PMEL_Sources_Sought_Notice.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR COMBAT COMMAND

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION CENTER

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS VA

Agile Combat Power

December 12, 2016

MEMORANDUM FOR POTENTIAL SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS

FROM: ACC AMIC/PKB

SUBJECT: Solicitation No. FA4890-17-R-0011 Air Force Enterprise Contracted Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) II Services Sources Sought Notice

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING

PURPOSES ONLY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSES 6 January 2017. The Government is seeking industry input from all sources at this time to determine if this acquisition should be procured as a Total Small Business set-aside under the auspices of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5. Interested Small Business concerns are highly encouraged to respond to this request. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a size standard of $20.5M in average annual receipts. Additionally, offerors responding to this notice must submit a statement that your company is certified as a small business concern, is projected to remain a small business through October 2018 and status of the companies’ registration in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov).

Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management and Integration Center (ACC AMIC), Langley AFB VA, is in the process of determining the acquisition strategy to obtain non-personal services necessary to perform Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support. The contractor shall provide Program Management, Technical Support (TS), Logistics Support (LS), Measurement, Analysis and Improvement (MA&I) in support of the Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) responsibilities. Projected operating locations may be in CONUS: Arnold AFS, TN;

Andrews, AFB, MD; Barksdale AFB, LA; Beale AFB, CA; Cannon AFB, NM; Cape Canaveral AFS, FL; Columbus, AFB, MS; Dover AFB, DE; Dyess AFB, TX; Ellsworth AFB, SD; F.E.

Warren AFB, WY; Fairchild AFB, WA; Grand Forks AFB, ND; Hill AFB, UT; MacDill AFB, FL; Malmstrom AFB, MT; Maxwell/Gunter AFB, AL; McConnell AFB, KS; Minot AFB, ND;

Moody AFB, GA; Offutt AFB, NE; Patrick AFB, FL; Peterson AFB, CO; Robins AFB, GA;

Scott AFB, IL; Sheppard AFB, TX; Tinker AFB, OK; Tyndall, AFB, FL; Vance AFB, OK;

Vandenberg AFB, CA; Whiteman AFB, MO and Wright Patterson AFB, OH and OCONUS:

Andersen AB, Guam; Eielson AFB, AK; Elmendorf AFB, AK, RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom, and Thule AFS, Greenland. There is a potential to incorporate additional sites or eliminate locations based on changing requirements within the Air Force. Additionally, the contractor shall provide all management, personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and support necessary to perform PMEL services as defined in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 24 October 2016.

http://www.sam.gov/

As part of the Government’s continuous information exchange with industry while formulating the acquisition strategy for the PMEL requirement, the Government requests your assistance in determining if this acquisition should be a total set-aside as authorized in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19, Small Business Programs, or set aside under another provision of FAR Part 19. In order for the Air Force to make this determination, the Government requests information to gain knowledge about the capability of potential offerors. Your response will assist greatly in the formulation of an acquisition strategy that maximizes the participation of small business, small or other disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. If you are requesting a set-aside action other than small business set-aside, please identify the appropriate set-aside program for which you wish to be considered.

This acquisition will be issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) on or about 10 April 2017.

Please note all dates are estimates and it is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor the Federal Business Opportunity website/FedBizOpps (FBO) for all subsequent postings. A draft PWS dated 24 October 2016 is posted in conjunction with this notice to provide the size, scope, and complexity of this requirement.

The Government is contemplating a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to fulfill these requirements with expected award on or about 20 July 2018.

There will be a 60-day phase-in, 1 August 2018 – 30 September 2018, and actual performance to start 1 October 2018 for the IDIQ contract. The IDIQ Period of Performance (Pop) will have two 5-year performance periods plus a 60-day phase-in. Each performance period will include a 1-year base with 4-optional periods. Task order solicitations will commence following award of the IDIQ contract.

The Government is not requesting technical/management proposals. Your response will be used solely for market research purposes of the Government and no contract will result from this notice, nor does it commit the Government to any acquisition for these services. This information will not be used for proposal evaluation. All information received will be protected and safeguarded as acquisition/source selection sensitive in accordance with FAR Part 3.104, Procurement Integrity. Interested Small Business concerns should submit a capabilities package (not more than 10 pages total) outlining their key business abilities relevant to the performance of this requirement and addressing the questions/topics requested within this document. All companies intending to submit a proposal as a prime contractor for this effort are encouraged to send the requested information no later than 6 January 2017, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

(EST).

a. Please include the following information about your organization in your response:

Name of Organization:

Address:

Telephone Number:

Point(s) of Contact:

E-Mail Addresses:

Size of Business: ________Small _________Large

Status of Business:

SBA 8 (a) Business Development Program Concern: _________ Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Concern Small Disadvantaged Business Concern: _________

Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern: _________ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern: _________ Women-Owned Business Concern: ___________

b. Submit evidence of experience and ability to provide operations, maintenance and support

(OM&S) services for contracts containing geographically dispersed locations. Please include brief information on your company’s managerial, technical, and financial resources to be able to meet the program requirements as detailed in the draft PWS. Specifically, address your ability to meet the potential need for high up-front capital investment and your ability to manage and integrate subcontract efforts.

c. c. Submit evidence that your company has the requisite accounting, purchasing, property, insurance, and funds management capabilities to support this effort. Please include an explanation of your ability to provide sound management and physical security of government assets. Also include a discussion of the methods your company utilizes to ensure fiscal control, your inventory tracking procedures, and the purchasing capability within your company necessary to ensure continuous supply/equipment support of the PMEL program.

d. Submit evidence of your company’s technical expertise and ability to establish, maintain and support PMEL requirements at geographically dispersed sites both inside and outside of the Continental United States (CONUS). Please include information demonstrating your company’s capability to perform all requirements indicated in the PWS to successfully operate and maintain critical Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment. Provide information demonstrating your ability to provide personnel with appropriate security clearances in support of mission requirements. Note: DD Form 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification, will be posted along with the RFP.

e. Submit evidence that your company has the ability to perform environmental, safety, and health responsibilities (ES&H) at geographically dispersed sites throughout the CONUS and an overseas environment. Include evidence of previous ES&H experience with Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document (OEBGD) to include compliance procedures and methods.

f. Discuss your firm’s ability to provide and maintain a Quality Management System to include a Quality Control Program that includes the provision and maintenance of an inspection system that meets the Government’s inspection/quality requirements. See draft PWS for more details.

All responses detailing experience, capabilities and intentions should be sent via email to rhonda.foster.3@us.af.mil, AND michael.adams.106@us.af.mil. The Government plans to consider all information submitted in response to this sources sought notice and use the internet and e-mail as the primary means of disseminating and exchanging information. Hard copies of documents posted on FBO will not be made available. If you have difficulty in emailing your response and/or an email confirmation of receipt is not received, then you are encouraged to contact the POCs identified below.

The AMIC acquisition points of contact are Rhonda Foster, (757) 764-4961 and Michael Adams,

(757) 225-5804 if there are any questions regarding this matter.

LISA T. PENA

Contracting Officer mailto:rhonda.foster.3@us.af.mil mailto:michael.adams.106@us.af.mil