B08 RFP for AMC Subscriptions UNAWRD-24-R-ESS1.pdf

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Enterprise Standards and Specifications Subscriptions RFP Identifier: UNAWRD-24-R-ESS1

18 March 2024

The Army Contracting Command – Rock Island hereby issues this Request for Proposal (RFP) for Enterprise Standards and Specifications Subscriptions. The contractor will provide Army Materiel Command (AMC) electronic access from a single access point to search platform for standards and specifications, publications, parts information and lists in order to facilitate AMC’s mission in research, development, testing, and lifecycle management, and other requirements as deemed appropriate by AMC.

The Government intends to award one Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract from this RFP. If an Offeror cannot fully fulfill the requirement, the Government encourages them to participate in a partnership, teaming arrangement, or subcontract based on the below.

The contract will consist of a 12-month base period and 2, 12-month options.

Period of Performance:

Base Period: 29 May 2024 – 28 May 2025 Option Period 1: 29 May 2025 – 28 May 2026 Option Period 2: 29 May 2026 – 28 May 2027

Submission of proposals shall be no later than 11am Central Time, 22 April 2024 and shall comply with the Attachment 0001 – Instructions and Evaluation factors. Proposals shall be valid for 90 calendar days from the due date above.

Below is a list of the required multiple Standard Developing Organizations (SDOs) as listed on Table 1 and the specifications:

Simultaneous Users

# Sites PRODUCT

999 35 Online Platform access

999 35 Index to Standards

10 35 AIA/NAS: Aerospace Industries Association/National Aerospace Standards (also in 3D) (Current plus Historical)

999 35 AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

999 35 ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (Current plus Historical)

999 35 ASME with BPVC: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, incl. Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (Current plus Historical)

999 35 ASQ: American Society for Quality

2 35 ASSP: American Society of Safety Professionals

999 35 ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials (Current plus Historical)

10 35 AWS: American Welding Society (Current plus Historical)

999 35 BICSI: Building Industry Consulting Service International

5 35 CGA: Compressed Gas Association

3 35 ICC, Complete Package

2 35 IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission

999 35 IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Current plus Historical)

999 35 IPC: Association Connecting Electronics Industries (formerly Institute for Printed Circuits) (Current plus Historical)

6 35 ISO/ANSI: International Organization for Standardization & American National Standards Institute (Current plus Historical)

5 35 NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association (Current plus Historical)

999 35 NFPA: National Fire Protection Association

999 35 RTCA: Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (Current plus Historical)

600 35 SAE/AMS: Society of Automotive Engineers - Aerospace Material Specifications

40 35 SAE: TechAmerica (Current plus Historical)

4 35 TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association (Active plus Historical)

3 35 UL: Underwriters Laboratories (Current plus Historical)

999 35 Military Standards and Specifications (Current plus Historical)

999 35 NATO Documents

4 35 Parts Database Index

2 35 Parts Database - Electronics

4 35 Parts Database - Electronic Fasteners

56 35 Parts Database - non-electronics n/a Link from Parts Index to Parts Availability Database (for individual sites that subscribe to ILS-Mart)

Table 1

Specifications:

• Primary deliverable is a search platform with full-text access to no less than 99% of the industry standards required by AMC. Such access is to be via internet and accessible at the desktop by qualified AMC personnel.

• Access for AMC personnel will be through a central portal within the Army/AMC IT architecture.

• Online service must be available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to include holidays and weekends, with a system availability rate not lower than 98% at all times.

• Access to the system will be authenticated under the direction of the Program Manager who will be a full-time AMC employee.

• AMC Program Manager responsible for Standards and Specifications information shall be granted administrator access sufficient to manage interface for AMC personnel.

• Ensure service delivery is compliant with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d).

• End user requests for technical support shall be completed within 8 working hours of the request.

• All requests for technical support will come from the Program Manager.

• Prior to planned outages, AMC must be given 72 hours’ notice.

• Full online search capability is required in accordance with internationally accepted search fields.

• The ability to provide metadata for downloading to local systems as updates must exist.

• The contractor is responsible to report to the Program Manager all cybersecurity incidents within 2 hours of receipt of knowledge of the incident.

• The contractor shall operate within established legal parameters of intellectual license and copyright as directed in US Code Title 17.

• The contractor shall have the ability to cross reference U.S Military Standards and Specifications (MIL STDS/SPECS) with industry standards where industry standards have replaced U.S. Government MIL STDS/SPECS as the official military standard. Such cross referencing must be provided by the contractor to enable the end-user to track the history of a U.S. MIL STDS/SPEC for the end-user to view obsolete or rescinded U.S. MIL STDS/SPECS.

Clauses. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses apply:

FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition (Jan 2004)

FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (Jul 1990)

FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses apply:

DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011)

DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013)

DFARS 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product (Apr 1992)

DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (Jan 2023)

DFARS 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (Jan 2023)

DFARS 252.232‐7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (Dec 2018)

DFARS 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions (Jan 2023)

DFARS 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006)

DFARS 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk (Sep 2018)

DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991)

DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment (Dec 2012)

DFARS 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jan 2023)

DFARS 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea – Basic (Jan 2023)

The Government intends to make an award without exchanges but reserves the right to conduct exchanges if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

Please be advised that this is merely a RFP. Contractors are not authorized to commence work or include any cost of perform the proposed effort in advance of any contractual award.

The Point of Contacts for this RFP are Molly B. Condon, Contract Specialist, at molly.b.condon.civ@army.mil and Neal L. Williams, Contracting Officer, at neal.l.williams.civ@army.mil.

NEAL L. WILLIAMS

Procuring Contracting Officer mailto:molly.b.condon.civ@army.mil mailto:neal.l.williams.civ@army.mil