RMS_LMDB_RFI_Vendor_Day.pdf

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Request for Information (RFI) and Vendor Day

Requirements Management System (RMS) and Logistics Management Data Bank (LMDB) Maintenance and Sustainment

1.0 SUMMARY

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Logistics Readiness Branch (HIAR) is requesting vendor feedback/information for an upcoming competitive follow-on 8(a) small business effort for a single contract vehicle to encompass the sustainment, modification, and support efforts for the Requirements Management System (RMS) Suite and Logistics Management Data Bank (LMDB) Programs.

The purpose of this request for information (RFI) is to determine if the draft Section L, Section M, and Performance Work Statement (PWS) are adequate for offeror proposing and Government evaluation. The Government would like to ensure that the evaluation instructions and methods provided in Sections L and M are fair and reasonable to both offerors and the Government.

Furthermore, the Government seeks to confirm that the information provided in the PWS and Bidder’s Library is adequate for properly addressing the Section L requirements.

After review of the provided Section L, Section M, and PWS, vendors are encouraged to submit comments and/or questions to the Government via email response. The Government will address each response individually via vendor day teleconference. Details for this exchange are provided in 4.0 below.

This is an RFI. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response or any cost reimbursements associated with submission of the information.

The Government does not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission or the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to the interested parties for responses to this RFI.

2.0 OVERVIEW OF RMS/LMDB EFFORT

Subject follow-on effort will provide maintenance and sustainment services of the RMS and LDMB suite of systems for a period of one (1) base year and four (4) one year options, with an anticipated start date of 15 May 2016. This acquisition will be conducted as an 8(a) competition under NAICS 541511. Systems included in subject effort are the following:

RMS Suite:

• D200 Requirements Management System (RMS)

• D040 War Reserve Materiel Lists/Requirements and Spares Support Lists (RSSL)

• D040 Weapon System Support Program (WSSP)

• D072 Other War Reserve Material Requirements (OWRMR)

• DD1000

LMDB:

• D075 Logistics Management Data Bank (LMDB)

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Further details on RMS & LMDB are included in Attachment 1, Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).

3.0 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Work will be performed at the Government’s facility, located at Wright Patterson AFB.

4.0 INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONSE

Draft RMS/LMDB acquisition documents (PWS, Section L, Section M, Bidder’s Library List) are provided as attachments for prospective offerors’ review and comment. Capable 8(a) vendors interested in the RMS/LMDB program are encouraged to review the attached documents and submit comments and questions.

Comments/Questions will then be addressed by the Government and vendors will receive an individual response via teleconference. After comments/questions are addressed via teleconference, the Government will publish all vendor comments/questions and Government responses anonymously via subject FedBizOpps.gov posting.

Vendor comments/questions must be submitted via email by 1:00 PM (EDST) on Monday, 14 December 2015. After submission, vendors are invited to request a teleconference time.

Teleconferences will take place between 1:00 and 5:00 on 16 December 2015.

Any information submitted by respondents to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will neither award a contract solely on the basis of this notice, nor pay for any information that is submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought Synopsis. All information received in response to this SSS marked “Proprietary” will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Responses to the RFI will not be returned.

5.0 GOVERNMENT CONTACT INFORMATION

For submission and teleconference requests, vendors responding to this Request for Information should contact:

Ms. Karissa M. Porter, Contract Specialist e-mail: karissa.porter@us.af.mil phone: 937-257-7755

Mr. Richard B. Dickerson, Contracting Officer e-mail: richard.dickerson.2@us.af.mil phone: 937-257-4846

6.0 ATTACHMENTS

1. Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS)

2. Draft Section L

3. Draft Section M

4. Draft Bidder’s Library List