Sources Sought Notice - 47QFLA24K0018.pdf

Sources Sought Synopsis/Intent to Sole Source by U.S. General Services Administration, on behalf of Client Agency:

Air Force Research Laboratory

Client Program: AFWERX (AFRL/RG)

Project Title: AFVentures SBIR Evaluations Tool

This is strictly for market research purposes and not a solicitation announcement.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is performing "market search" for businesses in preparation of a future procurement for the Air Force Research Laboratory. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and technical capability of qualified business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled;

veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses;

woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged; (3) the availability of business sources under various strategic sourcing vehicles; and (4) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside or a strategic sourcing vehicle is possible.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for determining small business status under this requirement is 513210 (Software Publishers) with a size standard of $47,000,000.

The Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX (AFRL/RG) has a requirement for contractor’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution it shall be an automated, online system of integrated capabilities to support the complex Department of the Air Force (DAF) SBIR/STTR process.

The system shall be capable of reporting and collecting data for Department of Defense (DoD) and Small Business Administration (SBA) data reporting; this includes the incorporation of historical data for longitudinal reporting.

The Government anticipates issuing a single award standalone contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) labor and cost reimbursement travel CLINs. The contract will have a base period of 1 year and two (2) six-month option periods and an estimated maximum life cycle value of approximately $3.2 million. This requirement is a follow-on to contract 47QFLA19F0170 held by OMNI Consulting Solutions, LLC that expires on February 16, 2025.

To help determine if this potential requirement may be set-aside for small business concerns, under the range of potential acquisition approaches the government may pursue, the government is seeking input from the small business community regarding their interest and capability in performing the tasks reflected in the attached draft PWS, as well as their business’ availability to perform under various strategic sourcing solutions. The Government will review qualifications based on the vendor’s responses with specific emphasis on the vendor’s ability to perform the Scope of Work described in the draft PWS. Information submitted in response to this notice is

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To assist GSA in making a determination regarding the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought, you are also encouraged to provide information regarding your plans to use joint venturing (JV) or partnering. Please outline how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this announcement.

If no capability statements are received by the required due date or those received are not determined as being viable, GSA intends to negotiate on a Sole Source Basis under the authority of FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B) to the incumbent contractor on the predecessor contract.

Submission Instructions and Capability Information

The respondent is required to submit its technical capabilities statement via email to James Franey, Contracting Officer at james.franey@gsa.gov and Matthew Huber, Project Manager at matthew.huber@gsa.gov no later than 14 days following the date of this posting.

The respondent shall, at a minimum, address the following questions regarding its Company Profile and Capability Information. It is recommended that the respondent use the template below.

A. Company Profile

1. Company name and address;

2. Affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, and potential teaming partners;

3. NAICS Code 513210 (Software Publishers) with a size standard of $47,000,000.

4. Two points of contact (names, titles, phone numbers and email addresses);

5. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and CAGE Code, as registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov/:

6. Small Business designation/status under NAICS Code 513210 (must correlate with SAM registration):

_____ Small business _____ HUBZone _____ WOSB

_____ 8(a) _____ VOSB

_____ SDVOSB

_____ Small Disadvantaged Business

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7. GSA and other Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs) held associated with NAICS Code 513210:

_____ None

_____ GSA OASIS; Contract #_____ Vendor Pool #_____

_____ GSA FSS; Contract #s_____ SIN #s _____

_____ Any other MAC contracts held; Contract #s_____ MAC vehicle _____

B. Minimum Requirements to Capability Information Specific areas to be addressed in your technical capability packages are as follows (reference the attached Draft PWS for additional information):

1. SBIR/STTR Proposal Evaluations Program: Description of your company’s technical capability and depth of knowledge and understanding to provide support similar to the PWS requirements with the level of complexity not typically found in other agency’s SBIR/STTR Program offerings with particular emphasis on Congressionally-mandated requirements of the Program including, but not limited to, Due Diligence.

2. Description of the company’s commercial solution offering with an existing customer base supporting FAR 10.002(b) to determine if commercial products, services, or non-developmental items are available to meet our need is readily available or if the solution can be easily and simply modified to meet our need.

3. The Government would like the offerors to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, commercially available off the shelf (COTS) solutions. Please provide details on the proposed COTS solution architecture, security, innovation in the design, how modular and customizable the software is and whether some of that customization can be performed using no code/low code functionality with government provided resources.

4. Details on current use cases for developed integrations (API) to other required systems or data repositories. Additionally, please cite examples where you were not successful in integrating external repositories, and how did you resolve?”

5. Description of automated capabilities within the SBIR/STTR evaluation tool that helps reduce user touchpoints and overall Government workload.

C. Additional Capability Comments (use as needed):

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D. Sources Sought Synopsis Notice Disclosures

This is not a request for proposal. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

This Sources Sought/Request for Information is in support of AFWERX. The purpose is to identify eligible and interested contractors that can aid in developing an automated, online system of integrated capabilities to support the complex DAF SBIR/STTR process.

This announcement is not to be interpreted as a commitment by the Government that a procurement action will be issued. This notice shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on part of the Government. No entitlement to payment will arise due to the submission of contractor information. Any information submitted by companies to this Sources Sought/Request for Information shall be voluntary.

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