RFI_Questionnaire_IAC_MAC_6-17-16.docx

DOD IACS IAC MAC

SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIRE

COMPANY NAME: _________________________________

SCOPE FOCUS AREA:________________________________

Instructions

1. Please read the IAC MAC RFI Background Information Document we have provided to help you better understand the requirements for this acquisition. This RFI Questionnaire consists of two parts. Part I provides a basic overview of your company (“company” as used herein means your corporation/ organization as applicable) and asks some questions that will help with our Acquisition Strategy.

2. Complete Part 1 – “Company/Organization Overview”.

3. After completing Part 1, complete Part 2, which is a generic “Scope Focus Area Capability and Capacity Template” that should be completed in accordance with the template instructions for Questions 21-23. This template is intended to cover the three scope areas that make up the predominant number of TATs under Pools 1 and 2 (Survivability, RMQSI and Modeling & Simulation) and the one scope area (CBRN Defense) that applies to Pool 3. Make copies of Part 2 as is needed for the Pool you are demonstrating capability and capacity in. For each Part 2 included in your response, edit the document “header” to fill in the name of your company/organization and the applicable scope focus area that Part 2 information pertains to.

4. Include the completed Part 1 along with your Part 2 responses, combined into ONE MS Word file.

List of 21 Scope Focus areas for Pool 1 Full and Open and Pool 2 SB Set-aside:

(Refer to RFI Background Information for detailed description of each pool and focus area)

Scope Area DS-2 Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Supportability, and Interoperability (RMQSI) Scope Area HD-3 Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Scope Area DS-6 Non-Lethal Weapons and Information Operations Scope Area HD-7 Alternative Energy

Scope Area DS-7 Directed Energy Weapons

Information Assurance (IA)

Information Sharing

Pool 3 CBRN Defense - List of 1 Scope Focus area (Refer to RFI Background Information for detailed description of each pool and focus area) Scope Area CB-1 CBRN Defense

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DOD INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTERS (IAC) MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACT (MAC) INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY

SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIRE

IAC MAC Request for Information Questionnaire Instructions.

Responses to this sources sought/request for IAC MAC information Questionnaire are due no later than 4:00 PM local time, 15 July 2016 and shall be submitted via email to IACMAC@us.af.mil Pg. 2 of 2

PART ONE – COMPANY/ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

In each question below please provide a detailed summary for your answers, when requested, and adhere to page length limitations. Please don’t submit your responses in PDF format or with graphics.

Note: Follow these steps to “check” the Check Boxes contained within: Double Left Click on Check Box, Select Properties, Select “Checked” under Default Value, Select OK.

1. Company Name , website URL and Address→:

Are you an affiliate (see FAR 19.101) of another company? If so, please provide the name and address of your affiliate and state nature of affiliation.

2. Point of Contact (POC) Name, Address, Email Address, Phone Number, and Fax Number→:

POC Name→:

POC Address (if different from Company Address) →:

POC Email Address→:

POC Phone Number→:

3. Company DUNS Number→:

4. Company CAGE Code→:

5. Company Facility Clearance (Minimum of TOP SECRET will be required).

If your company is pursuing a Top Secret Facility Clearance, state the date the clearance capability was initiated and when you expect to obtain it?:↓

Clearance Currently Held →:

Cognizant DCAA Office, Address, Auditor Name, Auditor Phone Number and Email Address→:

Company Tax Identification Number→:

12. Check the boxes to the right that apply to your company. Company Size/Socioeconomic Status (contemplated NAICS is 541712, size standard 1000 employees). →

Must show how many employees your company presently has? ________

|_| Small Business; NAICS 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), Size Standard 1000 employees. Also check all that apply below:

13.

|_| Veteran-Owned Small Business

|_| Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

|_| HUBZone Small Business

|_| Small Disadvantaged Business

|_| Women-Owned Small Business

|_| 8(a) Concern

|_| Indian Organization or Indian-Owned Economic Enterprise

|_| Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions

|_| Large Business

|_| Institute of Higher Learning

|_| Non-Profit/Not-for-Profit Organization

14. Your primary interest in the IAC MAC contract vehicle is as a Prime or Subcontractor?

How many MAC contracts is your company currently a Prime contractor on? If none put 0.

Prime Contractor: |_| Yes |_| No Subcontractor: |_| Yes |_| No

PRIME MAC Contractor on: Provide # here

15. Are you presently a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor under one or more of the IAC contracts listed below? If so, identify at right what IAC Contract it was on and what Task Order # it is if applicable:

· Cyber Security and Information Systems BCO (CSIAC)

· Defense Systems BCO (DSIAC)

· Homeland Defense and Security BCO (HDIAC)

· SNIM

· Cyber Security and Information Systems MAC TAT (CS TAT)

· Defense Systems MAC TAT (DS TAT)

· Homeland Defense and Security MAC TAT (HD TAT)

|_| Yes |_| No

17. What is a 'reasonably achievable subcontracting percentage that is based on ‘total obligated dollars’ – not total subcontracting dollars to apply to Large Business primes only? Please keep in mind the nature of the requirement (R&D and other scientific/technical advisory services) and that it is based on % of total obligated dollars contemplated under NAICS code 541712 with a size standard of 1000 employees. The Government would intend to apply a minimum SB subcontracting percentage requirement on large prime contractors only via use of a special contract requirement (Section H clause).

Provide a Rationale for the recommended Percentage (or range) you checked to the right. Response to this Question should be limited to 1 paragraph. ↓ |_| 0 – 3% |_| 4 - 8% |_| 9 - 12% |_| 13 - 16% |_| 17 – 20% |_| 21 – 24%

|_| CMMI Level II |_| CMMI Level III

|_| ISO 9001:2008

|_| Don’t have these Certs

|_| $5.1M - $7.5M |_| $7.6M – $10M

20. Provide a company profile that succinctly describes your company, its history, headquarters and other office locations (excluding offices physically located on a government installation), average number of employees (broken out by 1) billable and 2) unbillable/overhead) and revenues for your most recent accounting year, the primary sector in which you operate and your primary customers, your primary lines of business, and other amplifying information that you believe demonstrates your ability to perform this IAC MAC contract and provides the government a good snapshot of your company. Provide the number (or approximate percentage of total employees) of persons currently on staff holding scientific/engineering/technical/math degrees at the BS, MS and PhD levels. If your company has one or more affiliates, describe them, their primary lines of business and number of employees in each. If your company has participated in any types of federal contract teaming arrangements, list the type(s) you were a party to (example, mentor-protégé, joint venture, etc.). In addition, please include a list of your three largest contracts performed under this NAICS code (541712), including dollar value, whether you performed as prime or sub, number of your own FTEs (i.e., your company’s employees) utilized, and period of performance. Response to Question 13 should be limited to 1 page. ↓

Scope Area HD-2 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)

Scope Area DS-2 Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Supportability, and Interoperability (RMQSI)

Scope Area HD-3 Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Scope Area DS-3 Military Sensing

Scope Area HD-4 Biometrics

Scope Area DS-4 Advanced Materials

Scope Area HD-5 Medical

Scope Area DS-5 Energetics

Scope Area HD-6 Cultural Studies

Scope Area DS-6 Non-Lethal Weapons and Information Operations

Scope Area HD-7 Alternative Energy

Scope Area DS-7 Directed Energy Weapons

Scope Area CS-1 Software Data and Analysis

Scope Area DS-8 Autonomous Weapon Systems

Scope Area CS-2 Cyber security (formerly called Information Assurance (IA))

Scope Area DS-9 Weapons Systems

Scope Area CS-3 Modeling and SImulation

Scope Area DS-10 C4ISR

Scope Area CS-4 Knowledge Management and Information Sharing

Scope Area HD-1 Homeland Defense & Security

N/A meaning you company could not check any of the boxes based on the Question.

22. The Government is seeking to maximize opportunities for small businesses to compete successfully on this acquisition as prime offerors.

If you are a small business under this contemplated IAC MAC NAICS code/SB Size Standard (541712/1000 employees), and if either Pool 1 or Pool 3 was established as a small business set-aside, would you plan to create a "small business team" (i.e., a teaming arrangement, partnership or joint venture that still qualified as small within the small business size standard for the combined business entities) in order to maximize your ability to compete for the procurement? If so, please describe your projected teaming arrangement and describe any known actual or potential OCIs that could arise for your team. When describing the team, provide details similar to those addressed under Question 23. If not, please elaborate as to the reason(s) why you are not teaming.

Response to Question 16 should be limited to 1/2 page. ↓

17. The Government is contemplating establishing Pool 2 as a small business set aside, meaning task orders (TATs) under a certain dollar threshold (applicable to the IAC MAC/task order’s ceiling or fixed price, base plus option years combined), would be exclusively set aside for only the Pool 2 contractors to compete on (all Pool 2 contractors would be small under NAICS 541712/Size Standard 1000 employees). FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting would apply to these orders, meaning the small business prime contractor would be required to perform at least 50% of the cost of personnel of the order with its own employees. Understanding that IAC MAC Task Orders may have periods of performance of up to five years and any small business winning an award in Pool 2 would be expected to successfully win and perform multiple Task Orders concurrently, what would you recommend as an appropriate dollar threshold to establish for the Pool 2 automatic small business set-asides?

Response to Question 17 should be limited to a ½ page. ↓

18. Are there any specific acquisition strategy approaches, incentives or techniques you would recommend the Government use to maximize small business participation on this contract vehicle (either at the prime or subcontractor level and either at the contract or task order level) for this scope focus area?

Recommendations might relate to the structuring of the acquisition in terms of the PWS, line items, or terms and conditions, choice of NAICS code/SB Size Standard, use of partial or total set-asides for one or more of the focus areas, incentivizing small business subcontracting by large business primes, etc.

Response to Question 18 should be limited to 1/2 page. ↓

19. FINANCIAL VIABILITY means the respondent has the necessary financial ability to perform this acquisition. Demonstrate your financial viability to perform this contract, for example, demonstrate credit worthiness by providing your Dun & Bradstreet rating, additional information on prior years' annual revenue/sales figures, descriptions of available lines of credit, etc.

Response to this Question should be limited to 1 paragraph. ↓

20. Do the contemplated strategies present barriers to large or small business participation and/or competition – either at the prime or subcontractor level? If so, what are some alternatives that would remove these? Response to this Question should be limited to 2 paragraphs. ↓

Part One – Company Organization Overview Responses to this sources sought/request for IAC MAC Information Questionnaire are due no later than 4:00 PM local time, 15 July, 2016 and shall be submitted via email to IACMAC@us.af.mil

PART TWO – SCOPE FOCUS AREA CAPABILITY & CAPACITY TEMPLATE

Instructions

1. If you are demonstrating capability/capacity to perform in either Pool 1 or Pool 2, questions 21, 22 and, (if applicable) 23 must be completed for each of the three mandatory scope focus areas: 1) Survivability, 2) Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Supportability and Interoperability (RMQSI) and 3) Modeling and Simulation. Copy and complete the template for Questions 21-23 for each of the three areas. Please don’t submit your responses in PDF format or with graphics.

2. If you are demonstrating capability/capacity to perform in Pool 3, CBRN Defense, questions 21, 22, and, (if applicable) 23 must be completed for the scope area of CBRN Defense. Copy and complete the template for Questions 21-23 for this scope area.

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Questions 21-23 – Scope Area: (fill in) ____________________________________________

21. CAPABILITY: Describe your existing or recent (within the past three years) capabilities in performing R&D (as defined by FAR 35.001) or other scientific/technical advisory services for this scope focus area. When describing your capabilities, be sure to clearly demonstrate the depth and breadth of R&D and scientific/technical advisory services within each focus area.

Response to Question 21 should be limited to 1/2 page. ↓

22. CAPACITY: For this scope focus area, provide information on your existing or recent (within the past three years) capacity and experience below.

22.1.1 How many total active contracts do you have at this time for this specific scope focus area?

A. How many of the active contracts in this area are you the Prime contractor?

B. How many of the active Prime contracts do you have subs on? What is the average % of work that is subcontracted?

C. How many of the active contracts do you perform as a subcontractor?

D. How many of the active contracts are performed outside of the CONUS.

E. How many of the total active contracts are Cost Reimbursement type contracts?

22.1.2 Provide annual value of up to six of your contracts/subcontracts/orders performed in the last three fiscal years (Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 & 2015) for this scope focus area

22.1.3. Provide the average number of full time equivalent (FTE) people employed by your firm that charged to the contracts you listed above for this area. Please list FTE in same sequence as contracts listed above. An FTE is one OR MORE individuals, who combined, perform approximately 40 hours per week on a contract. For example, two people who each charge about 20 hours per week to a contract = ONE FTE. A full time person for one FTE = 1880-1920 hours/year.

A. Contract average FTE

B. Contract average FTE

C. Contract average FTE

D. Contract average FTE

E. Contract average FTE

F. Contract average FTE

23. Ability to Acquire Capability & Capacity. Respond to this question if you plan to acquire additional capability and/or capacity (for example, through hiring, through acquisition/merger, through teaming, etc.) in order to perform IAC MAC in this scope focus area, and you would like us to consider your ability to obtain the necessary capability and capacity. Provide a detailed description of how you would obtain the necessary resources, given the typical IAC MAC time constraints and your planned timeline for acquiring this ability. Any intention of teaming with other companies should identify the teammate(s) by name, if disclosable, and the stage you are at in forming the team (for example, “initial exploratory discussions”, “actively negotiating the agreement”, “have agreement in place”, etc.). If, for confidentiality reasons, you do not wish to disclose the name of potential teammate(s), a brief description of them should be provided instead (for example, “mid-sized aerospace engineering firm in the DC area with extensive DoD experience”). If you are planning to hire more employees, describe the type of positions, quantity, timeframe, stage of hiring that you’re in, etc.

Response to Question 23 should be limited to 1/2 page.↓

Part Two – Scope Focus Area Capability and Capacity Template.

Responses to this sources sought/request for IAC MAC Information Questionnaire are due no later than 4:00 PM local time, 15 July, 2016 and shall be submitted via email to IACMAC@us.af.mil