70RSAT23RFI000035 SETA IV RFI.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 70RSAT23RFI000035

Title: Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Support Services

NOTE: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and market research planning purposes. This RFI shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government. This is NOT a Request for Quotations or Proposals. No solicitation document exists, and the Government may or may not issue a formal solicitation as a result of the responses received to this RFI.

The Government will not pay for any response or demonstration expenses. All costs incurred responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Failure to respond to this RFI will not preclude participation in any future solicitation. Any information received will become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or sensitive information.

The Government’s explicit intent, in this request for information, is to not receive from respondents any proprietary data, trade secrets, business sensitive information, or information considered CONFIDENTIAL under 18 U.S.C. §1905. The Government’s constraint does not in any way relieve contractors from their responsibility to properly mark proprietary data when it is provided, nor does it alleviate any requirement for the Government to protect marked data. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data.

The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become the property of the Federal Government and will not be returned.

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract provides professional scientific, technical and programmatic assistance and relevant administrative assistance services to support efforts in research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) to S&T.

Scientific and technical services may include: advisory assistance support in technology scouting;

vulnerability and risk assessment and mitigation; project justification and defense; program planning;

evaluation and analyses of programs, projects, budgets and performance; and project execution, transition and commercialization. This also includes providing programmatic support in the development and preparation of acquisition and procurement documents. Administrative assistance may include providing ancillary support to advance the overall mission of the program office, through its project objectives, and conducting support activities and functions in order to sustain the day-to-day business practices of an organization.

The current SETA IDIQ is the third iteration of a SETA support services contract for S&T. Current IDIQ awardees are five large businesses. The IDIQ has an ordering period of June 3, 2019 through June 2, 2024 and task orders can extend two years beyond the end of the ordering period. The IDIQ currently has a ceiling of $575 million and thirty-two (32) task orders have been awarded under the IDIQ to date. Orders have ranged between $4 million and $82 million, with roughly half the orders valued above $10 million and half the orders under $10 million. The NAICS code for the SETA III IDIQ is 541611 with a PSC of R408.

PURPOSE OF THIS RFI

The purposes of this RFI are:

1) To gain an understanding of the capabilities of small businesses to support DHS S&T’s SETA requirements.

2) To gain an understanding of Industry’s capabilities to support DHS S&T’s SETA requirements.

3) Conduct market research for a potential SETA IV contract vehicle.

INFORMATION REQUEST

Interested parties should submit responses addressing the following:

1. Describe your experience as it relates to research and development, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing of actions associated with various project management knowledge areas including project integration, scope management, project resource management, and project stakeholder management.

2. Describe your experience managing multiple lines of business and leveraging external relationships with other government agencies, industry foreign partners, and academia. Include scope of experience with National Laboratories, University Programs, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and International Partnerships.

3. Describe your understanding and experience in providing technical functions and services in conducting technology scouting, test and evaluation, operations and requirements analysis, technology requirements and gap analysis, and transition planning.

4. Describe your scope and experience in providing executive administrative support functions, fiscal and budget oversight, procurement and acquisition expertise, communication and outreach, policy and process improvement analysis, and demonstrated customer service acumen for Enterprise-wide implementation.

5. If your company lacks capability and/or experience in any of the tasks/requirements, describe how your company would remedy such capability gap(s) to meet the requirements outlined in the SOW.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Interested parties are invited to address the questions pertaining to SETA support services identified in this RFI. The total submission page count shall not exceed 18 pages, Times New Roman, Font Size 11, excluding the cover page. Only one submission will be reviewed per vendor for this RFI. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Emails with attachments larger than 5 MB shall be broken down into multiple emails with no one attachment exceeding 5 MB. Each electronic submission shall include:

- RFI number (70RSAT23RFI000035) and “SETA IV Support Services” in the Subject Line

- If the submission includes more than one electronic email, please include the file number and total files being submitted (e.g., File 1 of 4, File 2 of 4, etc.) in the Subject Line

- Responses must have a cover letter that includes the following information:

o Company Name o Company Address o Point of Contact, phone number, and email address of the point of contact regarding any correspondence between the Government and the vendor o SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number o Company’s Size and Socio-Economic Status information for NAICS code 541611 o Technical Point of Contact(s) (Name, title, email, and phone number) o Contracting Point of Contact(s) (Name, title, email, and phone number)

Submissions containing sensitive or proprietary information are discouraged unless excluding such information would inhibit vendors’ ability to provide a complete submission. Only unclassified submissions will be accepted.

All Responses shall be submitted to the Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) at the following email address: SETAIV@hq.dhs.gov no later than NOON Eastern Time, October 10, 2023.

The Government reserves the right to hold one-on-one meetings as a result of responses received from this RFI as part of its market research. Meetings may be held in particular with vendors who provide comprehensive responses to the questions posed.

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