ONR Cellphone Sources Sought Final.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT

ONR Global Wireless Services

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

1.0 Description

This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought for the purpose of determining market capabilities. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or an indication that the

Government will contract any of the items and/or services discussed in this notice.

This notice may, or may not, be issued under the System for Award Management (SAM). The Government reserves the right to issue the solicitation under any part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) deemed to best meet the needs of the Government.

Neither ONR, nor any other part of the federal government, will be responsible for any cost incurred by responders in furnishing this information.

Submission instructions for Capabilities Statements

Interested parties shall read and review the below information and furnish the following information:

1. Name of Organization, Cage Code and DUNS Number.

2. Address of Organization.

3. Telephone Number, Address, and Email address for the primary point of contact for

Capability Statement.

4. Contracts held by the source (i.e. Navy Seaport, GSA MAC, GSA FSS, etc.).

5. Business standing (i.e. large or small business) for NAICS 517112.

6. If a Small Business, indicate all Small Business Type(s) that you qualify for (e.g., Small

Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned

Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a) Certified, HUBZone Certified, Veteran Owned Small Business, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business).

7. What type of work has your organization performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirements.

8. Summary of your organization’s experience in managing tasks of this nature.

9. Summary of your organization’s experience in managing a team of subcontractors, and if so how many.

10. Summary of the technical skills your organization possesses that ensures your capability in performing the requirements as stated above.

11. Any Management Tools or Console that is available to customers of the service to manage the Hardware and software features of the Devices and Services Acquired (i.e. – Account holder ability to disable lost or stolen devices).

12. Summary of potential areas in the requirement in which small business participation may be possible.

All submissions to this, “Sources Sought” shall be marked as company proprietary and shall not contain classified information. Responses to this notice will not be returned.

Capability statements shall not exceed five (5) pages in length (excluding a cover page) and must be submitted by email no later than 4:00 pm local time, Washington D.C. on 25 November 2024 (Monday) to

Michael Lemon, Contracting Specialist, at michael.a.lemon.civ@us.navy.mil and Shawn Ryan, Contracting

Officer, at shawn.j.ryan4.civ@us.navy.mil. Any responses received after the requested due date may not be considered.

mailto:michael.a.lemon.civ@us.navy.mil mailto:shawn.j.ryan4.civ@us.navy.mil

2.0 Requirement

The Office of Naval Research Global (ONR-G) requires continued, long term international and domestic wireless services not offered by the current Navy Spiral 4 contract N0024424D0005. The carrier Must be able to activate services for or deliver devices to anyone stationed overseas. The wireless services

(i.e. Voice, Text and Data) must be at an acceptable quality level that is functional with international

Global System for Mobiles (GSM) Mobile Telecommunications Infrastructure for a period of performance of one 12-month base year and four 12-month option periods.

2.1 Requirement Tasks

The Offeror shall provide 60 wireless devices (at the time of Award) with domestic and international mobile wireless services with the following additional features:

1. Domestic service w/unlimited Voice & Text.

2. Domestic and International Tethering at a Flat Fee

3. International Text Service at a Flat Fee

4. Unlimited International and Roaming Data at a Flat Fee

5. International Voice at a Fixed Rate per Minute

Regarding the wireless device, it must be compatible with a tool called, “Company Portal” and eligible for enrollment in Apple Business Manager (ABM) to comply with the Navy’s policy of having all mobile devices under management. Company Portal is an Apple product that works with ABM and InTune to ensure full functionality of the full suite of Flank Speed capabilities. Every Navy End Point device has the

“Company Portal” software on it to provide compliance with Navy electronic policy orchestration (ePO) and enforce Intune and ABM ePO.

ONR Global requires International wireless coverage in the 80 Countries identified below:

Afghanistan

Anguilla

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

China, Hong Kong

Colombia

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Kuwait

Latvia

Lebanon

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Oman

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia https://my.navsup.navy.mil/apps/ops$ncmpo.home

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Vietnam

3.0 Incumbent Contractor(s)

The current task order for this requirement is N0024418D0001/N00014-18-F-4011 (Spiral 3) and the current contractor is AT&T.

4.0 NAICS Code and Small Business Size Standard

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments. The NAICS Code applicable to this potential award will be 517112.

5.0 Organizational Conflict of Interest

ONR has determined that an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI) exists when a contractor (including its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates) performs both systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) or other support services and Research and Development (R&D) work. Such situations give rise to OCIs or potential OCIs based on impaired objectively, biased ground rules, and unequal access to information. ONR prefers that companies avoid such situations altogether by choosing to do only one type of work for ONR. See ONR's Statement of Policy on OCIs, which can be found at the following address: https://www.onr.navy.mil/About-ONR/compliance-protections/Organizational-

Conflicts-Interest

OCI and Personal Conflicts of Interest will be addressed via solicitation. While this is not an evaluation factor OCI and PCI will be analyzed to assure that none exist.

6.0 Contract Type

ONR anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price type commercial contract.

7.0 Security Requirements

ONR anticipates this requirement will not require a DD 254 or a facility clearance

8.0 Period of Performance

The contract is anticipated to be one 12-month base year and four 12-month option periods. A 6 month extension may be contemplated IAW FAR 52.217-8.

https://www.onr.navy.mil/About-ONR/compliance-protections/Organizational-Conflicts-Interest https://www.onr.navy.mil/About-ONR/compliance-protections/Organizational-Conflicts-Interest