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D -- DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS NETWORK (DISN) ACQUISITION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT (DAAMPS) SOL DCA200-00-R-5007 DUE 021500 POC LTC Steven Perry, Systems Acquisition Officer, at (703) 681-4585 or Aaron J. Tilock, Contract Specialist, at (703) 681-6985 WEB: Click here to access the SOW, http://www.ditco.disa.mil. E-MAIL: LTC Steven R. Perry, Systems Acquisition Officer, perrys@ncr.disa.mil. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has a requirement to acquire technical acquisition and program management support services. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This opportunity is solicited as a 100% small business set aside. Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 4813 will be used for determining company size status. The successful Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) Acquisition and Project Management Support (DAAMPS) contractor will provide personnel necessary to assist the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) Program and Contracting Officer in developing acquisition, contracting and program management related documents and documentation. Since information gained in preparing the solicitation will be contract sensitive, the successful contractor and its personnel will be required to sign Non-Disclosure agreements AND in accordance with Part 9.505 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Rules Pertaining to Conflicts of Interest (COI), the prime contractor and its subcontractors at any tier, their parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, if any, associated with the DISN Acquisition and Project Management Support (DAAPMS) contract effort will be prohibited from competing as a prime contractor, subcontractor, subsidiary, and/or affiliate, at any tier for acquisitions on which they provide support. The DAAMPS contract will provide technical acquisition/contracting/project management support to the DISN Program Management and Contracting Offices for the pre-acquisition, competition, and award phases of various procurements. The solicitation number for this Request for Proposal (RFP) is DCA200-00-R-5007. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15 and DCN 19991118. The contract will be awarded on a firm fixed price labor hour basis. Service shall be provided for a 12-month base period and may be provided, if requested by the Government, for up to one additional 12-month option period. If the Government elects to exercise the option period, it may terminate the requirement for DAAMPS services anytime during the option period with a 30-calender day notice to the contractor with no further financial obligation to the Government. DISA is seeking a contractor with strong very recent experience working with government contracts and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), especially in writing Acquisition Life Cycle Management, Contract, and Program Management Support Documents and documentation. This includes, but is not limited to, demonstrating recent strong experience in writing Acquisition Plans, Statements of Work, Functional Requirement Specifications, Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), Contract Sections A-M for Solicitations, Determinations and Findings, Justifications For Other Than Full And Open Competition, Independent Cost Estimates, and Cost and Pricing Analysis. Other areas of documentation in which a demonstrated strength is required are the ability to keep detailed meeting minutes, write memorandums for record, inner office memorandums and keeping/maintaining contract file documents. The contractor will work in a support role of the DISN Program Manager and Contracting Officer and not in a decision making role for DISN Contracting or Program Manager operations. The DAAPMS services will include but are not limited to: (a) assisting the DISA Program Manager in gathering data and performing requirements analysis for existing or new requirements; (b) consolidating requirements; (c) preparation of technical documentation; (d) data base management; (e) program improvement plans and analysis; (e) development of new concepts to satisfy operational needs; (f) operational requirements analysis and validation; (g) cost and pricing analysis; (h) preparing draft and final statement of work (SOW); (i) preparing draft and final request for proposal (RFP); (j) developing evaluation plans, and (k) developing other associated acquisition/program management products. The successful contractor should plan on submitting and continually updating a work plan that describes the initial deliverables, deliverable schedules, and details the activities, support staff, and level of effort required to achieve the initial deliverables. Monthly meetings (weekly or more frequently during the initial stages of work) will be conducted with the Program Manager (PM), Contracting Officer and Task Monitor (TM) to review contractor progress and to modify the work plan to accommodate evolving Government requirements and deliverables during task performance. A Statement of Work (SOW) that lays out in greater detail the Government's expected work product will be available starting on 20 January 2000 electronically on the World Wide Web at http://www.ditco.disa.mil. To access the SOW, go to the web page then click AContracting Opportunities," then click ABrowse Opportunities," and finally click ARFP/RFQ/RFB/RFI (Description)@ to find the DAAMPS SOW. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS and at FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS apply to this acquisition. Selection of the contractor for the DAAMPS contract will be conducted using a two-step selection process. All interested vendors are invited to submit a technical capabilities proposal for evaluation by the Government. Prospective contractors clearly demonstrating strengths in the subject areas of support required by the Program Manager and Contracting Officer in the submitted technical capabilities proposals will be determined to be acceptable and will then be invited to give an oral presentation. The Contracting Officer will prepare a competitive range determination and will then invite those offers who are in the competitive range to submit a cost proposal. The lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror with acceptable past performance shall be awarded the DAAMPS contract. Multiple awards will not be made. Evaluation factors in their relevant order of importance are: (a) technical acceptability, (b) past performance acceptability, and (c) price. Technical acceptability will be determined based upon the following: (1) Each offeror shall provide a short (no more than 15 pages) technical description of its recent experience working with Government contracts and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), especially in writing Acquisition Life Cycle Management, Contract, and Program Management Support Documents; (2) During the selection and evaluation process of the proposals, the Government may elect to enter into discussions as necessary or visit contractors' facilities to complete evaluations as required. Past performance acceptability will be determined based upon the following: Each offeror shall provide the name and the point-of-contact and telephone number of Government Organizations or Companies (minimum -- 5, maximum -- 15) to whom similar acquisition and program management-type services have been provided within the past 5 years. These references will be asked to provide information concerning quality of service, breadth of knowledge/experience, and general customer satisfaction. Information acquired through sources other than the references identified by the offeror may be considered by the Government in making its past performance acceptability determination. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS with their offer. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS and at FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS apply to this acquisition. The provision at DFARS 252.225-7000, BUY AMERICAN ACT -- BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE and at DFARS 252.212-7000, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS apply to this acquisition. The clause at DFARS 252.212-7001, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS applies to this acquisition. Based upon the information above and the addenda containing site specific information, propose a price for each of the Sites in the following format (Alternate formats shall be rejected without review): CLIN Service Qty Unit Unit Price 0001AA Senior Acquisition/Contract Specialist and Team Lead 1 HR $ 0001AB Administrative Support Specialist 1 HR $ 0001AC Technical Writer/Editor 1 HR $ 0001AD Acquisition/Procurement Specialist 1 HR $ 0001AE Clerical Support Assistant 1 HR $ 0001AF Cost/Price Analyst 1 HR $ Technical capabilities proposals are due in one (1) soft copy in MS Word no later than 15 February 2000, 2:00 EST p.m. to DISA/DTN3,LTC Steven R. Perry, Systems Acquisition Officer, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Room 302 Falls Church, VA 22041. All inquiries regarding the DAAPMS RFP will be submitted electronically and directed to LTC Steven R. Perry, Systems Acquisition Officer, at perrys@ncr.disa.mil or Mr. Aaron J. Tilock, at tilocka@ncr.disa.mil. See Notes 1 and 25.***** LLLL Posted 01/14/00 (W-SN416385). (0014)

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