DSIAC_PreSolicitation.doc

Pre-Solicitation Notice

Solicitation:

FA8075-12-R-0004

Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) Basic Center Operations

This acquisition will be solicited as 100% small business set aside.

NAICS/Size: 541712 – Professional, Scientific and Technical Services – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences (except biotechnology). The Small Business size standard is 500 employees.

Anticipated Request for Proposal Release Date: Mid to Late March 2012

Acquisition Details:

· The DSIAC BCO requirements include Information Collection, Processing, Management, Analysis, Dissemination, and other associated activities necessary to maintain/operate the IAC's Scientific and Technical Information (STI) repository. In addition, the BCO contract will allow for the issuance of separately funded orders for Core Analysis Tasks (CATs). CATs will include basic R&D STI requirements, such as extended inquires, search and summaries, conferences, etc., that originate from evolving/emerging Government requirements. CATs will be limited to a total of $500K per order, a period of performance of no more than 12 months, no more than one open order per customer, and shall not be for the purchase of hardware and/or software. The total value of all CATS issued shall not exceed $24M over the life of the contract.

· Organizational Conflict of Information Restriction: BCO prime contractor will be restricted from being a prime or a subcontractor on the planned Defense Systems Technical Area Tasks (DS TAT) multiple award IDIQ contracts.

No responses are requested at this time. Interested parties should continue to watch Federal Business Opportunities as the government will post draft documents as they are developed. Visit http://iac.dtic.mil/ for additional details on the DTIC Information Analysis Center Program. Department of Defense Instruction 3200.14, Principles and Operational Parameters of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program can be found at http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/pdf/customer/STINFOdata/DoDI_320014.pdf.