Admin Services_Sources Sought Notice_2024.docx

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U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (CCDC-AC), Small Caliber Munitions Division FCDD-ACM-MI at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is conducting market research to determine the ability provide Administrative Assistants.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS A “ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE (ROM)” TO BE SUBMITTED. 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. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.

REQUIREMENT:

The contractor shall provide Administrative Assistants to support the METC Munitions Systems Directorate (and other METC Directorates as applicable). The Administrative support involves a number of tasks including: assisting the managers with accountable property management, time & attendance data entry, preparation and management of routine correspondence, assisting the Engineering staff with travel arrangements, assisting managers with collecting and compiling data to answer requests from higher headquarters, etc. The personnel supplied by the contractor are expected to work in DEVCOM-AC, in Building 65 or 94, (or other similar Administrative office space).

The contract shall cover both “entry level” and “experienced” Administrative Officers.

Entry Level would be considered to be people with less than 5 years of relevant experience (not including college courses).

Experienced Administrative Officers would be those with 5 or more years of relevant experience.

The contractor personnel shall be familiar with and capable of utilizing the Microsoft Office suite of software (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Exchange, MS-Teams) for preparation and editing of Word Processing files, Spreadsheets, presentations, routine communication, etc. The Administrative officers that the contractor provides will be expected to utilize certain Government proprietary software packages. While the contractors will not need to have previous experience with these particular packages – the Admin Officers provided are expected to have some degree of experience (consistent with the their “experience level) with Time and Attendance management software, with software utilized to facilitate travel, and with software that automates functions such as routing and approving various documents. Additionally, the Administrative Officers the contractor provides will be expected to assist the Managers with tasks such as: preparing briefing materials, coordinating purchase requests , and Travel requests.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Each potential source is requested to provide the contract number(s), dollar value(s) and brief description of work previously or currently being performed, which specifically demonstrates the contractor's ability to successfully satisfy the requirement listed above. Firms shall also provide point of contact information, where available, for the efforts cited above. In addition, please provide the firm’s name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, CAGE Code and DUNS number, size of business (i.e. large, small, disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.) and applicable NAICS and Product Service Code’s (PSC).

This is a market survey for information only, and shall not be construed as a request for a proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government. The US Government does not intend to award a contract based on this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited.

The official response must be submitted to: CCDC-AC, Small Caliber Munitions Division via electronic submittals and should be sent to Email: tyler.w.fulper.civ@army.mil by November 08 2024 by 5:00pm eastern standard time. Phone inquiries will not be addressed; all requests should be submitted in writing via email. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the survey.