Sources_Sought_Notification_Supply_Chain_Management_System.pdf

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in any response to this Sources Sought Notice

Department of Interior/National Park Service

United States Park Police

Sources Sought Notice Commercial Off-the-Shelf Supply/Logistics Chain Management Software

Date: October 8, 2019

A. PURPOSE:

This is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes only. This is not a solicitation or request for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations and does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or reimburse respondents for any costs associated with responding to this notice. The Government will treat each response submitted in confidence.

The United States Park Police is seeking information from vendors doing business in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes:

541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 541990, All other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 541614, Process, Physical Distribution and Logistics Consulting Services 322299, All other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing

B. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

The U.S. Park Police (USPP) is conducting Market Research for a COTS supply/logistics chain management software that performs asset inventory management, item ordering, check in/out equipment for a minimum of 1000 employees, and maintains vendor information. Bar code and scanning capability and hardware is required. Software must be capable of running on both stand-alone and network computers. Specifically:

Asset/Property Inventory Management: Track unlimited assets

- Procurement information, vendor(s), replacement date

- Serialization of items

- Barcodes

- Inventory value

- Expiration date/Shelf Life

- Levels establishment including reorder points

Item Ordering:

- Quantities, cost and vendor information

- Vendor and pricing data

- Auto generated orders based upon demand and reorder points

Employee management:

- Employee data (Name, organization, location)

- Issuance history

- Template for standard sets of equipment/assets of issuance including pack up kits

- Receipt generation for items issues to employees (email)

Reports

- Expiring items

- Checked out items by employee and organization

- Items needing reorder

- Issue/demand history by asset/equipment/item

- Vendor history

C. RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS:

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice must include –

1. A completed copy of the Business Data Form

2. Questions Submission: Interested vendors must submit any questions concerning this notice no later than Friday October 18, 2019, 5:00pm ET. Questions must be submitted to Rebecca_via@nps.gov. Phone calls will not be accepted.

3. The U.S. Park Police is interested in receiving a white paper (5-Page Limit) to elaborate on capabilities that could meet the intent of the U.S. Park Police.

4. Submission of all requested documents is due no later than Oct 25, 2019, 5:00pm ET. All responses must be submitted to Rebecca_via@nps.gov

D. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Please return completed Attachments along with a white paper (5-page limit) to elaborate on capabilities to meet this requirement of the United States Park Police.

While the attachments are not included in the 5-page limit for capability briefs, please be concise.

mailto:Rebecca_via@nps.gov mailto:Rebecca_via@nps.gov

2. This Sources Sought Notice is NOT a request for proposal/quote, however, in an effort to define budgetary considerations, the capability statement should include a high level rough order of magnitude (ROM) for the described solution’s recurring and non-recurring costs to include installation /set-up, initial training, licensing type and terms (include copy or URL), number of users, roles, and how “user” is defined based on user roles, sustainment costs, upgrade costs, and other associated services. Please clarify/segregate what is included in the estimated price and what would be an add-on cost. If commercial pricing is included on your website for the solution you describe in your capability statement, please provide the URL with any explanation of “included in described solution as shown in capability statement” or “would be an add-on cost” if not specifically shown on the website.

3. NPS may seek demonstrations of the most promising solutions based upon the capability statements and responses to this notice. If it is a customary practice for your company to provide demonstrations, please provide that information, with attention to features and functionality, in your capability statement. If this is not your customary practice, please indicate that in your capability statement.

E. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES:

This Source Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal/Quotation; and, it is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided;

no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice.

Regardless of the information obtained from this notice, the Government reserves all rights in any future acquisition process for this requirement. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

response to this Sources Sought Notice.