Attachment 3 Source Sought Response Template.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AIRBORNE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE ENGINEERING SERVICES SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD)

Attachment 3: Sources Sought Response

Company Name:

Company Address:

CAGE Code:

Unique Entity Identifier:

Point of Contact Name:

Point of Contact Phone Number:

Point of Contact Email Address:

Company Size Standard under the following NAICS codes:

Provide a statement including company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc. Additionally, for each proposed NAICS code below, provide your current small/large business status.

Company Response:

541330 - Engineering Services ($47M):

Limitations on Sub-Contracting:

Small businesses must demonstrate the ability to perform at least 50% of the cost of contract labor performance as the prime contractor with similarly situated small business sub-contractors in accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (Deviation). If your company is planning to team with a similarly situated small business or planning to propose as a Small Business Protégé-Mentor Joint Venture, the response must clearly identify the proposed team members and the capability statement must clearly articulate which portion of the work each team member will be responsible for. The response must be detailed enough for the Government to make a determination whether or not the proposed team will be able to perform 50% of the work when combined. For Small Business Protégé-Mentor Joint Ventures the response must be detailed enough for the Government to determine whether the Protégé will be able to perform at least 40% of the proposed work for the Joint Venture. Businesses that are not considered a small business under any of the potential NAICS are encouraged to respond to this request and include information regarding their intentions for small business utilization.

Company Response:

Current Company status in regards to:

Adequate Accounting System in accordance with FAR 16.301-3(a)(3).

DCMA approved Accounting System in accordance with DFARS clause 252.242-7006.

DCMA adequate Purchasing System in accordance with DFARS 252.244-7001.

Company Response:

Are you an awardee in the Navy SeaPort NxG MAC: Yes or No?

Capability Determination Response Topics:

The following responses will be reviewed and an initial assessment will be made on the potential ability to successfully compete for and execute the potential requirements. Please limit the response to no more than 10 pages.

TOPIC 1: Technical Capability and Experience Describe prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last 5 years, including:

a. Contract number(s),

b. Organizations supported

c. Indication of whether your company served as a prime or subcontractor,

d. Contract values, NAICS codes, budget activities that funded the efforts,

e. Government point of contact with current telephone number and electronic mail address,

f. Base contract Period of Performance and Actual Period of Performance,

g. Total number of FTEs employed, and total labor hours performed, and

h. Types of professional and non-professional labor categories used.

Protégé-Mentor Joint Ventures are to provide this information for each member of the Joint Venture. Responses should reference Attachment 1 – DRAFT Statement of Work paragraphs and level of effort and labor categories from Attachment 2 – Level of Effort Table in the description of the relationship of the reference contract to the potential requirements.

TOPIC 1 Company Response:

TOPIC 2: What is your current Facility Clearance Security Level? What is your current Contractor Safeguarding Security Clearance Level?

TOPIC 2 Company Response:

TOPIC 3: Describe the Company’s ability to provide staffing across the labor categories and at the level of effort defined in Attachment 1 DRAFT Statement of Work and Attachment 2 DRAFT Level of Effort Table. If your company has a known or planned teaming approach, please describe it, and how the company intends to manage the plan.

TOPIC 3 Company Response:

TOPIC 4: Describe the Company’s ability to perform the SOW tasking requirements for a 5.5 year period, and commence performance at the anticipated contract start date of September 2026. If the company is not currently capable of satisfying the requirement, address the capability gaps.

TOPIC 4 Company Response:

The following section is OPTIONAL and will not be included in the capability determination. These responses are requested to help the Government understand the position of industry related to each topic and craft the best possible solicitation. The Government does not intend to provide a direct response to the inputs provided. Please limit the response to no more than 8 pages.

TOPIC A:

The Government is considering the structure of this requirement to be a Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract over the issuance of a C-type or F-type (Task Order(s) issued under a Multiple Award Contract) contract with the utilization of Technical Direction Letters to maintain appropriate management of individual projects, customers, funding, etc. The Government would appreciate feedback on the proposed contract type and any examples of where these contract types did or did not work well for historically similar scale and complexity of requirements.

TOPIC A Company Response:

TOPIC B:

The Government requests feedback on the proposed labor categories and qualifications in Attachment 2. This includes the inclusion of additional, combining, or derivative labor categories that industry believes will be advantageous to industry and the Government in the ability to recruit and retain the required technical expertise to execute the requirement.

TOPIC B Company Response:

TOPIC C:

The Government is open to considering the utilization of existing Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) and other agency strategic sourcing vehicles. Industry is encouraged to identify potential alternative acquisition approaches. If you are currently an awardee on an existing GWAC including SeaPort / strategic sourcing vehicles, please identify the contract vehicle, the NAICS code of that vehicle, and your size standard under that vehicle.

TOPIC C Company Response:

TOPIC D:

The Government is seeking industry input to support the development of the cost proposal requirements. Specifically, the Government is requesting industry provide anticipated contract management activities that would NOT be covered under the proposed indirect rates. The purpose of this request is to ensure the Government is adequately accounting for those overarching management activities in the labor categories, skill levels, and level of effort hours in addition to those required for the direct technical project work. Additionally, the Government is open to other suggestions from industry on how these aspects should be addressed in the RFP both technically and from a cost prospective, for example “Should we allow the Contractor to propose their own labor mix and hours based on background information versus having the Government provide the mix and hours?”

For planning purposes, the Contractor may expect an average of 11 task orders per year, no less than 22 annual task orders active and concurrent after the first year, all distributed among OM&N, RDT&E, NWCF, APN, OPN, and other appropriations categories.

TOPIC D Company Response:

TOPIC E:

The Government is seeking input on SOW Section 3.1.2.3. with regards to the reasonableness of the size and security requirements of the meeting support space and the driving distance mileage from NAS Patuxent River.

TOPIC E Company Response:

TOPIC F:

The Government wants to understand if there are any barriers prohibiting competition within Industry with respect to this procurement.

TOPIC F Company Response:

TOPIC G:

The Government is considering the use of alternative contracting approaches for this requirement. Specifically, the Government is considering the application of procedures under DFARS Subpart 270.1 - Pilot Program to Incentivize Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses to potentially award this requirement without competition. The Government is requesting information whether or not your company satisfies the requirements of a “qualifying business” as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1361(a)(1) for which 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employee stock ownership plan as defined in 26 U.S.C. 4975(e)(7). the Government is also requesting feedback from any party on the utilization of these procedures.

TOPIC G Company Response:

TOPIC H:

Industry may use this response topic to provide any other feedback, not already addressed, associated with the sources sought.

TOPIC H Company Response: