Executive_Summary_DTRT5716R20005.pdf

DTRT5716R20005

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Procurement Summary

Solicitation No. DTRT5716R20005, entitled “Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support- Small Business Set Aside” (ATEPS SBSA) is a competitive solicitation provide technical, management, and analysis support to the Volpe Center in the definition, evaluation, management, and development of programs and initiatives within and related to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Program Management Organization (PMO). This solicitation contains two functional areas: (1) Strategic Planning/ Management Development and Integration and (2) Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) Management.

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to make two master contract awards as a result of this solicitation. The Strategic Planning/ Management Development and Integration functional area is Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0100, is broken down into two task areas. Task Area 1 under CLIN 0100, Strategic Planning, shall provide assistance in the development of program charters for governing bodies (steering committees, management work groups, requirements analysis teams, software issues resolution teams) to ensure clarity of purpose, deliverables, and alignment with end-to-end process goals.

Task Area 2 under CLIN 0100, Management Development and Integration, shall provide consultation and support to the ATO and the PMO to enhance the Senior Leadership ability to identify critical issues impacting operations, further the achievement of strategic goals, and develop collaborative behaviors and a culture based on the collective integration of cross-organizational efforts. Task Area 2 under CLIN 0100 will also provide support to the Leadership Council to conduct governance processes and develop collective skills for effective strategic and operational management. The RIO Management functional area is CLIN 0200, and shall provide services identifying, analyzing, assessing, monitoring and tracking events throughout the life of a program or project that may have a negative impact on program success considering technical, cost, and schedule facets.

Both CLIN 0100 and 0200 are issued as Small Business Set-Asides among eligible businesses.

The resulting awards will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts and will provide the issuance of Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion type, and CPFF term-type task orders.

The Volpe Center intends to award the first ATEPS SBSA task orders concurrently at the time of the Strategic Planning/ Management Development and Integration contract and the RIO Management contract awards. The initial task order under both CLIN 0100 and CLIN 0200 will be for Transition including development and finalization of a Transition Plan, and performance of the necessary tasks during the transition period on a FFP basis to ensure that the Contractor can achieve a satisfactory performance level at the end of the transition period.

This solicitation includes clauses and provisions that apply to (1) ATEPS SBSA master contracts for CLIN 0100 and CLIN 0200 (Part I); and (2) the Task Order 0001 for CLIN 0100 and CLIN 0200 (Part II).

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The period of performance (POP) of the resulting ATEPS SBSA master contracts for CLIN 0100 and CLIN 0200 will be 5 years from the date of award. The POP for the initial task orders will be 90 days from date of award. A prime contractor is not eligible to receive a contract or task order award under this solicitation unless its accounting system has been reviewed by a Government audit agency (such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the Defense Contract Management Agency) and determined by the Contracting Officer to be adequate for determining costs under a cost reimbursement contract (refer to Section H, Part I, paragraph H.15 and Section L. paragraph L.6.II.2).

The proposal instructions identified in Section L of the solicitation apply to CLIN 0100 Strategic Planning/ Management Development and Integration and CLIN 0200 RIO Management as well as both initial task order awards. A separate Task Order Request for Proposal for CLIN 0100 Task Order 0001 and for CLIN 0200 Task Order 0001 will not be issued. Proposals are due on Tuesday, May 10, no later than 2:00 P.M., E.T. A pre-proposal webinar for all prospective offerors will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10:00 A.M., E.T. Please refer to Section L, paragraph L.4.V for webinar registration instructions.

After submission of its written proposal, every eligible CLIN 0100 Strategic Planning/ Management Development and Integration Offeror will be required to make a structured oral presentation to the Government’s Technical Evaluation Team. It is expected that the oral presentations will be held during the week of June 6, 2016 (refer to Section L, paragraph

L.7.II.B).

After submission of its written proposal, every eligible CLIN 0200 RIO Management Offeror will be required to make a structured oral presentation to the Government’s Technical Evaluation Team. It is expected that the oral presentations will be held during the week of June 6, 2016 (refer to Section L, paragraph L.7.III.B).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for this acquisition is 541611. The small business size standard is $15M; refer to Section K, paragraph K.2.