NBO ERP Sources Sought.doc

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR NAVAIR NAVY ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING BUSINESS OFFICE

INTRODUCTION

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION to determine the availability and technical capability of small businesses to provide the required products and/or services. The results of this sources sought will be utilized for market research and acquisition strategy refinement purposes to include determining if any small business set-aside opportunities exist.

It is estimated that any resultant solicitation will be released via Beta.Sam.gov around May 2020. Prior to that, it is estimated that an Advance Planning (Pre-Solicitation) notice with regards to this requirement will be released via Beta.Sam.gov around April 2020. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the Department of the Navy (DON) financial and supply chain system of record. Navy ERP streamlines the Navy's financial and supply chain functions and provides critical information, which enables Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) programs to support budgets, milestone reviews and supply chain functionality impacting readiness, and digital goals. Navy ERP ensures statutory and regulatory policy compliance and enables mandatory external reporting. The NAVAIR Navy ERP Business Office (NBO) is the primary location for NAVAIR Navy ERP expertise, providing a central point for sustainment of NAVAIR Navy ERP requirements and functionality, and serves as the Center of Excellence (COE) for issue resolution.

The contractor shall provide services and products to support the NBO. Services and /or products shall include: Business Solutions Management, Reporting and Analysis, User Management, and NBO Operational Support. It is anticipated that a large portion of support under this contract will support Navy ERP modernization efforts, which include the transition of the SAP application layer from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA as well as the planning, analysis transformation, and migration of reporting to a Self Service Business Intelligence (SSBI) solution on SAP HANA.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall provide support services primarily to NAVAIR located at Patuxent River, Maryland with some performance at other NAVAIR or Navy sites, as appropriate.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

CONTRACT INFORMATION

1. Anticipated Contract Type: Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract

2. Anticipated Level of Effort: 45.7 Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE)’s per Year.

3. Estimated Material $500K inclusive of all years.

4. Estimated Travel $473K inclusive of all years.

5. Anticipated Period of Performance: April 2021 through March 2026, inclusive of all years.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

1. See attached Statement of Work (SOW)

2. Security; All personnel shall have the ability to obtain the appropriate clearances as identified by the Government as stated below.

3. NAWCAD anticipates conducting this acquisition using FAR subpart 15.3 procedures.

4. Offerors MUST have an adequate accounting system in accordance with FAR 16.301-3(a)(3) in order to be eligible for award of a cost-type contract.

ELIGIBILITY

The anticipated NAICS code for this requirement is 541330 (Engineering Services) with a size standard of $15M. The anticipated product service code (PSC) is R425 (Support – Professional: Engineering/Technical). Interested small businesses that are qualified as a small business concern under the NAICS 541330, within a size standard of $15M, are encouraged to submit their capability packages and should identify their company’s small business size standard based on that code. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Small businesses must demonstrate the ability to perform at least 50% of the cost of contract performance as the prime contractor in accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested small businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 12 pages in length, single spaced, and 12-point font minimum) demonstrating the ability to perform the services identified in the attached Draft SOW (Attachment 1). The package must address, at a minimum, the following:

1. Prior/current corporate prime experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last three years. Include contract number, organization supported, contract value, Government point of contact, and a brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the services described in the draft SOW (Attachment 1).

2. Experience as a Prime transitioning the business processes and solutions from SAP ECC 6.0 to a SAP S/4HANA environment in the cloud. Please provide insight into organization size and number of users.

3. Experience as a Prime consolidating and migrating legacy data warehouses and business intelligence reporting environments to a Self Service Business Intelligence (SSBI) solution on SAP HANA to include the technical approach and methodology used and tools utilized to perform the task.

4. Experience as a Prime integrating property and inventory portfolios and functions into a SAP solution. Please provide insight into inventory counts and transaction amounts associated with the effort.

5. Experience providing integrated SAP HANA technical and functional support to external Commands/agencies not directly aligned to the contracting Command.

6. Experience as a Prime leading and supporting organizations through major process reengineering initiatives; areas of specific interest are contract vendor pay, entitlements and disbursements, asset management, and financial reporting. Please provide insight on quantitative metrics that demonstrate improvements realized and identify annual transaction amounts associated with the reengineering initiative.

7. The ability to perform 50% of the work.

8. Company’s ability to begin performance upon the anticipated contract start date of April 2021.

9. A statement regarding capability to provide and maintain security clearances, up to Secret.

The capability statement package shall be sent via email to paul.flynn@navy.mil no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Time on 03 December 2019. No phone calls will be accepted.

All responses must include the following information: Company name, Company address, Company business size, point of contact name, phone number, fax number and email address.