Sources Sought Notice - Integrated Marketing_SAM.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENTERPRISE SERVICES-ACQUISITION

Office of the Secretary (OS), Bureau of National Technical Information Services

(NTIS)

Sources Sought Notice

DATE: December 10, 2024

I. DISCLAIMER

This Sources Source Notice is for market research and planning purposes only and shall not be an obligation by the Government to acquire any products or services. Responses to this notice will be accepted via e-mail to the address listed below. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this Notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date.

Pursuant to 48 C.F.R. Part 10, the Government is conducting market research to:

• Determine what sources exist that can satisfy the Government's requirements listed below

• Determine the capabilities of potential contractors

• Determine the size and status of potential sources

• Determine the level of competition

II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITING RESPONSES

NOTE: Respondents are requested to title the subject line of the email transmitting their response as follows: Insert Respondent Name_Response to Sources Sought Notice for the Purchase of Real-time or Near Real-Time Health Care Claims Data

The Government invites industry to review the draft Statement of Work (SOW) and provide capability statements as requested below as well as comments on efficient and/or economical requirements development consistent with industry best practices.

The Department of Commerce expects the following information to be included in the Respondent’s capability statement:

• High level description of the Respondents capability to fulfill the complete range of requirements;

• What performance measures should the government consider promoting quality and timely performance?

• What are potential pricing structures and contract types for how the requirement could be effectively priced?

• Pricing on a Firm-Fixed-Price basis?

• What risks are considered significant for contractor performance?

• What additional information should the government include in a solicitation to provide industry with sufficient knowledge to respond to a future solicitation? Is there enough information in the current draft SOW to enable industry to propose a responsive solution?

• A list of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and/or other government wide ordering vehicles the Respondent holds.

• Please do not submit any detailed pricing submissions. We are not accepting pricing.

Additionally, the capability statement shall identify successful efforts by the contractor to provide similar solutions including name of client and/or contracting activity; contract number; contract type;

period of performance, total contract value, and total dollar value; Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer Representative name, telephone number and email address.

Responses are limited to 15 pages excluding cover page/letter. Responders shall include the information requested below in their cover page.

Information Requested Vendor Detail Company Name:

Company Address:

DUNS:

CAGE Code

Facility Clearance Level (e.g., TS or Secret) N/A

Primary Contact:

Title:

Phone/Email:

Primary/Relevant NAICS:

Small Business? Y/N

*List All Qualifying Socioeconomic Categories if a qualified Small Business:

Number of Years in Business:

Number of Employees:

Interest to Prime or Sub this Effort: N/A

After a review of responses, the Government may at its discretion contact one, more than one, all or none of the respondents to obtain additional information necessary to determine Respondent capabilities and/or to obtain clarification on information provided.

III. CONFIDENTIALITY

The Government will not directly disclose or distribute information received in response to this notice.

However, the Government reserves the right to use information provided to develop the requirements and acquisition strategy process which will be publicly released. Any such information used in this manner will be publicly disclosed. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non- proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). The Government will not use information provided in this response for evaluation purposes.

IV. DUE DATE AND TIME FOR SUBMITTING RESPONSES

The due date for responses to this notice is Monday, December 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time by email to jbrown4@doc.gov

V. Oral Presentations will be conducted via Teams resulting from submissions to this notice on Wednesday Dec 18 and Thursday Dec 19, 2024. Vendors will be notified if selected no later than Dec 17th of their time to present.

VI. LIST OF ATTACHMENT

DRAFT – Statement of Work mailto:BGabriel@doc.gov