DMA 2024 Acquisition Forecast - slides.pdf

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Acquisition Forecast 2024

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Introductions

20 March 2024 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (ET)

Featuring presentations from the DMA Director, Director of Acquisition and Procurement, Director Maryland APEX Accelerator, SBA PCR, and Briefing Requirements by

Components:

Please submit question to dma.meade.hqdma.mbx.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

All questions and answers will be posted on SAM.gov two weeks after the AFBI event.

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mailto:dma.meade.hqdma.mbx.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

20 March 2024 Agenda

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** All events are listed in Eastern Standard Time**

9:00 a.m. Welcome & Administrative Remarks Mr. James Hurt Jr.

9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks from the Director Mr. Harold Pittman 9:10 a.m. Director Acquisition and Procurement (A&P) Ms. Keta Peterson 9:15 a.m. Director Maryland APEX Accelerator Ms. Pamela Minor 9:25 a.m. SBA PCR Ms. Delonda Ward 9:35 a.m. 15-MINUTE BREAK 9:50 a.m. Component - AFN 10:05 a.m. Component - Mission Support 10:20 a.m. Component - Web Enterprise Business 10:35 a.m. Component - Media Production 10:50 a.m. Component - DINFOS 11:05 a.m. Question & Answer Session / Wrap Up & Event End 11:20 a.m. Closing Remarks Mr. James Hurt Jr.

Director of Defense Media Activity

Mr. Harold Pittman

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Director of Acquisition and Procurement

Ms. Keta Peterson

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INTRODUCTION

TO THE

MARYLAND

APEX

ACCELERATOR

WHAT WE ARE ABOUT

“It is our mission to help position businesses registered in the state of Maryland to fully compete in the federal, state, and local government procurement processes."

Maryland APEX Accelerator Mission Statement

We do this by offering:

⮚ No cost one-on-one counseling for small business owners and government contractors.

⮚ Specialized training and outreach events.

⮚ A Bid match service via email.

The APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense.

SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS 2022 - 2023

5, 343 Counseling Hours

4,612 Attendees at Events

$111 Million Contract Awards

1,814 Small Businesses

WHAT WE DO

•Government Marketing Strategies

•Government Registrations (eMaryland Marketplace; Small Business Reserve; System for Award Management (SAM).

•State and Federal Certifications

•Federal, State & Local Procurement

•Bid & Proposal Assistance

•SBIR/STTR

•Cyber, FOCI, DPA Counseling

•How to Do Business With… A Series of Outreach Events

•Learn How to Respond to an

RFP/RFQ

•General Services Administration (GSA)

•Successful Contracting with the Federal Government

•Cybersecurity

•Defense Production Act

•Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence

•And much more!

•Get access to hundreds of opportunities that are matched against your client profile. Some sources are as follows:

•SAM.gov

•Small Federal buys from DLA, electronic bulletin boards, and websites.

•USABID®

•State/County/Local Government Requisition Bids.

•Foreign Trade Opportunities

•Department of Defense

COUNSELING TRAINING/OUTREACH BID MATCH

THE APEX ROAD TO SUCCESS

CONNECT

Introductory session with your APEX Counselor

EVALUATE

We evaluate your contracting readiness

STRATEGIZ

E

We tailor a plan for your business

EXECUTE

Your plan is finalized and implemented

SUCCESS

We continue to provide expertise and support

At Maryland APEX Accelerator, we provide an A-to-Z road map to contracting success tailored to your specific business needs.

NEXT STEPS…

1. Have a business registered in the State of Maryland and be in GOOD

STANDING.

2. Watch this video to learn about APEX Accelerators’ services.

3. Have legitimate business resources (ex. website, company email domain, business bank account).

4. Demonstrate past performance through actual work received/sales generated from the business.

5. Have a product or service readily available to sell to the government.

6. READ ALL of SBA’s Contract Guide page, “Get Started--Assess Your Business” to see if you’re ready to do government contracting.

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide

7. Register to become an APEX Accelerator client at https://www.marylandapex.org/

Once you’ve completed these steps we will evaluate your application and assign a counselor to work with you within 30 business days https://youtu.be/_mX88Sr18x8 https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide https://www.marylandapex.org/

CONTACT

Maryland APEX Accelerator 5825 University Research Court, Ste 1300 College Park, MD 20740 Website: https://www.mdptac.org Email: ptapadmn@umd.edu Phone: (301)-405-6550 Social: @mdapex https://www.mdptac.org/

Procurement Center Representative (PCR)

An Advocate, A Resource

Delonda Ward Procurement Center Representative

Office of Government Contracting –Area II U.S. Small Business Administration

(412) 376-3829 Delonda.Ward@sba.gov

Office of Government Contracting

(GC)

Our mission is to assist small businesses in obtaining a fair share of Federal Government contracts, subcontracts and property sales.

Presenter Notes Presentation Notes Our Organization GC’s parent organization is the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development (GC/BD) Policy and Program Management guidance and oversight are provided by GC/BD, the Director for GC and HQs staff The GC field structure is organized into 6 Area Offices (Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Francisco) each headed by an Area Director GC program field staff are post-of-duty at SBA Offices or major Federal military and civilian agency buying offices across the country

SBA’s Office of Government Contracting (GC)

Size and Status The SBA’s size standards determine whether your business qualifies as small.

SBA OGC Area Directors sizestandards@sba.gov

Certificates of Competency

Procurement Center Representatives

SB Goals SB Programs SB Set- Asides

Responsibility questions about the small business’ ability to fulfill the contract is referred to the SBA.

Helps small businesses win federal contracts. PCRs review many federal acquisition and procurement strategies, influence opportunities to be set aside for small businesses, conduct market research, assist small businesses with payment issues, provide counseling on the contracting process, and more.

SBA PCR Directory

Commercial Market Representatives Provides limited subcontracting assistance and the Subcontracting Program Assistance (SPA) can help you with subcontracting questions after a contract is awarded. SPA can help you with tools to match prime contractors and subcontractors, help small businesses market their services to prime contractors, and more.

SBA CMR Contact List SPA@SBA.gov

Presenter Notes Presentation Notes OGC focuses on federal agency use of SB programs and helping them attain agency SB goals.

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/counseling-help/contracting-area-directors mailto:sizestandards@sba.gov https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/counseling-help/procurement-center-representative-directory https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/counseling-help/commercial-market-representatives mailto:SPA@SBA.gov

Procurement Center Representatives

Inform Informs agencies on updates to SB regulations and changes in SBA certification programs

Assist Assists agencies in meeting their SB goals through training, counseling and technical assistance; participates in outreach events

Review Review Subcontracting Plans for compliance prior to award

Review and Analyze Acquisitions Assures SBs are given fair consideration and opportunity in federal procurements; review SB coordination records

Counsel Receives copies of Cure/Show Cause notices of SB firms headquartered in the PCRs territory; contacts firm to offer assistance if needed

PCR’s Customers

PCRs interact with an array of customers on multiple levels to achieve a variety of outcomes when performing compliance and advocacy.

PCR

Federal Buyers

Small Business

Professiona l (SBP)

Small Businesses SBA

Staff

Resource Partners

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QUESTIONS?

Delonda Ward

PCR Area II

(412) 376-3829 Delonda.Ward@sba.gov

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Component: AFN

Component Office: AFN-BC-MSO

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Pest Control maintenance of the AFN-BC facilities, to provide service in accordance with manufacturer specifications and industry standards as well as comply with all federal, state, and local laws in the performance of pest control services.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 29 JUN 2024 (Base +4)

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 30 SEP 2024 to 29 SEP 2030

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: AFN Broadcast Center, Riverside, CA

• Anticipated NAICS: 561710

• Set-Aside: Small Business

Pest Control maintenance mailto:dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Current Contract Information:

• Current Contract/Order: GS-06F-0050N (HQ0516-20-F-0117)

• Incumbent: TIBBETT & ASSOCIATES, INC.

• Awarded Value: $25,000

• PoP/Ordering Period: 30 SEP 2023 to 29 SEP 2024

• Set-Aside: Small Business

• Contract Type: FFP

• NAICS: 561710

Pest Control maintenance

Component: AFN

Component Office: AFN-BC Technical Services Division

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Software, licensing and support for an SRT (Secure Reliable Transmission) Gateway, capable of hosting up to 20 concurrent connections. The purpose of the gateway is to provide encrypted AFN television and radio services terrestrially for locations that cannot receive the full SATNET services via satellite.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 1 JUN 2024 (Base +4)

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 1 OCT 2024 to 30 SEP 2029

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: AFN Broadcast Center, Riverside, CA

• Anticipated NAICS: 334220

• Set-Aside: Small Business

SRT (Secure Reliable Transmission) Gateway software licensing

Component: AFN

Component Office: AFN-BC Technical Services Division

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Hardware, software, licensing and support for a DVB-S(x) satellite encoding, and encryption system. System will provide encoding of television and radio program streams as well as conditional access for four discrete satellite network signals to be delivered to contracted teleport services via IP or ASI.

Sources Sought: HQ0516-FY-24-0002- Digital Video Broadcast - Satellite, Generation 2x (DVB-S2x)- already posted to www.sam.gov close date is March 26, 2024, 3:00 PM, EST. All questions are due by March 22, 2024, 3:00 PM EST.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 30 MAY 2024 (Base +4)

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 30 SEP 2024 to 29 SEP 2029

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: AFN Broadcast Center, Riverside, CA

• Anticipated NAICS: 334220

• Set-Aside: Small Business

DVB-S(x) satellite encoding, and encryption system software licensing http://www.sam.gov/

Current Contract Information:

• Current Contract/Order: HQ0516-21-F-0122

• Incumbent: TBC Integration, Inc.

• Awarded Value: $5,400,000

• PoP/Ordering Period: 30 SEP 2021 – 29 SEP 2024

• Set-Aside: Small Business

• Contract Type: FFP

• NAICS: 334220

DVB-S(x) satellite encoding, and encryption system software licensing

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A/V Router Replacement

Component: Mission Support

Component Office: Mission Systems

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: This requirement is to procure a replacement to the DMA HQ house routing switcher, router control system and video patching infrastructure. The DMA HQ house routing switcher is vital in supporting the DMA mission in video and audio studio productions, master control operations, remote production systems, satellite facility, cable headend system as well as the Pentagon press briefing room operations as it routes all incoming and outgoing video signals at DMA HQ.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: May / June 2025

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: One year, plus four option periods for support

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: DMA HQ at Fort Meade, MD

• Anticipated NAICS: 334220

• Set-Aside: Unrestricted

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Radio Studio Systems Refresh

Component: Mission Support

Component Office: Enterprise Engineering

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: The requirement for the procurement of rack mounted workstations and IHSE KVM matrix equipment that are part of the radio studio systems necessary for the broadcasting and streaming of radio shows and events produced at AFN radio stations overseas.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: June / July 2024

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: NET 60 After Date of Award

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: DMA Riverside, CA

• Anticipated NAICS: 334220

DoD WEB NextGen

Component: Web Enterprise Business

Component Office: WEB.mil

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Professional labor services and commodity to implement a software-as-a-service solution (which replaces legacy content management system American Forces Public Information Management System) and perform associated support activities.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 26 DEC 2024

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 26 MAR 2025 to TBD

• Contract Type: T&M

• Place of Performance: DMA HQ, Ft Meade, MD

• Anticipated NAICS: 541512

DoD WEB NextGen

Current Contract Information:

• Current Contract/Order: HQ0516-23-C-0011

• Incumbent: Sky Solutions LLC

• Awarded Value: $4,494,712.15

• PoP/Ordering Period: 26 SEP 2023 to 25 MAR 2025

• Set-Aside: 8(A)

• Contract Type: FFP

• NAICS: 541512

Cyber Security Service Provider

Component: Web Enterprise Business

Component Office: WEB.mil

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Provide cyber security services for the Web Enterprise Business Operations Center to support implementation of security-related laws, regulations, and policies, and to assist Website customers.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: Dec 2024

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: Mar 2025 + 4 Options

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: DMA HQ, Ft Meade, MD

• Anticipated NAICS: 541519

• Set-Aside: Small Business

DMA Studio 1 Refresh

Component: Media Production Component Office: Production Services Directorate

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Sets in Studios one and two and lighting in all 4 studios are in need of a technology refresh. Some sets are unusable due to printed backgrounds with dated uniforms.

Other sets require us to store large set pieces when not in use. We are having difficulty buying replacement bulbs for many of the lights in the studios and new light systems are far more efficient in power usage. The technology we’ve been looking at solves all these issue and brings us in line with current technology. Creates many efficiencies when hosting units and organizations outside DoD. Allows us to be much more agile and innovative as we continue to serve our clients.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: Q1, FY25 (OCT 2024)

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: TBD

• Contract Type: FFP

• Place of Performance: Defense Media Activity Studio 1, DMA HQ, Fort Meade, MD

• Anticipated NAICS: TBD

• Set-Aside: TBD

Training Support Services

Component: HQ DMA & Defense Information School (DINFOS) Component Office: Directorate of Training & Public Affairs & Communication Strategy

Directorate

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Provide professional training services across a wide variety of current and emerging mission areas for DMA and DINFOS worldwide (CONUS/OCONUS). Services include Training/Education, Program Management, and Administration.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 1 JUL 2026

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 1 JUL 2026 – 30 JUN 2031

• Contract Type: IDIQ with Task Orders issued at Firm Fixed Price, Labor Hour and/or

Time and Materials basis with Cost CLINs for Travel and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

• Place of Performance: Primarily performed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland as well as other training locations designated by DMA and DINFOS in the CONUS and abroad.

Training/Support location will be specified by the Government prior to support at the task order level.

• Anticipated NAICS: 611430

• Set-Aside: SBSA

Training Support BPAs

Current Contract Information:

• Current Contract/Order: Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreements (see below)

• Incumbent(s):

• HQ051621A0024, Masy Group

• HQ051621A0025, Sustainment and Restoration Services, LLC.

• HQ051621A0027, Grey Ghost

• Awarded Value: All BPA Master Dollar Limits are $50,000,000.00;

BPA Call limits are $30,000,000.00

• PoP/Ordering Period: 1 JUL 2021 to 30 JUN 2026

• Set-Aside: 100% SBSA

• Previous Source Selection: Cost/Price while being an important factor, were in and of itself the determining factor in the selection of the successful offeror for award of the contract contemplated by the solicitation. Cost/Price was not scored; rather, each offeror's cost was evaluated for realism, reasonableness, and completeness of the proposed contract cost.

• NAICS: 611430

Component: HQ DMA & Defense Information School (DINFOS) Component Office: Directorate of Plans and Technology & Directorate of Logistics

SBP Email: dma.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil

Requirement: Provide full IT service desk, network security and engineering, applications development and maintenance; broadcast and audio/visual design, integration, acquisition and equipment maintenance; accountability/management control of DINFOS property resources to include expendable, durable, and non-expendable property in support of the DINFOS campus environment.

Forecasted Award Date:

• Forecasted Solicitation Date: 1 DEC 2025

• Estimated PoP/Ordering Period: 16 FEB 2026 – 15 FEB 2031

• Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price with Cost CLINs for Travel and Other Direct Costs

(ODCs)

• Place of Performance: Primarily performed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

• Anticipated NAICS: 541512

• Set-Aside: Full and Open competition

Technology Logistics Support Services

Technology Logistics Support Services

Current Contract Information:

• Current Contract/Order: 47QTCK18D0017- HQ051621F0011, SOS International LLC.

• Awarded Value: $19.2M

• PoP/Ordering Period: 16 FEB 2021 to 15 FEB 2026

• Set-Aside: Full & Open

• Previous Source Selection: Best Value

• NAICS: 541512

Please submit question to dma.meade.hqdma.mbx.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil All questions and answers will be posted on SAM.gov., two weeks after the AFBI event.

mailto:dma.meade.hqdma.mbx.smallbusinessoffice@mail.mil