SDVOSB Sources Sought- UNMISS South Sudan Support
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SOURCES SOUGHT - UNMISSION South Sudan Support RE-COMPETE- SDVOSBThe U.S. Department of State, Office of Acquisition Management (AQM), is issuing this Sources Sought Notice, as a means of conducting market research to identify interested service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) with the resources and capabilities to support a requirement for the United Nations Mission - South Sudan. This includes, but is not limited to, providing comprehensive personnel protective security advisement and support services in South Sudan.The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this procurement is 922190 (Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities). Interested firms must demonstrate in their qualifications statement that they are qualified to perform the work outlined in the "DRAFT" Statement of Work (SOW) under this NAICS code.The period of performance for the current contract expires September 2016. The anticipated acquisition strategy is a single award contract containing a combination of Fixed-Price, Cost-Reimbursement, Time-and-Materials (T&M), and Labor-Hour (LH) CLINs, which may be performance based, where possible.This request for capability information does not constitute a solicitation or request for proposal, nor binds and obligates the U.S. Department of State to any contractual agreement, written or implied. Submission of any information to this notice is purely voluntary. DOS assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred by respondents. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. Feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any firm regarding their individual capability statements in response to the Sources Sought Notice.The "DRAFT" Statement of Work (SOW) attached to this Sources Sought Notice outlines the specific level of support required. Interested firms should review the attached draft and submit capability statements reflecting their companies' capabilities to provide the effort described. Note that the SOW is a "DRAFT" and may change if a solicitation is issued; however, the core requirements will not change. Questions, recommendations, and comments are highly encouraged/welcomed.If your company has the capacity to perform the services outlined in the SOW, please provide the following information:( 1) Organization name, address, email address, web site address, telephone number, point of contact, size of business, qualified small business category and certification, type of ownership (including country of ownership) for the organization, DUNS Number, Cage Code, SAM information, SDVOSB Verification and Certification. (2) A detailed capability statement and relevant past performance history documenting ability to perform similar requirements of the SOW. In addition, your capability statement and relevant past performance history should identify appropriate levels and types of expertise in a manner that demonstrates understanding of the requirements of the SOW.The deadline for submitting questions directly related to this announcement is 12PM(EST) February 16, 2016. The deadline for submitting capability statements in response to the Sources Sought Notice is 12PM(EST) February 16, 2016. Responses are limited to 15 pages, font size 12, and shall be submitted to Alexander Mavroukakis, Contracting Officer, via email to Alexander Mavroukakis, Contracting Officer (email address in POC information section of this Announcement), and shall have the words "UNMISS - South Sudan SSN Response" in the "subject" line. Sales brochures, videos and other marketing information materials shall not be accepted. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged.If a formal solicitation is released, it will be via FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential interested parties to monitor the website for any information that may pertain to this Sources Sought Notice or a future solicitation.
SAQMMA16I0019 Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement
1/29/16, 3:27 PM CONTRACTOR SUPPORT DESIGN/FACILITATE ALL HANDS EMERGANCY EXERCISE
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NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)Solicitation No: CF4650566FBO Date Issued: August 21, 2017Due Date: August 28, 2017 by 1:00 pm edt Issued by: Christopher Fisher, Contracting OfficerE Mail: christopher.fisher@nih.gov Telephone: 919-541-0428All quotes shall be submitted via e-mail to Christopher fisher at Christopher.fisher@nih.govGoods/Services to be purchased:Planning, conducting, facilitating, controlling, evaluating a full scale exercise with an inclement weather/fire with HAZMAT scenario in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).Place of Performance: 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27509NOTICES:1. This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. 2. ISSUED AS FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIONNAICS Code: 9221903. Any questions regarding this announcement must be submitted in writing no later than August 24, 2017 by 1:00 pm edt to Christopher Fisher via email at christopher.fisher@nih.gov.SECTION I - COMBINED SYNOPSIS & SOLICITATIONThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 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. The Solicitation Number is CF4650566. This solicitation document incorporates all mandatory commercial item provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-94 dated December 20, 2016.FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION - NAICS Code/SIZE: 922190SECTION II - INSTRUCTIONSOnly written requests for additional information will be accepted. Notification of any changes shall be made only on the GSA website. Proposals submitted in response to this notice shall include the Solicitation Number, Company Name and Address, Phone Number, Email Address, DUNS and Tax ID/Employer Identification Numbers, payment terms, and be signed and dated and submitted via one of the addresses listed on Page 1 of this package. Responses will be accepted via e-mail or hard copy. Responses will not be accepted by facsimile.Vendors not registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time the requirement is to be awarded will not be considered. Vendors may register with SAM by going to the website - www.sam.gov NOTE: If your company was previously registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR), you do not need to register in SAM as the information was transferred from CCR to SAM. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (NOV 2013) is included by reference (full text is available electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. A completed copy of this provision must be included with response. Offeror shall complete only paragraph (j) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision.SECTION III BASIS FOR AWARDThe Government intends to award an order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the non-price Evaluation Factors in the solicitation. Evaluation Factors are1. Contractor Corporate Experience - 40%2. HSEEP Exercise Compliance - 20%3. Contractor's Project Manager/Lead Qualifications and Experience - 20%4. Contractor Staff Experience - 20%See Section V "EVALUATION AND BASIS FOR AWARD" for detailsSECTION IV - SUPPLIES, PRICES AND DELIVERYThe Contractor shall furnish and deliver all required personnel, labor, materials, and supplies to prepare, execute, and complete the required Consulting Services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) and all other terms and conditions specified herein.Statement of Work (SOW)Background and HistoryThe National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, and is one of 27 institutes and centers comprising the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the only NIH Institute not headquartered in Bethesda, MD. The mission of NIEHS is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.The NIEHS occupying a 377 acre federal campus with ten owned buildings, and an off-campus leased office building (Keystone Building) located within a mile of the campus. The NIEHS campus adjoined by a 134 acre USEPA campus. The NIEHS campus consists of land, buildings, roadways, parking areas, and underground utilities.The campus Government-owned buildings include administrative, laboratory, clinical and support facilities. NIEHS campus buildings include:Building 101, containing 394,916 net square feet of laboratory, office, animal housing, and support space designed for approximately 900 employees.Buildings 102 through 108 comprise the Support Services complex on the NIEHS campus, collectively contain 120,600 gross square feet of space, and houses approximately 100 Staff and Contractor employees who operate and maintain the facilities.Building 102 houses the Office of Research Facilities Branch (ORF), including facilities maintenance shops, and the Operations and Security Branch offices.Building 103 is a Chemical Storage and Records Archive Building.Building 104 is a Warehouse and houses a Data Center.Building 105 is the Power Plant, containing high temperature hot water generators which can burn either gas or fuel oil, and electric centrifugal water cooling chillers.Building 106 is the Refuse Building, containing pathological/hazardous waste incinerators.Building 107, the Electrical Substation, contains the main site electrical switchgear and is supplied from the connecting substation served by Duke Power Company with 100,000 volt incoming services.Building 108, Waste Handling Facility.The Clinical Research Unit (CRU Bldg. 109) is a modular building adjacent to Building 101 that houses approximately 10 employees.The Net Zero Warehouse (Building 110) is housed on the Burden Creek portion of the campus and conducts shipping and receiving operations subject to inspection and screening, prior to being distributed throughout the campus and leased building.The NIEHS leased office building (Keystone building) is approximately 70,000 gross square feet, with approximately 300 occupants, and located within one mile of the NIEHS campus.The campus Government-owned buildings include administrative, laboratory, and support facilities. USEPA campus buildings include:1. Main research and administration building and office complex (RTP-Main) approximately 1.1 million gross square feet primarily laboratory, office, animal housing space.2. National Computer Center (NCC) is a large data center with several offices and conference space.3. First Environments Early Learning Center child care facility (FEELC) is a joint child care facility that houses approximately 140 children.II. Project ScopeA. Basic Exercise RequirementsThe NIEHS intends to contract with a qualified vendor to develop and conduct a Full-Scale Exercise with an inclement weather/fire with HAZMAT scenario at NIEHS/USEPA. The full-scale exercise will promote preparedness; validate plans, policies, procedures, and systems; and, determine the effectiveness of the command, control, and communications functions. The exercise will require working with: local responders from Durham City and County; NIEHS Emergency Operations Center (EOC); NIEHS Crisis Management Center (CMC); and, NIEHS Emergency Teams. The entire exercise, After Action Report (AAR), and Improvement Plan (IP) must be Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant. The contractor shall plan, develop, conduct, facilitate, control and evaluate a full scale exercise and all exercise activities at NIEHS/USEPA to ensure a full and complete exercise to achieve the exercise objectives in a single day (six to eight hour) to occur in April 2018 (tentative). This includes providing facilitators, controllers and evaluators at the locations on the NIEHS/USEPA campus and the NIEHS Keystone building where the exercise will take place, at the Incident Command Center (ICC), at the NIEHS CMC, and at the NIEHS EOC. This will be a real-time, full scale exercise. The exercise will be controlled using scripted messages and evaluated based upon the exercise objectives. In addition to exercising the Government key players, the exercise shall include an evacuation for the NIEHS general population.B. Exercise ObjectivesThe TENTATIVE FSE objectives:[NOTE: These are tentative objectives to be confirmed and adjusted as necessary during initial exercise planning]1. Activate, staff, and operate the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) utilizing EOC Staff and all eight emergency teams: Administrative and Logistics Team (ALT), Animal Resources Team (ART), Communications Team (CT), External Research Team (ERT), Facilities Team (FT), Information Technology Team (ITT), Internal Research Team (IRT), Safety and Security Team (SST).2. Activate, staff, and operate the Crisis Management Center (CMC) utilizing the Senior Leadership Group (SLG).3. Implement the Incident Command System (ICS) in response to an incident and effectively transition to a Unified Command System (UCS) incorporating local responding agencies.4. Order and perform evacuation procedures with assembly and accountability at each assembly point.5. Conduct 100% accountability for all employees (leave, travel, teleworking, onsite, missing, injured, casualties).6. Interface with local, state, and federal agencies examining the interface and understanding among agencies in the conduct of incident management activities.7. Provide timely information to the population and assist in minimizing chaos utilizing media resources with the coordination of local, state, and federal agencies.8. Exercise all personnel in buildings on campus to include the Net Zero Warehouse and our off-campus Keystone Building.C. Government Participants1. Government Primary Players (Total approximately 100 personnel - all numbers approximate):a) 8 Emergency Teams: 55 personnelb) Emergency Operations Center Staff: 3 personnelc) Joint NIEHS/USEPA Security Staff: 29 personneld) CMC Staff: 2 personnele) Senior Leadership Group: 11 personnel2. NIEHS General Population is approximately 1400 employees (including players identified above)3. USEPA General Population is approximately 1800 employees (including players identified above)4. Local Government Responders (i.e. Fire, EMS, Police, Sheriff) - TBDD. Work Progress and ActivitiesThe contactor shall recommend specific timeliness and limits for actions, developments, and play. The exercise is to be conducted prior to 1 May 2018.E. Project Meetings1. Conduct Project Kickoff Meeting to discuss meeting dates, monthly status reports process, approve (or guidance and participants for the exercise2. Conduct Initial Planning to define the objectives, scope, scenario, and participants3. Conduct Meeting with Subject Matter Experts to plan a realistic and challenging scenario4. Conduct Meeting with Exercise Evaluation Team Members5. Conduct Mid-Term Planning meeting to review draft exercise plan, situation manual and related presentations or handouts6. Conduct Final Planning Meeting to finalize exercise materials and logistics for the exercise7. Conduct an After Action MeetingF. Deliverables1. Develop and implement a project schedule and timeline 2. Develop Exercise Schedule3. Conduct the Exercise4. Facilitate the Exercise5. Evaluate the Exercise6. Conduct planning meetings7. Conduct all HSEEP required planning meetings with relevant stakeholders.8. Lead Exercise Planning committee9. Assemble Exercise Planning Committee by selecting NIEHS/USEPA personnel that can provide expertise 10. Determine responsibilities and resources of external stakeholders and participating agencies11. Develop a realistic/ probable scenario12. Develop a Situation Manuala) Exercise Design Team and Trusted Agentsb) Scenario Narrative Summary Statement c) Target Capabilitiesd) Exercise Objectivese) Exercise Ground Rulesf) Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) to include expected exercise actions13. Develop Exercise Plan (EXPLAN) 14. Develop Control and Evaluation Plan15. Develop Exercise Evaluator Checklists16. Develop Controller/Evaluator Handbooks (CE)17. Develop Player handbooks18. Develop Simulator handbook, guide19. Develop Observer packet20. Develop Safety Plans21. Train control and evaluation personnel22. Provide Facilitator, Evaluator, and Participant Briefings23. Observe and record issues, key actions and lessons learned24. Provide Facilitator, Evaluator, and Participant Feedback Forms25. Conduct Hot Washes for all exercise players and exercise debriefs for key personnel.26. Prepare HSEEP report and document for the exercises27. Provide After Action Report (AAR), (government shall have the opportunity to review and comment before final draft is completed)28. Detailed recommendations outlined in an Improvement Plan (IP), (government shall have the opportunity to review and comment before final draft is completed)29. List of Materials, Props, and Actors to be utilized30. Provide moulage for injured/victims31. Provide signage32. All other necessary materials and suppliesG. Place and Period of PerformanceExercise will be conducted on the NIEHS/USEPA campus and offsite Keystone Building in Research Triangle Park, NC. The contractor will have ten months from the date of award to accomplish this project, to include delivery of all after action activities and reports.III. Government Furnished ComponentsNIEHS/USEPA will provide all facilities for the exercise, meeting locations, limited exercise support personnel (victims and runners), and equipment used by exercise participants.SECTION V - EVALUATION AND BASIS FOR AWARDFAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (JAN 1999)The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Contractor Corporate Experience - 40%The Contractor shall describe its corporate experience for three reference exercises it has conducted of a similar size and scope to the exercise being conducted under this project.2. HSEEP Exercise Compliance - 20%The Contractor shall describe corporate experience for three previous projects requiring the planning, conducting and evaluating of HSEEP compliant exercises.3. Contractor's Project Manager/Lead Qualifications and Experience - 20%The Contractor's assigned project manager/lead for this project shall have knowledge, experience and expertise in the field of Federal, State, and Local government emergency management programs as demonstrated by the combination of leading at least three example reference projects providing in the same or similar services to the size and scope of exercise of this project, and/or designation as a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM).4. Contractor Staff Experience - 20%The Contractor shall describe the knowledge and experience of other staff (other than the project manager/lead) assigned to this project in the operations of emergency operations centers, HAZMAT response, emergency medical services, fire response, and law enforcement response to substantiate the ability to perform the services required by this project.Past Performance: Provide past/current performance information for those companies or installations where your firm has recently (during the past three years) provided similar services for the type instruments specified in the SOW. Provide the following information for each reference:Name of Contracting OrganizationContract Number (for subcontracts, provide the prime contract number and the subcontract number)Contract TypeTotal Contract ValueDescription of RequirementContracting Officer's Name and Telephone Number(The offeror may provide information on problems encountered on the identified contracts and the offeror's corrective actions.)Technical and past performance, when combined, are of equal importance to price.A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.
CF4650566 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
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