70RSAT24RFI000024 - REDOPS RFI 20240605.docx

RFI No. 70RSAT24RFI000024

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Title: Response and Defeat Operations Support (REDOPS) Project

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 RFI, 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 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) issues this Request for Information (RFI) on behalf of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Office of Mission and Capability Support (MCS).

The Response and Defeat Operations Support (REDOPS) program supports public safety bomb technicians and provides a collaborative structure for addressing Improvised Explosive Device (IED) response and defeat capability gaps identified by federal, state, and local bomb technicians, including the National Bomb Squad Commander’s Advisory Board (NBSCAB). To address the ever-evolving threats, REDOPS has established a systems analysis approach involving explosives countermeasures experts from all levels of government and conducts Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation (RDT&E) of technologies and capabilities needed by public safety bomb squads.

PURPOSE OF THIS RFI

MCS is interested in understanding the capabilities of businesses that can provide fair and unbiased operational assessments of technologies and their capability to assess comparative functionality and interoperability and conduct capabilities assessments to enhance mission execution for Bomb Technicians and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team communities.

The purposes of this RFI are:

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

2) To gain insight into the comprehension of emerging and innovative technologies, capability to assess comparative functionality and interoperability, and conduct capabilities assessments for bomb technicians and SWAT teams by small businesses.

3) Conduct market research for a potential REDOPS services contract vehicle.

INFORMATION REQUEST

REDOPS seeks to determine if there are qualified sources and/or small businesses to support a competitive procurement resulting in a new contract.

Submissions should include the following (1-5 pages):

a. Overview:

· Narrative detailing the businesses capability to perform fair and unbiased operational assessments of commercial technologies marketed to bomb technicians and SWAT teams.

· Narrative detailing the capability to assess comparative functionality and interoperability of Bomb Technicians and SWAT team communities.

· Narrative of how the business views the current emerging threats and how to address them.

b. Performance:

· Brief summary of similar work performed (for whom, on what scale, any challenges encountered, etc.)

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Interested parties are invited to address the questions pertaining to REDOPS support services identified in this RFI. The total submission page count shall not exceed 5 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:

a. Include “Response and Defeat Operations Support (REDOPS)” in the subject line of the email.

b. Be delivered as either a Word or PDF document and address the requirements listed above. Responses must also have a cover letter stating the following:

· Company Name

· Company Address

· UEI Number

· Company’s Size and Socio-Economic Status information (including applicable NAICS code)

· Technical Point(s) of Contact (Name, title, email, and phone number)

· Contracting Point(s) of Contact (Name, title, email, and phone number)

· List of any and all contract vehicles under which your company is an awardee (e.g., Blanket Purchase Agreements, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contracts, etc.) and the administering Federal agency

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 addresses: Jessica.Wilson@hq.dhs.gov and Dorothy.Woolfolk@hq.dhs.gov no later than NOON Eastern Time, Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

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.