Sources Sought Notice.pdf

Sources Sought Notice

INTRODUCTION

This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an

Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described herein. Your response to this sources sought will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment direct or indirect costs or charges to the government’s use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received by the Government for this Sources Sought

Notice. The information provided by contractors may be used by the Navy in developing its acquisition strategy, Performance Work Statement (PWS) and/or Performance Specifications.

Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.

BACKGROUND

The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk is seeking information on qualified and experienced sources for planning purposes in an effort to derive a contract vehicle that will provide support for Navy Cyber Defense Operations

Command (NCDOC) for Data Protection and Recovery services.

This requirement is for secure vaulting, protection, and preservation of magnetic media and related film and tape material; provide tape vaulting to serve as major disaster recovery center during emergencies and disaster testing, as well as daily tape vaulting requirements; provide secure transportation to/from the secure vault and NCDOC on a weekly basis; provide immediate

(within 4 hours) delivery of media to NCDOC located in the Hampton Roads area in case of emergency; provide full accountability of all media, to include online tracking; and, a dedicated account manager assigned to NCDOC, for the ability to contact 24/7 as needed in emergency situations. Anticipated requirements for the continuation of this requirement can be found in the draft Performance Work Statement included within the Sources Sought.

NAVSUP FLC Norfolk is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for data protection and recovery support services to support NCDOC.

This is a follow-on requirement to contract N0018921P0362.

ELIGIBILITY

The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to identify authorized and verified sources of services for an anticipated Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Services contract under NAICS code 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with a Small Business Size Standard of $34 million. The product Service Code is DA01, IT and Telecom – Business Application/Application

Development Support Services (Labor). The proposed contract vehicle will provide all the required services.

A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) which entails tasks and the description of work is attached for review (Attachment I).

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall reference the Opportunity Name “NCDOC Data

Protection” and shall include the following information in this format:

1. Company name, address, point of contact name, phone number, and email address.

2. Contractor, Government Entity (CAGE) Code, and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

3. Size of Business – Large Business, Small Business, 8(a), HubZone, Women-Owned

Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, and/or

Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.

4. Capability Statement displaying the contractor’s experience and ability to provide the minimum requirements of the PWS to include past performance information. If past performance information is used, please include only relevant information on the same/similar work within the last five (5) years.

5. Include any other supporting documentation to include your Seaport-NxG and or GSA contract number and contracting experience under Seaport-NxG or GSA task orders awarded, task order number, award date, dollar value, period of performance/lead time for delivery, sub or prime, and brief description for each contract referenced.

6. Provide any questions, comments, feedback regarding the draft PWS, planned contract type or any other associated information.

Standard company brochures will not be reviewed. Submissions are not to exceed five (5) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 12-point font.

This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. This Sources Sought Notice is not to be constructed in any way as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response.

The deadline for responses to this request is no later than 12 PM, EST 29 June 2026.

All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be emailed to Kirsten Day, kirsten.t.day.civ@us.navy.mil and Amy Barnes, amy.m.barnes14.civ@us.navy.mil

Again, this is not a request for a proposal. Respondents will not be notified of the results and the

Government is not required to answer any questions submitted in regards to this Sources Sought

Notice.

Attachments:

Attachment I – Draft PWS