Capabilities Package Instructions_Lab Demo II_RE-Posting.docx
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- FA8650-25-R-TBD_FA8650-26-R-TBD
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This is a Capabilities Package Instructions document for the AFRL/DP Laboratory Demonstration Project pre-solicitation. The document provides guidance to potential contractors on submitting capability statements for consideration in supporting AFRL's Lab Demo Project, which serves approximately 5,500 scientists, engineers, business management and professionals, technicians, and mission support personnel.
The contractor shall provide comprehensive support across multiple functional areas including the design of additions and modifications to existing Lab Demo initiatives related to employee assessment and compensation, broadbanding, position classification, the Contribution-based Compensation System (CCS), and other personnel flexibilities. Key deliverables include analysis and reporting on Lab Demo outcomes such as employee assessment and compensation results, workforce impact and trends, cost studies, and initiative effectiveness. Additionally, the contractor must provide meeting support, legislative analysis, technical support, training, policy analysis, software and database design and revisions, system testing, user training and support, and recertification and accreditation services for the AFRL Contribution-based Compensation System Software (C2S2), which is identified as a critical tool for ensuring accurate employee assessment and compensation. The solicitation is anticipated under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) procurement vehicles FA8650-25-R-TBD and FA8650-26-R-TBD, with the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (AFRL) serving as the procuring agency.
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Capabilities Package Instructions Attachment 1
AFRL/DPP Laboratory Demonstration Project II
SUBMISSION DETAILS. Please limit your Capabilities Package submittals to no more than 10 pages total (which includes single-page items identified throughout this instruction), single- spaced. Your capabilities package must include the following information:
| - | Company name |
| - | Mailing address |
| - | Point of contact name, telephone, and email address |
| - | Company CAGE code |
| - | Company web page URL (if applicable) |
| - | Certification of small business status (if applicable) |
| - | Responses to all questions included in Capabilities Package Instructions |
SUBMISSIONS DUE: Provide one (1) electronic copy of your complete response to this Sources Sought in a searchable .pdf format. Responses are required to be received by both the Government points of contact, Stephen I. Sheets at sarah.mccabe.4@usa.f.mil and Sephen Sheets at stephen.sheets@us.af.mil no later than 3:00 p.m. EST on 22 June 2026. To be considered, electronic packages must be received no later than the above date/time.
The government team requests interested parties review the Draft PWS include in the Source Sought notice, and provide the following information:
1. Describe your business size based on NAICS code 541511 (Small Business Size Standard of $34M) and identify small business subcategories that are applicable to your business.
| a. | Small Business |
| b. | Small Disadvantaged Business |
| c. | 8(a) |
| d. | Woman Owned Small Business |
| e. | Veteran Owned Small Business |
| f. | Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business |
| g. | HUB Zone Small Business |
| h. | Large Business |
| i. | Non-Profit |
2. Product Service Code (PSC) DA01 will be used. Initial Sources Sought Notice had a Notice ID FA8650-25-R-TBD.
3. Any contract that may result from this inquiry may include a cost-reimbursable basis line item. Does your firm have an adequate accounting system for cost-type contracts?
4. Would your firm be interested in submitting a proposal for this effort as a prime contractor? If so, demonstrate your firm’s capability to perform at least 50% of the labor required for this effort, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Describe in detail how your company intends to obtain the capability to meet any remaining requirements not performed directly by your firm. Limit your responses to one single-spaced page.
5. Provide one specific example of your company’s capabilities in staffing and recruiting for each of the following areas listed below. Examples should be from the last three years and limited to one single-spaced page. If you have no experience for any specific area, describe your firm’s timeline for hiring new, qualified employees to fulfill the requirement. Define your role in any accreditations associated with these areas.
a. Ability to provide data analysis and administrative support for the Lab Demo Project Evaluation Review Committee (PERC) IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.1.1)
b. Ability to provide Administrative Support IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.1.2)
c. Ability to provide timely Monthly Status Reports IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.2)
d. Ability to provide Cost Discipline Analysis IAW (PWS Paragraphs 1.4.3)
e. Ability to provide Workforce Trend Analysis IAW. (PWS Paragraph 1.4.4)
f. Ability to provide Internal Evaluation Summary Report IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.5).
g. Ability to provide required AdHoc Requirements IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.6)
h. Ability to provide C2S2 Maintenance and Modification IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.7)
i. Abilty to provide required Software Maintenance IAW (PWS Paragraph 1.4.8)
j. Ability to provde Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Requirement IAW (PWS Paragrph 1.4.9)
6. Describe in one single-spaced page your firm’s capability to fulfill requirements below with the appropriate expertise:
a. Skills with Oracle: Developer (PL/SQL stored procedures, SQL scripts and queries, and Oracle Reports); Oracle Database Administrator; Fusion Middleware/Application Server administrator
b. Skills with Sun Solaris/Linux system administrator
c. Web developer skills (HTML, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, XML)
d. Skills with Excel/VBA programming: Offline assessments (utilizing numerous complex spreadsheets), AFRL Meeting of the Managers (MoM) structure/etc, setting compensation, importing comma-delimited text files into offline spreadsheets and exporting data to a file to be uploaded to C2S2; program validation to ensure integrity of employee assessments and resulting employee salary adjustments; development of web-based training tools; use of VBA macros to create ad-hoc charts, and creating interactive employee assessment forms
e. Skills with Basic SAS module, SAS Insight module, and the SAS Statistics module to support modeling and analysis efforts while allowing management of the data, merging data from external sources, and conducting analysis within a single software system, with the ability to conduct most of analyses using stored programs rather than interactive techniques using SAS to directly write to Excel files that can be linked to PowerPoint presentations
f. Skills with statistical procedures such as linear regression, logistic regression, correlation analysis, and a variety of statistical tests
g. Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint skills
7. Finally, does your firm have any other comments or suggestions that you would like to share with us?
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