Combo Synopsis Solicitation - Dataminr.pdf

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

DEFENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION

6914 Cooper Avenue, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755

August 24, 2022

1. This combined synopsis/solicitation is prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart

12.6 in conjunction with Subpart 13.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and the solicitation number is

HC104722Q0002.

2. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-07 effective August 10, 2022 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20220623 edition. The complete text of any of the clauses and provisions may be accessed in full text as follows:

FAR: www.acquisition.gov

DFARS: www.acquisition.gov/dfars

3. This acquisition is an unrestricted procurement. The North American Industry Classification System (NACIS) code for this acquisition is 541519 and the small business size standard is 150 employees. The Product Service Code is 7A21.

4. This Request for Quote (RFQ) is being issued to establish a new, brand-name, Firm-Fixed Price contract for 30 Dataminr, Inc. First Alert V2 individual use commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) licenses.

5. Response Date: 31 August 2022, by 11:59 AM EDT via email to the Points of Contact listed in the www.sam.gov webpage for this combined synopsis/solicitation.

6. Delivery Point: The delivery point for this procurement is FOB Destination. Inspection at Destination. Acceptance at Destination. The shipping address will be as follows:

CLIN DODAAC ADDRESS

0001 HC1047 HQ DISA

6910 Cooper Avenue Fort Meade, MD 20755

7. System for Award Management (SAM): In accordance with FAR 4.1102, Offerors shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final

Solicitation Number: HC104722Q0002 payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at https://www.sam.gov/.

8. Annual Representations and Certifications: In accordance with FAR 4.1201, offerors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications within SAM as part of required registration. Registration in this database shall remain active and can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov/.

9. Invoicing and Payment: Invoicing and Payment will be made via Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). The successful offeror must be registered in WAWF for the purpose of processing vendor payment requests. See DFARS 252.232-7003 and 252.232-7006.

10. Amendments: The Offeror shall submit to the Contract Specialist signed copies of all amendments issued to this solicitation. Failure to comply may cause your offer to be rejected.

11. Schedule of Supplies:

The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure:

CLIN

Number

Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure

0001 Dataminr First Alert V2 (Individual Use Licenses)

30 Each

OFFER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS – Contractors are requested to submit a price quotation in response to this RFQ and the attached Electronic Product List (EPL) (Attachment 1 - EPL), and other applicable terms and conditions as listed in this RFQ and associated Attachments. All pricing must be inserted into Attachment 1 and provided as part of your quotation. Further information on submission of technical and price quotations is provided throughout this document.

12. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this provision: None.

13. Evaluation Factors and Basis for Award Determination - Award will be made to the contractor whose quotation is determined to represent the overall best value to the Government using an LPTA evaluation process. Quotations will be evaluated with regard to technical compliance and on price submissions. All aspects of Attachment 1 must be addressed for a quotation to be considered for award. The quotation should include all information the contractor wants the Government to consider and evaluate regarding its company’s ability to conform to all required terms and conditions. The below evaluation factors and subfactors will be used in the determination of technical acceptability.

a. The agency intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract using the Lowest Price

Technical Acceptable methodology. After receipt of quotations, the Government will first evaluate the lowest price quotation. If the lowest price quotation is determined to be technically acceptable and otherwise properly awardable, award will be made to that offeror. The Government reserves the right to evaluate only the lowest price quotation or to conduct further evaluations of additional quotations.

b. The standards for determining technical acceptability are listed below. Quotations must be submitted on the attached EPL document in MS Excel format utilizing Attachment 1. Failure to provide pricing on the DISA provided template (Attachment 1) may result in removal of your quote from further consideration. All formulas shall remain present in the spreadsheet for verification. The Government reserves the right not to consider for award any quotation that does not adhere to the administrative requirements of this RFQ.

(1) Technical Approach Factor: The Technical Subfactors will be evaluated and rated either Acceptable or Unacceptable IAW the evaluation table below. In order for a quotation to be rated overall Technically Acceptable, the contractor must be able to provide all of the equipment set forth in the Attachment 1 - EPL, unless the equipment is no longer available.

EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SUBFACTORS MUST BE RATED ACCEPTABLE:

(a) Subfactor 1: Quotations must be from authorized resellers of the OEM quoted.

For the purposes of this procurement only, an authorized reseller is defined as an entity authorized by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Dataminr, Inc., to sell their products to the Federal Government and to provide support for the OEM items, including new releases, version upgrades, revisions, corrections of reported errors, enhancements (to include instructions for implementation and operation for all software support levels and product versions), technical support, contractor resolutions to problems or failures, and the most current commercial release or version of the software.

If the offeror is a reseller, the quotation shall include a letter from the OEM confirming that the contractor is an authorized reseller, as defined above, as of the quotation due date. The letter from the OEM shall not be older than 30 days from the date quotations are due, shall be submitted on the OEM's letterhead, and shall be signed by an authorized representative of the OEM.

(b) Subfactor 2: The contractor must provide the completed Attachments (Attachment 1 – EPL, Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses, completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations, and Authorized Reseller Letter (if applicable) in response to this RFQ.

Evaluation Table - Technical Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Proposal/quotation meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal/quotation does not meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

(2) Price Factor: Price quotations will be evaluated, and the Government reserves the right, but is not obligated, to perform a price realism analysis. The total evaluated price will consist of the contractor’s quoted price for all items listed on Attachment 1 - EPL.

14. Completeness of Pricing Quotations. The Federal Government is exempt from sales tax.

If requested, the Contracting Officer can provide a tax exempt certificate after award.

However, if there are any valid applicable taxes such as the Arizona Half Tax or Hawaii GET for supplies or services, contractors must include the costs in their quote as a separate line item. Such taxes will not be considered or paid unless they are included in the quote at the time of submission. Price quotations must be complete at the time of submission.

15. Delivery Address. Quoted prices shall include all costs associated with delivering the required items to the delivery address listed in Attachment 1. Contractors shall include the contract number on any shipping labels.

16. Requested Delivery Date: All items are to be delivered no later 30 days after award.

Contractors are required to obtain delivery quotes from the OEM for all equipment listed on Attachment 1 in order to provide anticipated delivery information in their quotation.

Period of performance will be date of delivery plus 365 days. Failure to provide on time delivery may result in actions taken against the contractor by the Government. Late deliveries may result in negative ratings on the Contractors Performance Assessment Report.

17. The Government intends to evaluate quotations and award a contract without exchanges with contractors. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges or seek clarifications if the Contracting Officer determines they are necessary. The Government further reserves the right to reduce the number of quotations being competitively considered to the greatest number that will permit efficient competition among the most highly rated quotations. If a contractor’s quotation is removed from further consideration for award, written notice of the removal will be provided to the contractor. In the event issues pertaining to a proposed task cannot be resolved to the Contracting Officer's satisfaction, the Government reserves the right to withdraw and cancel the proposed order. In such event, contractors will be notified in writing.

18. Attachment 2 contains provisions that apply to this solicitation and clauses that will be applicable to the resulting award. Some of the provisions and additional DITCO instructions require a response from the contractor and must be submitted along with your quotation.

19. In response to this RFQ, no terms, conditions, or assumptions will be entertained. If terms, conditions, or assumptions are included in a quotation, the quotation may be excluded because it failed to comply with the RFQ instructions.

20. All quotations received in response to this RFQ shall remain valid for 30 calendar days from the quotation due date below. By submitting a quotation in response to this solicitation, you are submitting an offer that the Government may accept, and you agree that if the Government awards you the contract, the award document sent by the Government to the contractor is a binding and enforceable contract. The contractor has a legal obligation to perform if awarded the contract.

21. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its

Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer.

22. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses. The following addenda have been attached to this clause: None.

23. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS

212.301 Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses.

24. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses for additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses):

25. This acquisition is not rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System

(DPAS).

For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Robin Schuster at robin.n.schuster.civ@mail.mil or 301-225-4519.

This combined synopsis/solicitation response period closes on 31 August 2022, by 11:59 AM EDT. Any responses must be submitted before that time to Robin Schuster at robin.n.schuster.civ@mail.mil AND to Todd Nace at todd.r.nace.civ@mail.mil.

Sincerely, Todd R. Nace Contracting Officer

Attachments (3)

Attachment 1, EPL Attachment 2, Provisions and Clauses Attachment 3, J&A_Final_Redacted