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ACC-APG DIGITAL CAPABILITIES

CONTRACTING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

(DC3oE)

10JUL2024

QUARTERLY DIGITAL ADVANCED

PLANNING BRIEFING TO INDUSTRY

(APBI)

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• Remarks

- Ms. Danielle Moyer Executive Director, ACC-APG

- Mr. Leonel Garciga Chief Information Officer, HQDA

- Ms. Jennifer Swanson

DASA-DES, ASA (ALT)

• Question & Answer Session

• Upcoming Programs

- MSD Multiple Award IDIQ

- PEO IEW&S Multiple Award IDIQ

• Question & Answer Session

AGENDA

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GROUND RULES

Please hold all questions for the Q&A session at the end of this briefing

• Please use the hand raise function to ask questions during the Q&A session

• Only the presenters should be unmuted, all others will remain muted

Informal Discussion – Non-binding

The Contracting Officer (KO) is ultimately responsible for communications relating to specific solicitations

Always rely on the solicitation language, not what you hear today

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OPENING REMARKS

DANIELLE MOYER, SES

Executive Director U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground

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REMARKS

LEONEL GARCIGA, SES

Chief Information Officer Headquarters, Department of the Army

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REMARKS

JENNIFER SWANSON, SES

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering & Software) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)

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QUESTIONS

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MODERN SOFTWARE

DEVELOPMENT IDIQ

DESCRIPTION

▪ Vehicle to award task orders for the procurement of software enablement efforts in support of Army MSD requirements

CONTRACT TYPES

▪ Multiple Award IDIQ, Contract types TBD

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

▪ Five-year base ordering period and one (1) five-year option ordering period, for a total ordering period of 10 years if all options are exercised.

VALUE

▪ $10B or greater

ESTIMATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE

▪ 1st Qtr FY25

PRIOR/CURRENT CONTRACT INFORMATION

▪ N/A

POINTS OF CONTACT

▪ Contracting POC: Chris Fisher Christopher.m.fisher24.civ@army.mil

▪ Technical POC: https://theforge.experience.crmforce.mil/peoeis/s/

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PROBLEM 1 - Rates too low to attract top talent Solution: Stacked LCATs

PROBLEM 2 - Awarding to “Paper Tigers” Solution: Technical Challenge

PROBLEM 3 - Speed to Task Order award Solution: SOO, Oral Presentations, and IDIQ pricing

PROBLEM 4 - Proper Incentives Solution: Expedited Delivery/ Enhanced Performance

PROBLEM 5 - Speed to Replace Poor Performer Solution: Modular TOs and Awardable but Not Selected for Award pool

PROBLEMS MSD IS ATTEMPTING

TO SOLVE

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SOLUTION: STACKED LCATS

▪ The Labor Categories on the contract will allow for technical experts with cross-discipline skills, at rates that are competitive with industry for these highly qualified individuals, or “Stacked LCATs”.

▪ Stacked LCATs are reserved for those technical experts that drive their skills cross-discipline and build across the technical stacks to become highly efficient and technically dependable. To qualify for the Stacked LCATs, Contractor personnel must possess demonstrated experience in more than one technical career field discipline.

PROBLEM 1: RATES TOO LOW

TO ATTRACT TOP TALENT

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PROBLEM 2: AWARDING

TO “PAPER TIGERS”

SOLUTION: TECHNICAL CHALLENGE

As part of the phased source selection, Offerors who participate in the Technical Challenge will be evaluated on their ability to deliver a product that showcases the offeror’s product development ability and an evaluation of that product.

▪ The technical challenge will last for a set period, with each participating offeror receiving access to an environment and permissions/software to build products.

▪ The evaluation team will assess the offeror’s demonstration of modern software tools and techniques, deployment capabilities, and resilience ability following the goals outlined in Army Directive 2024-02, Enabling Modern Software Development and Acquisition Practices.

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SOLUTION: SOO, Oral Presentations, and IDIQ pricing

TO swill be competed utilizing a SOO that will outline the Government’s need.

Offerors will propose a PWS/Agile Development Plan.

Oral Presentations will replace written technical volumes at the Task Order level.

Rates/Pricing established on IDIQ to speed evaluation at TO award.

PROBLEM 3: SPEED TO

TASK ORDER AWARD

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SOLUTION: Expedited Delivery/ Enhanced Performance

▪ At the TO level, Expedited Delivery/Enhanced performance incentive CLINS may be established on a FFP basis and payable to the contractor after the completion of a specified interval of work (number of sprints/PIs)

▪ To be paid, the contractor shall meet or exceed the “Very Good” performance standard(s) for all performance metrics selected for the associated interval of work.

▪ The Contractor will not be entitled to payment if the metrics do not meet the minimum threshold of “Very Good”. Cancellation of this CLIN alone will not negatively impact the contractor’s CPARs rating.

PROBLEM 4: PROPER

INCENTIVES

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SOLUTION: Awardable Not Selected Pool

The next highest technically rated Offerors during the TO competition will be found Awardable but Not Selected for initial TO award.

All proposals shall be valid for one (1) year beyond the date of award.

Should the Government decide to stop work on any Task Order, the Government OCO may then issue a Task Order award directly to the next highest rated Task Order proposal.

PROBLEM 5: SPEED TO

REPLACE POOR PERFORMERS

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MSD IDIQ – TIMELINE

JUL 2024

Draft RFP Release

OCT 2024

Final RFP Release

GOAL

NOV 2024

Proposals Due

FEB 2025

IDIQ Awards

FEB 2025

First Task Orders Executed

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