1 Communications forums (NARSOC, ARTWG, AARSG, OSD AR Planning Committee, ARCC, DSMCAA and others) 3.1.2.2 Develop a POA&M for organizing and presenting acquisition reform policy implementation guidance, best practices and lessons learned in an Internet tool. Working with the ARO staff, define priorities for gathering, formatting, and presenting the acquisition reform knowledge base. Develop templates for displaying the various elements of the knowledge base. Prepare 20-30 topics based on the current acquisition reform knowledge base. Upload the topics into the Internet tool. 3.1.2.3 Data and communications requirements for the Program Outreach/Program Assist Visits 3.1.2.4 Acquisition Reform Awards program 3.1.2.5 Acquisition and Logistics Reform Week 3.1.2.6 Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan 3.1.2.7 Provide operational support to the ARO staff in development of briefs, correspondence, multi-media presentations and other support areas. Assist Editor in development of news articles and other communication / education and training publications. Develop camera-ready materials and CD-R master disks for the various AR forums. 3.1.2.8 Internet Technology Development and Operations 3.1.2.8.1 The contractor shall provide technical and management support to maintain the AR web site with current information. The contractor shall create and edit downloadable information from various documents such as memorandums and presentations as required. For paper documents, the contractor shall scan and create Adobe Acrobat files, if appropriate. 3.1.2.8.2 The contractor may be asked to design or redesign layouts with graphical elements as new content replaces old content. The site architecture should remain user friendly with efficient navigation aids -- grouping and regrouping content as information is added or archived. 3.1.2.8.3 The contractor shall maintain the integrity of internal links and shall test external links on a weekly basis, updating URL addresses, if required and available for the web site as well as the Turbo Streamliner, Turbo SpecRight! and Market Research tools resident on the ARO web site. 3.1.2.8.4 The contractor shall review web site statistics and may be asked to generate web site statistical reports as needed. The Contractor shall remain knowledgeable of the latest web publishing technology and provide useful recommendations for increasing information-based and knowledge-based techniques to the site. 3.1.3 For the Team Leader for Total Ownership Cost, provide team leadership support in the following areas: 3.1.3.1 Strategy Implementation and Deployment Plan for Activity Based Costing and Activity Based Management (ABCM) 3.1.3.2 Strategy Implementation and Deployment Plan for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) 3.1.3.3 Implement ABCM and EVMS at the ACE 3.1.3.4 Train program offices on how to use ABCM and EVMS 3.1.3.5 Provide strategic and policy support for the gainsharing initiatives 3.1.3.6 Provide training class to Program offices to determine TOC intelligence. Determine deficient areas and provide training plan to support their deficiencies 3.1.3.7 Provide support as Subject Matter Experts on ABCM and EVMS 3.1.3.8 Establish membership in groups that promote ABCM and EVMS 3.1.3.9 Provide project management expertise during the implementation phase and the follow-on support effort to track the strategic planning of the TOC team leader's initiatives to include technical and administrative assistance. Participate in team development and planning. 3.1.3.10 Other Strategic Initiatives as assigned. 3.1.4 For the Team Leader for Internal Business Processes, provide team leadership support in the following areas: 3.1.4.1 Business planning and execution of Strategic Plan 3.1.4.2 Business Process analysis, with recommendations for Business Process Reengineering 3.1.4.3 Internal Process Guidelines and training 3.1.4.4 Subject Matter Experts on Program, Programming and Business System and contractual matters 3.1.5 Mission Needs Analysis: As a member of the ARO Industry Government Team, provide technical and management activities in support of the ARO mission. Assist in development of strategic planning; serve as a consultant for DoN in implementation of IPTs. Develop approaches and facilitate implementation of AR initiatives. Provide technical advice and support to the ARO team in areas of acquisition, simulation based acquisition, core competencies, system dynamics, total ownership cost, cycle time reduction, and team building. 3.2 Deliverables 3.2.1 Deliverables are defined within Section 3.1. 4.0 Administrative Considerations 4.2 Travel -- The contractor will travel as required to support the AR Office 4.3 Period of Performance: The period of performance of this GSA delivery order shall be from date of delivery award through 15 Dec 00 4.4 Additional information about the Navy's Acquisition Reform Organization may be found online at www.acq-ref.navy.mil. Posted 11/29/99 (W-SN403967). (0333)

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