A11_SOLIC_Sources_Sought_Notice.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE

Sources Sought Notice

General Information

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice (SSN)

Title: SO/LIC Oversight Technical Support (SOLIC) Requirement

Sources Sought Notice Post Date: 05/16/18

Sources Sought Notice Response Date: 05/31/18

NAICS Code: 541611, Administrative Management and General Management

Consulting Services

Product Service Code: R499, Support-Professional: Other

Sources Sought Notice:

To facilitate market research, the Government is looking to identify qualified sources under the

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.

Responses from “all” sources is requested. Other than Small Businesses, Small Businesses, 8(a) small businesses, HubZone small businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small

Businesses, Woman-Owned Small Businesses and Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned

Small Businesses are encouraged to respond.

This notice is for market research purposes only and is not a request for proposal (RFP), nor does it restrict the Government as to the final acquisition strategy. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice.

Contracting Office Address

Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, STE

09F09, Alexandria, VA 22350

Background

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity

Conflict (OASD SO/LIC) OASD SO/LIC’s responsibilities to provide the overall supervision

(including oversight of policy and resources) of special operations activities. Section 138 (b)(4) of Title 10 of the United States Code as amended in Section 922 of the FY2017 National Defense

Authorization Act identifies ASD(SO/LIC) as the principal civilian advisor to the Secretary of

Defense on special operations and low intensity conflict matters, and assigns overall supervision of DoD special operations activities. Section 922 amended Title 10 of both Section 138(b)(4) and

Section 167 direct ASD(SO/LIC) exercise authority, direction and control of all special operation peculiar matters relating to organization, training and equipping special operations forces (SOF).

ASD(SO/LIC) will assume new responsibilities as he is put directly in the administrative chain of command for Special Operations to the Secretary of Defense.

Objective/Scope:

The Department is a firm to assist OASD SO/LIC leaders with emergent DoD and Fourth Estate

CFO requirements in support of special operations activities. The contractor shall have demonstrated performance in the areas of technical and programmatic analysis; short, medium, and long-range policy, planning, and strategy development support of the aforementioned areas and have the ability to pro-actively manage issue areas being supported, prepare written products, and provide technical expertise in support of OASD(SO/LIC) officials in the performance of their statutory responsibilities. The contractor shall provide technical analysis and expertise in support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity

Conflict’s oversight of special operations responsibilities as mandated in Section 922 of the FY17

NDAA. Support will be provided in formulating SOF policies and conducting analysis of SOF resources in the areas of: personnel, training, readiness, Global Force Management, maritime, sensitive and compartmented programs, aviation, oversight, planning, collaboration, military operations and plans, and intelligence.

Critical Task Areas:

Task Area 1: Special Operations Training, Exercise, Education and Readiness Analyst.

Tasks may include:

Provide technical expertise on Joint Combined Exercise for Training (JCET) authorities and research, track, coordinate within DoD and the interagency and staff for approval all

JCET events.

Research, track, coordinate and staff for notification and approval all Realistic Military

Training events within Departmental guidelines.

Provide SME technical analysis, support, written advice and recommendations the

Government on Special Operations training programs to include developing budgetary and programmatic guidance.

Provide SME technical analysis, support, written advice and recommendations the

Government on Special Operations education programs to include developing budgetary and programmatic guidance. Provide SME technical analysis of USSOCOM’s SO training programs, Joint Special Operations University education programs, and SO exercise programs in POM baseline including program milestones, fielding plans, roadmaps, budgets, and execution status.

Provide SME technical analysis on integration and policy compliance of SOF training requirements matters in the Joint process

Provide SO&IW analysis of SO- training, exercises, and education-authorities, related legislative proposals, congressional marks up, appeals, directed studies and reports.

Assist in drafting Congressional testimony for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special

Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Annual Posture Statement pertaining to SO training programs, readiness, and SOF education.

Provide SME technical analysis of SOF interoperability with the general purpose forces

Provide SO SME technical support for the DoD and SOF Language Program.

Provide written technical analysis and support to ASD (SO/LIC)’s representative at

USSOCOM’s Personnel and Readiness conference and OSD P&R conferences.

Provide SME technical analysis and support to ASD (SO/LIC) for readiness matters at the Special Operation Policy and Oversight Council.

Task Area 2: Special Operations Aviation Analysis Support Services. Tasks may include:

Provide SO&IW staff with technical advice and analysis of SO maritime capabilities support and requirements in the OSD Planning, Programming and Budget processes and

Joint Staff Requirement process resulting in OSD Program Decision Memorandum

(PDM) and Program Budget Decision (PBD).

Provide SO Aviation SME technical support to SO&IW representative at CAPE issue team meetings to resolve Program Objective Memorandum (POM) decisions.

Provide SO&IW staff and SO/LIC leadership with technical advice on SO aviation capabilities, plans, and funding to support the drafting and development of materials needed for Department and Interagency meetings and requests from Department leadership.

Provide SO&IW SO aviation analysis of USSOCOM’s Capability Planning Guidance

(CPG) and Program Planning Instruction for compliance with OSD policy and priorities.

Provide SO&IW analysis of USSOCOM’s POM, specifically aviation programs and, when appropriate, identify and write issue papers addressing disconnects between

USSOCOM and other Services POMs related to SO aviation programs and capabilities.

Provide SO&IW an analysis of USSOCOM’s SO aviation programs in POM baseline including program milestones, fielding plans, roadmaps, budgets, and execution status

Provide SO&IW an analysis of USSOCOM’s compliance with OSD priorities for SO aviation and ISR programs following USSOCOM Integrated Process Team –building

POM.

Provide written advice and recommendations to SO&IW representative for Functional

Capabilities Board and weekly Working Group meetings, attending as necessary to maintain situational awareness and make recommendations, as required, on topics, requirements, and gaps that have SO aviation equities.

Provide analysis of USSOCOM’s SOF aviation capabilities, for material acquisition, modernization, and force development programs compliance with OSD policies.

Provide technical assistance on SO aviation programs for congressional reports, directed studies, briefings, GAO reviews, and DoD IG audits.

Provide written technical analysis and support to ASD (SO/LIC)’s representative at SOF aviation related conferences.

Provide SO aviation technical analysis and support to ASD (SO/LIC) representative at the Special Operation Policy Oversight Committee

SME duties include monitoring SOF aviation issues in debate by Congress and having detailed knowledge of any SOF aviation issues requiring Congressional reports such as, mobility, light attack/armed reconnaissance, ISR, or Aviation Foreign Internal Defense

(AvFID).

Task Area 3: OSD and Special Operations Plans and Strategies Analysis Support Services.

Tasks may include:

Provide SME analysis and advice within ASD SO/LIC for Departmental campaign planning and strategy.

Staff, coordinate, and further develop strategies, concepts, campaign plans, and orders related to USSOCOM and special operations, in support of the Office of Secretary of

Defense, Policy.

Staff, coordinate, and further develop posture plans, in support of campaign plans related to USSOCOM and special operations, in support of the Office of Secretary of Defense, Policy.

Support ASD(SO/LIC) integration into future operations, crisis action and compartmented contingency planning to inform senior leader decision-making and support combatant command special operation planning requirements.

Lead and facilitate OASD(SO/LIC) integration with USSOCOM global synchronization of DOD trans-regional combating terrorism and countering weapons of mass destruction

(CWMD) efforts from design and implementation through assessment of planning efforts and synchronization venues.

Liaison and coordination among all participants during deliberate and crisis action planning and the execution of a crisis action team (CAT).

Facilitate OASD(SO/LIC) integration into functional working groups from other agencies/departments, and the Joint Staff.

Facilitate OASD(SO/LIC) integration with operational planning requirements through

Joint Staff management practices and procedures.

Assist in hosting/chairing meetings, visitations or conferences related to contingency and operations plans, emerging special operations opportunities and other initiatives.

Analyze DoD and combatant commands operations, plans, and strategies for Special

Operations equities and integration.

Facilitate and support OASD(SO/LIC) integration into detailed planning, research, and analysis for deliberate and contingency planning working groups related to counterterrorism (CT), counter weapons of mass destruction (CWMD), counter-narcotics

(CN) and other special operations activities.

Facilitate and lead OASD(SO/LIC) integration with USSOCOM’s “Coordinating

Authority” responsibility in support of the National Military Strategic Plan to Counter

Trans-regional Terrorist Organizations.

Security Requirements:

All submissions *must include verifiable* information about its firm’s ability to comply with the security requirements for this effort:

Facility Clearance Required: Top Secret

Potential Proposed Personnel: Personnel must hold an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Due to the nature of the work, all contractors will be required to have a TOP SECRET facility security clearance (FCL) and have TOP SECRET safeguarding capabilities. The

Government anticipates access to classified data/information up to and including TS/SCI.

The TS/SCI work associated with this contract may be performed within Government

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities or at the vendor’s facilities. If required to be performed at the vendor’s facilities, the contractor will be required to have an accredited Government Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs). Please describe personnel security policies and procedures used to propose personnel with Top

Secret security clearances with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility. In addition, please describe the extent to which those procedures will ensure rapid replacement of individuals, should the need arise.

Place of Performance: The majority of the work associated with this effort is anticipated to be performed on-site at Government facilities in the within the National Capital Region.

Submission Requirements:

Interested firms should submit their response to include a capabilities statement covering experience, staffing and technical capabilities. The capabilities’ statement should address the

Critical Task areas identified below and for each Task Area demonstrate how the firm’s recent past performance (last 3 years) is relevant to the enterprise focus areas listed including the dollar value, period of performance, size and scope of the firm’s prior contracts. Firms need to include their business address, point of contact, CAGE code, DUNS number and small business status.

The following information is also requested and should be included with your capability information: Please indicate whether your firm will submit a proposal if a Request for Proposal

(RFP) is issued and whether your firm’s interest is for prime contracting or as a subcontractor.

Firms should also indicate their intent to submit a proposal if a RFQ is issued.

Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. Responses to this

Notice will not be returned.

Response Format: To facilitate a timely and comprehensive review of all submitted responses, firms should respond using the format requested in this Notice. Any deviation from this format may lead to the rejection of the response.

All interested firms having the experience, skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements are requested to provide capability statements between 3-5 pages – no more than 5 pages maximum- in “Times New Roman” 12-inch font on 8.5 x 11 paper that include the following information:

1) Company name, address, point of contact name, telephone, and email address.

2) CAGE Code and DUNS Number.

3) Business size status (business size/socio-economic category must be submitted to be used).

4) Vendor Facility Clearance, Vendor Level of Safeguarding, number of Vendor staff members holding a current Secret and Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, and other information demonstrating the Vendor’s ability to satisfy the

Security Requirements described above.

5) Documentation that addresses each of the three (3) Critical Tasks as it applies to the Enterprise Focus areas above.

6) Address the impact of contractor performance completed at the contractor site versus Government space.

7) A description of Corporate Experience & Past Performance Information for similar contracts and/or projects accomplished within the last 3 years. The description must include where, when, and for whom each similar contract and/or project was performed and a brief description of each contract and/or project, including the size, scope, dollar value, and period of performance. This information must demonstrate how the firm’s recent Corporate Experience and

Past Performance (last 3 years) is relevant to the SOLIC Requirement.

No hard copy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous materials

(brochures, etc.) will not be considered.

Capability Statements: Vendors must demonstrate their ability to comply with the requirements in this Sources Sought Notice in order to be considered capable of satisfying the Government’s requirement.

Submission of Responses: Please submit your final documentation electronically no later than

3PM on Thursday, May 31, 2018 to the primary point of contact, Toyia Lewis, Toyia.s.lewis2@civ.mail.mil with a copy to Kaitlin Lockett, kaitlin.f.lockett.civ@mail.mil and to the WHS Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) point of contact: WHS.OSBP@mail.mil.

The email subject line should be titled “SSN Response_SOLIC.”

No hard copy submissions will be accepted. Submissions to any person other than the ones listed above will not be considered. Submissions after this date will not be considered.

mailto:Toyia.s.lewis2@civ.mail.mil mailto:kaitlin.f.lockett.civ@mail.mil mailto:WHS.OSBP@mail.mil