Sustainment of Meteorology, Oceanographic, and Geospatial Information and Services Programs, Systems and Information Systems
Added: Nov 14, 2016 4:38 pm
The Contracting Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC), Norfolk, VA, intends to award a firm fixed price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under FAR Part 15 “Contracting by Negotiation” to a single entity. The contract will allow for both FFP and FFP Level of Effort (LOE) task orders.
The purpose of this proposed contracted effort is to procure non-personal contractor services support for the sustainment of meteorology, oceanographic, and geospatial information and services programs, systems and information systems in support of the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), a subordinate command of the Naval Information Forces Command (NAVIFOR).
The eventual contract, if awarded, will contain firm-fixed price provisions for labor, cost-reimbursable travel and cost-reimbursable other direct costs. Task orders will be individually funded and specify the task, labor categories, travel and other requirements. Task orders may be written and issued as firm-fixed price or firm-fixed-price level of effort.
NAVIFOR, CNMOC, and associated subordinates commands are in need of a technically competent and innovative contractor with expertise in the following technical disciplines: Software and Systems Engineering, Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Data Architectures, System Architectures, Numerical Weather Prediction and Oceanographic modeling, Oceanographic and Meteorological sciences and their applications to Naval Warfare, and DoD Cyber Security Policies and Compliance guidelines.
This contract will provide IT software/systems support and sustainment services to CNMOC, NAVIFOR, and their subordinate commands in four key functional areas:
1) Architecture, Systems Engineering, and Integration Support;
2) Software Application Maintenance, Sustainment, Enhancements, and Software Engineering;
3) Data Architecture, Services, Data Modeling, and Data Administration Support;
4) Naval Oceanography Web-based Distribution.
This requirement is currently being satisfied by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), Inc. under contract N00104-12-D-Q178, awarded on 30 March 2012.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512, Other Computer Services, with a Small Business size standard of $27.5M.
After analyzing submittals received in response to a Sources Sought Notice posted on 23 August 2016 (N0018917METOC), the prospective Request for Proposal (RFP) will be subject to “Full and Open Competition” and will require a Small Business Participation Plan from all offerors and a Small Business Subcontracting Plan from other-than-small offerors only.
The resulting contract, if awarded, will consist of a 30-day ramp-up period prior to performance, a five-year ordering period and FAR 52.217-8 “Option to Extend Services” up to six months. Options will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 17.206(a). A complete RFP package will be available by downloading the documents at the NECO Website as follows: http://www.neco.navy.mil or FEDBIZOPPS at http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or around 09 December 2016.
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N0018917R0007 Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command
11/14/16, 4:38 PM