Market_Research_Vendor_Survey__RFI__2.pdf

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MARKET RESEARCH - Request for Information No. 2

GEODSS – SOLICITATION NO: FA2517-13-R-8001

In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information (RFI) No. 2 for Solicitation for Planning Purposes; this is a request for information and not a request for proposals.

The following questions are for market research purposes only to assist the United States Air Force (USAF) in development of the acquisition strategy for the new contract.

Your responses will not be shared with anyone outside the USAF.

The Department of Defense is committed to continuous improvement and is working on new initiatives to achieve affordable programs, control costs and incentivize innovation.

The goal of these initiatives is to successfully accomplish the mission within the constraints of a declining defense budget. To achieve these goals it will be essential to partner with industry and realize savings from contractor controlled costs and innovations.

Quality:

1. What kind of quality standards would you apply to this functionally diverse program?

What quality approach is recommended to achieve assurance of PWS requirements?

Would there be a cost associated?

2. Will you assign a quality manager to manage quality across the program?

Staffing:

1. What experience do you have staffing at remote locations?

2. Do you have experiences with managing contracts with a CBA?

3. Do you have experiences with all areas of the PWS? Is it recent?

4. What areas of the PWS do you lack recent experience? How would you meet the requirement if you do not have experience is some areas of the requirement?

Small Business and Subcontracting Opportunities

No determination has been made at this time as to whether this requirement will be a Small-Business set-aside or Full and Open competition.

In the event this acquisition is designated a Small Business set-aside, the government is interested in input from industry regarding the percentage of work estimated to be subcontracted. We are also interested in the percentages per NAICS code. (See table below)

1. Based on review of the performance work statement, what percentage of total annual contract dollars do you anticipate would be subcontracted?

2. Please provide the information by a list of the functional areas of work that may be performed including a description of all respective small businesses sub-categories (i.e.

SB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUB Zone) if applicable, the corresponding functional areas of work to be performed along with the North American Industrial Classification code that represents the work, and your anticipated percentage of total annual contract dollars subcontracted.

Large Business or Type of Small Business (i.e.

SDVOSB, 8(a), WOSB, HUB zone)

Description of Services/Functional Area

NAICS % of total contract value

In the event this acquisition is solicited as unrestricted, there will be a requirement for Large Business offerors to provide a small business subcontracting plan. The Government is interested in input from industry regarding the possible small business subcontracting opportunities.

1. Based on review of the performance statement of work, what percentage of total annual contract dollars are available to be subcontracted to small businesses?

2. Please provide the information by a list of the functional areas of work that may be performed by small businesses including a description of all respective small businesses sub-categories (i.e. SB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUB Zone) the corresponding functional areas of work capable of being performed by each of these small business categories along with the North American Industrial Classification code that represents the work, and your recommendations on the percentage of total annual contract dollars subcontracted to small business by sub-categories (i.e. SB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB).

Small Business Type(i.e. SDVOSB, 8(a), WOSB, HUB zone)

Description of Services/ Functional Area

NAICS % of total contract value

NOTE: You should assign the NAICS code to each potential subcontract based on the nature of work being subcontracted. Be advised, that the contracting officer established NAICS 517919 - All Other Telecommunications/Size Standard - $30M) for the basic contract. You are not bound to use this NAICS when reporting your subcontracting possibilities, if the work you are subcontracting is not similar in nature to this NAICS. In all cases, to qualify as a small business, subcontractors must meet the size standard (see 13 CFR 121) for the NAICS code of the subcontract.

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3. Please provide any additional information related to subcontracting opportunities that you feel would be beneficial. Information submitted by the respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. The Government will use this information as part of our on-going market research. Please provide your response to the following questions no later than

Thank you for you in advance for your input.

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