FDA-SSN -75F40123Q00147.pdf

MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY

NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting market research to support, the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), which requires an JRebel and XRebel software licenses.

The FDA is seeking small business sources to determine the availability and capability of small business manufacturers or small businesses capable of providing services of a small business manufacturer or producer for the items described herein. Other than small business concerns are also encouraged to submit capability statements. The following information is provided to assist the FDA in conducting Market Research to identify potential contractors for this effort.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541519-Commerical and Industrial Machinery; Small Business Size Standard is $8.0 million.

The FDA/CTP/ requires The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) requires JRebel and XRebel software licenses as follows:

Schedule of Supplies or Services and Price/Costs

Base Year: 05/30/2023 thru 05/29/2024

Item No

Description Qty Unit Price

Base Year

JRebel License 25 12 months

Base Year

XRebel License 20 12 months

Option Year 1: 05/30/2024 thru 05/29/2025

Item No

Description Qty Unit Price

Option Year 1 JRebel License 25 12 months

Option Year 1

XRebel License 20 12 months

Option Year 2: 05/30/2025 thru 05/29/2026

Item No

Description Qty Unit Price

Option Year 2 JRebel License

12 months

Option Year 2 XRebel License

Option Year 3: 05/30/2026 thru 05/29/2027

Option Year 4: 05/30/2027 thru 05/29/2028

Period of Performance (Base Year + 4 Options): as outlined in each item description.

The contractor shall be required to meet the following performance requirements:

1. Shall have unlimited access and unlimited users to the following:

The Contractor shall provide the following Brand Name or Equal items that meet or exceed the delineated salient functional characteristics:

• A minimum one (1) year warranty. The warranty shall start on the delivery date.

• Improves software-development productivity by reducing the time required to find and fix common

Item

Option Year 3

Option Year 3

Item

Option Year 4

Option Year 4 problems in JAVA application code.

• Shall be capable to track the time spent on each request to identify slow methods,

• Shall be capable to measure database activity to identify methods that query too extensively,

• Shall be capable to find slow HTTP calls, locate wasteful session time consumers,

• Shall be capable to find hidden exceptions and move through the stack trace to fix the problems.

The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offered products/services and components meet the technical requirements identified above Though the target audience is small business manufacturers or small businesses capable of supplying a U.S.

made product of a small business manufacturer or producer all interested parties may respond. At a minimum, responses shall include the following:

• Business name, Unique Entity ID, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address (Provide this same information if responding to provide a product manufactured by another firm);

• Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates that offered products and services can meet the above requirements. All descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the service/product offered meets the technical requirements including: technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information, which demonstrates the capabilities of the contractor to meet the requirement.

• If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement. Detailed list of items included and not included on the GSA contract to meet this requirement.

• Provide information if any of these specifications are too restrictive. No response will be considered that the listed specifications are adequate in a competitive environment.

• If a large business, identify the subcontracting opportunities that would exist for small business concerns;

• Standard commercial warranty and payment terms; and

• Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing is encouraged.

The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response.

The Government encourages any comments and/or suggestions from any interested party, regarding the specifications. While the Government will not respond directly to your comments and/or suggestions; we will consider them as we finalize the specifications in preparation for the forthcoming solicitation.

Interested Parties shall respond with capability statements by email to Contract Specialist (CS) / roosevelt.walker@fda.hhs.gov or before May 22, 2023, by 12:00 hours (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas). Reference FDA-SSN-75F40123Q00146. For information regarding this Sources Sought, please contact (CS).

mailto:roosevelt.walker@fda.hhs.gov

Notice of Intent

Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will assist the Government in determining whether or not any future requirement similar to this one should be set aside for small business, made available to full and open competition or procured through sole-source acquisition procedures.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in beta.SAM.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).