PACTS_II_RFP_-_HSHQDC-14-R-00009_-_COVER_PAGE_-_10JUNE2014.pdf

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528

June 10, 2014

Prospective Offerors:

Re: Program Management, Administrative, Operations, and Technical Support Services (PACTS

II) Request for Proposal No. HSHQDC-14-R-00009

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Enterprise Acquisitions Division (EAD) is pleased to present the Request for Proposal (RFP) No.

HSHQDC-14-R-00009 for the PACTS II program.

With PACTS II, DHS will replace the current PACTS contracts and incorporate lessons learned from the previous five (5) years. As reflected in the attached solicitation, the primary goal of this acquisition is to establish a portfolio of Department-wide Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite- Quantity (IDIQ) task order contracts for non-information technology (IT) support services that will enable DHS business and program units to accomplish their mission objectives, as well as cross-organizational missions. This procurement will be set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. The subsequent awards will be available for DHS and its components, and will replace the existing PACTS contracts.

Teaming is encouraged. SDVOSBs are advised that FAR 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011), would apply wherein at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.

DHS intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts from this solicitation under each Functional Category (FC). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes designated for each FC under PACTS II are identified in the below table.

Functional Category (FC)

Description Primary NAICS Code

Size Standard

FC1 Program Management and Technical Services 541611 $14M

FC2 Administrative and Operations Services 561110 $7M

The Government anticipates receiving a large number of proposals in response to this solicitation

– as a point of reference; more than six hundred (600) proposals were received in response to the original PACTS program solicitation. The duration of the evaluation and selection process will be directly dependent upon the number and quality of proposals received by the Government.

Although there is no pre-determined timeline for award, please note that the Government has stated that proposals should be valid for 365 days from the date of submission.

We strongly encourage interested companies to thoroughly read the evaluation criteria in this RFP prior to preparing a proposal to determine if your experience and qualifications are strong enough, relative to your potential competitors, to have a reasonable chance for award.

DHS considered all comments and questions provided by industry in response to the PACTS II Industry Day and draft RFP during development of the attached solicitation package. Please thoroughly review this solicitation for changes and updates which have been incorporated as a result of the questions and comments received, and the finalization of the Government’s solicitation language and acquisition strategy.

All questions regarding this solicitation must be received NO LATER THAN 2:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June, 18, 2014 at PACTSII@hq.dhs.gov , shall follow the instructions outlined in the RFP in Section L.5.1 and shall be provided in the format provided in the file “PACTS II RFP

– Question and Comment Form – 10JUNE2014”. Questions should include entries in each cell (RFP page number, paragraph, etc.). Pertinent questions will be answered via amendment and provided to all Offerors on the Internet at www.fbo.gov. DHS will not attribute the questions to the submitting Offerors, but the text of the questions and answers may be available to the general public. The due date for proposals is NO LATER THAN 2:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

DHS does not intend to maintain an interested vendor list so expressions of interest are not required, nor are they being tracked. All inquiries regarding the PACTS II program RFP must be submitted to the address: PACTSII@hq.dhs.gov.

Sincerely, LaShonda Keith Contracting Officer

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