HSCG23-17-R-PCI025__IA-RFP.pdf

HSCG23-17-R-PCI025

Commandant

United States Coast Guard

2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7828 Staff Symbol: CG-9123 Phone: (202) 475-3777 Email:

Michael.A.Bumgardner@uscg.mil

August 23, 2017

Subject: Combined Synopses and Solicitation – HSCG23-17-R-PCI025 – USCG Information Assurance

Certification Exam Vouchers IDIQ

1) Action Code: N/A

2) Date: August 21, 2017

3) FY 2017

4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20593-7828

5) Product or Service Code: 69 – Training Aids and Devices

6) Contracting Office Address:

USCG CG-912

2703 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, STOP 7828

Washington, DC

7) Subject: Information Assurance Certification Vouchers

8) Proposed Solicitation Number: HSCG23-17-R-PCI025

9) Closing Response Date: September 11, 2017

10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Michael.A. Bumgardner@uscg.mil; Contract Specialist

11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: HSCG23-17-D-PCI025/HSCG23-17-R-PCI025

12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: Determined at Award; first Delivery Order approximately $4,000 at time of award

13) Line Item Number:

14) Contract Award Date: Approximately September 25, 2017

15) Contractor: N/A

16) Description: – See below

17) Place of Contract Performance: Contractor’s Facility

18) Set-aside Status: Unrestricted / Full and Open

Description:

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Office of Cybersecurity & Communications Policy (CG-65) has a requirement for acquiring Information Assurance (IA) professional certification exam vouchers (in accordance with DoDD 8140.01 – Cyberspace Workforce Management), to include the capability to issue, track and report the status of the vouchers via a secure web accessible application (per the attached Statement of Work – SOW).

This solicitation is for a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery, Indefinte Quantity (IDIQ) Contract; all orders will be placed via FFP Delivery Order (DO). Any resultant contract based on receipt of offeror proposals will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis.

The NAICS for this procurement is 611430 – Professional and Management Development Training.

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The types of vouchers and quantities per ordering period/option are in the table below, and section 5.1

VOUCHERS of the attached SOW.

Base Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4

Certification Exam Vouchers (Base CLIN #) Qty (EA) Qty (EA) Qty (EA) Qty (EA) Qty (EA)

00001 - CompTIA Security+ Exam Voucher 5 15 15 15 15

00002 - CompTIA A+ Exam Voucher 5 100 100 100 100

00003 - CompTIA Network+ Exam Voucher 5 50 50 50 50

00004 - CompTIA CASP Exam Voucher 5 50 50 30 30

00005 - CASP, Security+, Network+ CE Tokens 5 150 200 250 250

00006 - A+ CE tokens 5 50 50 50 50

00007 - ISC2 CISSP Exam Voucher 5 30 30 30 30

00008 - ISC2 SSCP Exam Voucher 5 20 15 20 20

00009 - ISC2 CAP Exam Voucher 5 5 5 5 5

00010 - ISC2 AMF Vouchers 5 85 100 100 100

00011 - EC Council CEH Exam Voucher 5 10 10 10 10

00012 - ISACA CISA Exam Voucher 2 2 2 2 2

00013 - ISACA CISM Exam Voucher 2 2 2 2 2

00014 - ISACA CISA Annual Maintenance Fee 2 2 2 2 2

00015 - GIAC - GSLC Exam Voucher 2 2 2 2 2

PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Cover Page – Offeror’s shall submit a single cover page per Attachment 3 (Terms and Conditions), pages 6-8, FAR Provision 52.212-1.

I. Volume 1 – Technical Capability:

Offeror’s shall submit Volume 1 – Technical Capability; technical capability consists of the offeror’s ability to meet all the requirements of the SOW. In particular:

A) Point of Contact – the offeror shall provide a point of contact (POC) capable of meeting the requirements of SOW sections 1.12, 1.13, and 1.14. The offeror shall provide the POC name (First name and Last Name), their telephone number, their email address, and their company title/position. The offeror shall affirmatively state they “acknowledge, understand, and shall meet the requirements of

SOW section 1.12, 1.13, and 1.14”.

B) The offeror shall propose and be able to provide all required vouchers and quantities in the table above as per SOW section 5.1, per the stated periods of performance.

C) The offeror shall propose a secure website management interface per SOW section 5.0. The secure website interface must meet all of the requirements of SOW subsections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, and 5.08. The USCG shall not be required to install any client ot third party software to access this interface. The proposal shall include a brief user guide supporting the secure website which demonstrates “how to perform” SOW subsections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, and 5.08. This guide shall be no more than 25 pages.

D) The offeror shall meet the requirements of SOW section 5.2. The offeror shall affirmatively state they

“acknowledge, understand, and shall meet the requirements of SOW sections 5.2.”

II. Volume 2 – Price:

Offeror’s shall submit price quotes on a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) basis.Offeror’s shall submit price quotes for the Base Period and each Option Period, plus the Total Evaluated Price (TEP), in accordance with the attached

“Attachment 2 – Price Spreadsheet”. The TEP is equal to the sum of base period price plus each option period price. The offeror may substitute its own pricing sheet for Attachment 2; however, the offeror’s pricing sheet must provide the same information as Attachment 2. The Government is not responsible for pricing errors, regardless of format submitted.

EVALUATION

The Government will evaluate all price proposals (Section II – Volume 2 – Price) for price reasonableness. Price proposals that are determined to be both fair and reasonable shall be considered; price proposals determined not to be both fair and reasonable shall not be considered.

Starting with the lowest priced fair and reasonable offeror, the Technical Proposal (Section I – Volume 1 –

Technical Capability) shall be evaluated for “Technically Acceptable”. If the lowest priced fair and reasonable offeror’s technical proposal is determined “Technically Acceptable”, that offeror shall be considered for award.

If the lowest priced fair and reasonable offeror’s Technical Proposal is determined Technically Unacceptable, then the next lowest price offeror’s Technical proposal shall be evaluated, and so forth, until the LPTA proposal is determined.

Technically Acceptable is defined as “meets or exceeds” ALL of the requirements listed above in Section I., (Volume 1 – Technical Capability), paragraphs A, B, C, and D.

Technically Unacceptable is defined as does not meet the stated USCG requirement in Section I., (Volume 1 –

Technical Capability), paragraphs A, B, C, and D. Failure to meet any stated USCG requirement under either paragraph A, or B, or C, or D, or all renders the proposal as “Technically Unacceptable”.

BASIS FOR AWARD:

The award will be made on a “Lowest Price Technically Acceptable” (LPTA) basis. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest price total evaluated price of proposals meeting the acceptability standards for technical capability.

QUOTE SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

Please submit your quotation to the attention of the Government POC, Michael A. Bumgardner (Contract

Specialist), via email to Michael.A.Bumgardner@uscg.mil on or before 3:00 PM EST, on Wednesday

September 13, 2017, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, Lakaiha.S.Davis@uscg.mil.

This RFP does not represent authorization to proceed with the subject effort, nor a promise of future direction to proceed. Contractors are solely responsible for this RFP’s submission costs.

QUESTIONS:

All questions must be submitted to the Contract Specialist via email, Michael.A.Bumgardner@uscg.mil, on or before 3:00PM EST, Monday August 28, 2017. Responses to questions will be posted by Wednesday, August

30, 2017 by 5:00 PM EST.

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We would like to thank you for your support of the United States Coast Guard, and for your consideration of submitting a response to this request.

Sincerely, Lakaiha Davis

Contracting Officer

Commandant (CG-9123)

United States Coast Guard

Attachments:

(1) Statement of Work (SOW) – 3 pages

(2) Pricing Spreadsheet

(3) Terms and Conditions