SEAFAC-STAFAC-ARD_SourcesSought_AdvanceNotice_FBO_5Feb16.pdf

ADVANCE NOTICE & SOURCES SOUGHT

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD)

Instructions to Interested Parties/Potential Offerors:

This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and an award of a contract will not be made as a result of this notice. The intent of this notice is to inform industry of the Government’s intended acquisition strategy, solicit feedback regarding the potential for small business participation, and capabilities of small and large business entities to fulfill this requirement.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) has a follow-on service requirement for Signature Measurement Systems Engineering and Operations Support Services. Services are currently satisfied under contract#N00178-04-D-4119 task order FD07, Liedos (formerly known as

Science Applications International corporation (SAIC)), 11951 Freedom Drive, Reston VA 20190-

5640.

Included in, or attached to this notice is a Market Research Questionnaire, Draft Statement of Work

(SOW), and Draft SOW Industry Question Sheet for industry review and response. Industry is asked to review, complete to the best of your ability, and submit the market research questionnaire. The questionnaire will be used to assist the Government in determining the probability of participation by small or large business prime contractors, in an upcoming SeaPort-e task order solicitation N00024-15-

R-3199.

Interested parties/potential offerors are asked to review the draft SOW and provide comments and questions in writing utilizing the Draft SOW Industry Question Sheet. Please be advised that the

Government reserves the right to modify the draft SOW as deemed necessary in response to feedback received from this notice.

The Government anticipates making future decisions regarding the acquisition strategy utilized on this requirement based upon comments, questions, and the market research questionnaire responses received from both small and large businesses indicating an interest and demonstrating capability to perform the required effort.

The Government’s current acquisition strategy includes:

a) Issuance of task order solicitation N00024-15-R-3199 under the SeaPort-e Multiple Award

Contract (MAC), to be competed on an unrestricted basis within Northwest Region (Zone 7);

b) Best value trade-off analysis (taking technical capability, past performance, small business subcontracting, and cost into consideration) source selection procedures;

c) Cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) term contract type/pricing structure; and

d) Potential period of performance of five (5) years, consisting of a one (1) year base and four (4) additional one-year option periods.

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE & MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

All interested parties are asked to submit all comments and inquiries to this Notice as soon as possible to allow for a timely review prior to the release of an RFP. All inquiries and submissions shall be received via email at Zelda.Rappuhn@navy.mil on or before February 22, 2016 @ 0930 EST.

Responses to the Market Research Questionnaire will be used to assist in the determination of small business capabilities and set-aside in accordance with FAR Part 19 – Small Business Programs.

Although responses are encouraged from all interested parties, be advised that SeaPort-e shall be utilized as the mandatory acquisition vehicle for engineering, financial, and program management support services. SeaPort-e is the Navy’s electronic platform for acquiring the aforementioned support services over 22 functional areas and consists of 2,400+ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ) MAC holders. The SeaPort-e procurement portal shall exclusively be used to electronically issue the solicitation and to receive and evaluate proposals. AS SUCH, NSWCCD WILL NOT

SEPARATELY PROVIDE THE SOLICITATION VIA FEDBIZOPPS (FBO) OR OTHER

ELECTRONIC/PAPER MEANS. ONLY SEAPORT-E MAC HOLDERS WITHIN ZONE 7 MAY

SUBMIT PROPOSALS. The intention of posting this notice in FBO is to foster small business subcontracting opportunities and garner interest in future Navy procurements. Furthermore, the Navy

Virtual SYSCOM may periodically decide to expand the existing SeaPort-e MACs via rolling admissions. Please refer to http://www.seaport.navy.mil for more information. The draft SOW will remain available for 45 days, or until otherwise cancelled. Updates or revisions will be posted as they become available, as applicable.

Please note that the Government does not intend to provide a response to the questions/comments received in response to this notice, and respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the market research questionnaire. All questions will be reviewed by the Government to assist in identifying revisions to be incorporated in the SOW. All Market Research Questionnaires will be reviewed and the information will assist the Government in finalizing its acquisition strategy. All information will be kept confidential and will not be disseminated to the public.

This Advance Notice and Market Research Questionnaire are not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to award, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this notice.

Respectfully, Ms. Zelda Y. Rappuhn

Contract Specialist

NSWC Carderock Division

West Bethesda, MD

Zelda.Rappuhn@navy.mil mailto:Zelda.Rappuhn@navy.mil http://www.seaport.navy.mil/ mailto:Zelda.Rappuhn@navy.mil

The Government is conducting market research in accordance with the requirements of FAR Parts 10, to determine all potential socio-economic small and large business concerns interested in, and capable of, providing the support services identified herein.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

541330 – Engineering Services

Small Business Size Standard:

$38.5 Million in Annual Receipts

(For more information about Size Standards, refer to http://www.sba.gov.)

Anticipated Task Order Type:

Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)

Background:

The Signatures Department (Code 70) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

(NSWCCD) is responsible for development of stealth technology to support Navy surface ship and submarine program goals. As part of its mission, Code 70 develops, operates and maintains major acoustic research and development (R&D) facilities at the Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement

Facility (SEAFAC), the South TOTO (Tongue of the Ocean) Acoustic Facility (STAFAC) within the

Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas, and the Acoustic Research

Detachment (ARD) at Bayview, ID.

Code 70 provides services and facilities to accomplish acoustic and non-acoustic data acquisition and analysis in support of surface ship and submarine R&D projects funded by the Naval Sea Systems

Command (NAVSEA), other Navy and Department of Defense sponsors, and non-Government organizations. The objective of the technical efforts described in this SOW is to support NAVSEA, NSWC and Code 70 signature measurement and assessment testing, acoustic stealth technology development, and related research programs.

NSWCCD intends to solicit a task order to provide site logistics; operations, scientific, engineering and technical services; system development support for software and hardware systems; program management assistance; and high-level, strategic planning services; in support of signature silencing programs for naval ships and undersea systems locations.

The work under this task order will apply to a number of programs and projects; however, in general

NSWCCD has identified the work requirements to include the following areas:

Technical support for data collection, analysis, special studies, and reporting

Improvement and upgrade of signature measurement procedures, systems, and programs

Development of documentation, and software/hardware systems to meet signature measurement, assessment, and training requirements

Strategic and long-range planning in support of signature measurement facilities, research and development programs, and special silencing project development

Special programs support and related studies

Hardware and software development in support of measurement facilities http://www.sba.gov/

Support of all hardware and software systems at NSWCs measurement facilities

Estimated Work Requirements:

As identified above, the contractor awarded the anticipated task order would be required to provide support services at SEAFAC, STAFAC, AUTEC and ARD locations. Please review the attached Draft

SOW for an example of the potential tasking and work requirements anticipated under the future task order.

INTERESTED PARTIES/POTENTIAL OFFERORS SHALL SUBMIT ONLY THE

INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY THE FOLLOWING MARKET RESEARCH

QUESTIONNAIRE.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company Name:

CAGE Code:

DUNS Number:

Seaport-e Contract #:

Company Address:

Point of Contact (POC):

POC Title:

POC Email Address:

POC Phone Number:

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONS

# QUESTION ANSWER

Has your company been awarded a Seaport-e Contract as a small business? If yes, what zone(s) can you perform in? (Select all that apply)

Yes No

__(1) Northeast

__(2) National Capital

__(3) Mid Atlantic

__(4) Gulf Coast

__(5) Midwest

__(6) Southwest

__(7) Northwest

2 If yes to question 1, which of the 22 functional areas can you provide services in?

Have you provided similar support services to those referenced herein for either the private industry or the Government?

Please identify your company’s socio-economic small business size status under your Seaport-e Contract (if applicable), or indicate if your company is a large business.

SB 8(a)

SDB WOSB

EDWOSB VOSB

SDVOSB HUBZone SB

Large Business

Other:

Does your company regularly engage in the business of providing the support services described herein? (At least 30% of the work performed by your company).

How long has your company provided these or highly similar services? ___ Yr(s) ___ Mo(s)

Please indicate the percentage of the actual work requirements that you would intend to perform as the

Prime Contractor.

Does your company intend to submit a proposal for

Solicitation N00024-15-R-3199?

Will a 30 calendar day submission period be sufficient for proposal preparation?

10 Please list all contracts that your company is currently performing with the same/similar work requirements as those identified herein, and indicate the level of similarity (high/low) to the effort in scope. For all references, include the contract number, description of effort, and name and phone number of associated POCs. Information may be provided below or as a separate document.

Contract Agency/ Effort Similarity Prime/Sub

Number POC Info Description (high/low) (%Contract)

Please list contracts that your company has completed within the last five (5) years with the same/similar work requirements as those identified herein, and indicate the level of similarity (high/low) to the effort in scope. For all references, include the contract number, description of effort, and name and phone number of associated POCs. Information may be provided below or as a separate document.

Contract Agency/ Effort Similarity Prime/Sub

Number POC Info Description (high/low) (%Contract)

12 What is your company’s policy and/or practice in seeking out small-disadvantaged, woman-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and/or HUBZone small businesses for consideration in awarding subcontracts?

Does your company currently/usually possess employees capable of performing the type of effort identified in the Draft SOW?

Do your company’s employees possess security clearances, or would your company be able to obtain such clearances if required for the anticipated work?

Does your company perform work in the Northwest (Zone

7) Region, as identified in Seaport-e?

Is your company familiar with the demographic, economic, and labor profiles of the Northwest (Zone 7)

Region, as identified in Seaport-e?

In addition to the items identified above, please provide a brief description

(in the space below or on a total of up to five (5) additional pages) identifying your company’s capabilities for performing the required services.

Please address your company’s capabilities by referencing specific work/task requirements of section 3.0 of the attached Draft SOW.