GPO Pre Solicitation Notice 6.25.26.pdf

Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Notice

This is a pre-solicitation notice issued per Materials Management Acquisition Regulation (MMAR) 5.204. The purpose of this notice is to inform industry of the Government’s planned requirement and upcoming solicitation.

This notice is not a Request for Proposals, Request for Quotations, or Invitation for Bids.

The Government is not requesting proposals in response to this notice.

This notice does not constitute a solicitation and does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation, award a contract, or reimburse any costs incurred in preparing a response. The Government reserves the right to modify or cancel this requirement at any time.

Any formal solicitation, if issued, will be posted separately through SAM.gov. Interested vendors are encouraged and responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for future notices or solicitations related to this notice.

The Government intends to issue a solicitation for a commercially available or configurable track and trace software solution to support end-to-end visibility, monitoring, reporting, and accountability of materials, assets, products, or shipments throughout the supply chain.

1. Title: Production Environment Track and Trace Platform

2. Agency: U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)

3. Anticipated Solicitation Release Date: August 2026

4. Contracting Office:

U.S. Government Publishing Office Agency Acquisitions 732 North Capitol Street NW, A530 Washington, DC 20401

Points of Contact:

Nataliya Holl, Contracting Officer nholl@gpo.gov Jillian Martinez, Contract Specialist (Government Contractor for the U.S. Government Publishing Office) jbmartinez@gpo.gov mailto:nholl@gpo.gov mailto:jbmartinez@gpo.gov

5. Questions: Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted in writing to the points of contact identified above. The Government is not obligated to respond to questions before issuance of the solicitation.

6. Solicitation Number: 040ADV-26-R-0024

7. NAICS: 541511 — Custom Computer Programming Services

8. PSC/FSC: DA10 — IT and Telecom — Business Application/Application Development

Software as a Service

9. Anticipated Contract Type: The Government anticipates awarding a Firm-Fixed-Price contract with optional periods. The final contract type will be identified in the solicitation.

10. Competition and Set-Aside Information: Unrestricted / Full and Open Competition

11. Description:

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) anticipates issuing a solicitation for the implementation, operation, and support of a new production environment track-and-trace platform. The Government has a requirement for a secure, scalable, and user-friendly track and trace software platform. The anticipated requirement includes services and related system capabilities to support production operations at GPO production facilities.

The requirement is expected to include, but may not be limited to, the following functional areas:

• Preferred commercially available Off-the-shelf (OTS)(commercial, ready-to-deploy or configurable) track-and-trace platform for production environments.

o OTS system must meet all requirements concerning data tracking/retrieval/file processing o Customization needs will be determined based on off OTS system capabilities o Customization constraints should be resolved via software development as needed

• User interface capabilities for ingesting vendor manifest files into a database environment.

• Tools, reports, dashboards, and production metrics to support material tracking, production history, status reporting, and key performance indicators.

• Data migration

• Capability to allocate, modify, and maintain machine range assignments with change history.

• Manifest file creation tools consistent with Government-provided formats and standards.

• Support for continuous improvement and a continuous integration / continuous delivery approach.

• Communication with existing production equipment, programmable logic controller configurations, Government applications, and database environments.

• Network architecture planning and documentation.

• Identification or provision of required hardware, servers, workstations, and related technical support resources.

• Use of radio frequency identification technology, where applicable, to support material tracking.

• Material tracking, reconciliation, and reporting throughout the production process.

• Onsite and offsite technical support for production operations.

• Weekly reporting and ad hoc documentation or information as requested by the

Government.

• Training for Government users at both locations

• Technical support and help desk services;

• Maintenance, updates, and patches;

The system will be required to support accurate tracking, tracing, and reconciliation of materials throughout the production process. The contractor will be expected to provide personnel, equipment, tools, and resources necessary to perform the required services in accordance with the final solicitation and resulting contract.

Contractor personnel may be required to comply with Government facility access requirements, background screening requirements, cybersecurity and information assurance requirements, non-disclosure requirements, and other applicable security procedures.

Security and Compliance Requirements:

The solicitation may include requirements for compliance with applicable Government cybersecurity, privacy, and information technology requirements, which may include, but are not limited to:

• Role-based access controls

• Data encryption

• Audit logging

• Secure user authentication

• System availability and continuity requirements

• Protection of Government data

• Compliance with applicable federal, agency, or organizational IT security policies

• Specific security requirements will be provided in the solicitation.

12. Period of Performance: The Government anticipates one 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods.

13. Place of Performance: Performance is anticipated to occur onsite at the following Government facilities and, where authorized, offsite at the contractor’s facility or another designated contractor location.

Location 1: U.S. Government Publishing Office 732 North Capitol Street NW Washington, DC 20401

Location 2: U.S. Government Publishing Office 9101 Leonard Kimble Road Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

14. Response Instructions:

This pre-solicitation notice is for informational purposes only. Interested vendors should not submit proposals or pricing in response to this notice.

Once the solicitation is issued, offerors shall follow the instructions contained in the solicitation for submitting questions, proposals, quotations, or other required documentation.

15. Disclaimer This notice does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred in response to this notice. Any information provided by industry in response to this notice may be used for acquisition planning purposes only.

The final solicitation, including all requirements, terms, conditions, instructions, and evaluation criteria, will govern the acquisition.

Nataliya Holl Contracting Officer

End of Pre-solicitation Notice.