RFI_-_FBO_SOURCES_SOUGHT_NOTICE_FOR_MARKET_RESEARCH_ONLY.docx

(i)THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY – NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE

This NOTICE is published to gain knowledge of potential firms capable of providing these services. Potential firms with the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the requirement described in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) are invited to provide a Capability Statement. Also, in your review of the SOW, please provide comments or suggestions regarding the attached Statement of Work. Please note that the SOW is in draft form and the Government anticipates revisions to this document prior to its release as a request for proposals (RFP).

The General Services Administration, Region 5 FAS, has received a request from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to seek sources capable of performing the attached Statement of Work for the Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) Support. The Government’s plan is to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to serve as an acquisition vehicle for this procurement. The establishment of the BPA as well as the task orders will be issued off the BPA. It is expected that there will be both Firm Fixed Price and Time and Materials type orders issued. The period of performance will consist of a base year and four subsequent option years. Pricing is not needed at this time.

Interested firms are to provide a brief capability statement and a letter of interest to Mrs. Cassandra Hannah-Boyd at Cassandra.hannahboyd@gsa.gov on or before 5 December 2014. As part of your capability statement, please include any current or past contracts you have been awarded or the ability to obtain sufficient proof of capability for this type of service.

Release of a solicitation is tentatively planned in the first quarter of calendar year 2015. However, this notice does not obligate the Government to solicit for this requirement or award a contract.

RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Firms who can fulfill this requirement and who would be interested in submitting a proposal, in the event that a solicitation is issued, are requested to provide the following information in response to this request --

1. Name of Company:

2. Address of Company:

3. Name, phone number and email address of company representative.

4. Company size standard and/or socio-economic standing; i.e., large business, small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business.

5. Indication that the support services are or are not available on a GSA Schedule contract or Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) held by your company.

((ii) RFP SOLICITATION NUMBER: ID05150001;

(iii) CLAUSE AND PROVISION IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR: 2005-68 Effective 26 June 2013;

(iv) SET-ASIDE: -- NOT YET DETERMINED, NAICS CODE: NOT YET DETERMINED

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: 500 Employees;

(v) LINE ITEM(S): Task 6.1 and 6.2

(vi) DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS: See SOW

(vii) DATE(S) AND PLACE(S) OF DELIVERY: Award Date: second quarter of calendar year 2015, Place of Delivery: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and Contractor’s Facility.

(viii) FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – Not yet established;

(ix) EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Not yet established;

(x) OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION: Not yet established;

(xi) FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS? Not yet established;

(xii) FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS, Not yet established;

(xiii) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Not yet established; Subcontracting Plan, if required, applies (for large businesses only);

(xiv) DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (DPAS): N/A;

(xv) NUMBERED NOTES: None;

(xvi) OFFERS DUE: Not yet established;

(xvii) GOVERNMENT CONTACT: cassandra.hannahboyd@gsa.gov, Contracting Officer, 312/886-7499.