Request for Information DASA DE-C.pdf

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY, which is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 and DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d). This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be awarded from this request. There is no solicitation package available at this time.

Purpose: The Secretary of the Army has directed the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA (ALT)) to provide management oversight of Army Security Cooperation activities to include but not limited to technology transfer, direct commercial sales (DCS), foreign military sales (FMS), Armaments Cooperation and the related development of policies, procedures and metrics to ensure compliance with U.S. statutory requirements and Department of Defense (DOD) Directives. The DASA DE&C is responsible to the ASA (ALT) for these functions. This functional responsibility provides the basis for the integration of the management oversight of the Army’s worldwide execution of a coherent and coordinated security cooperation program. Security cooperation is defined as all activities involving cooperative, non-combat interaction between any element of the Total Army, U.S. defense industry, and the militaries, governments, industries, or people of other nations in foreign military sales, International Military and Education and Training (IMET), DCS of ground force capabilities and systems, international trade shows and cooperative programs and related forums.

The intent of this notice is to support a pending Justification and Approval for increasing the full-time equivalents (FTEs) on the current contract solely for option year three (3) and option year four (4) to execute the urgent Army Security Assistance Enterprise (ASAE) reform directed by the Secretary of the Army in her memorandum titled “Implementation of Army Security Assistance Enterprise Reform” and to establish Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG) teams. Additional surge ceiling is required to support future initiatives as they develop. DASA DE&C must be able to respond quickly to Army directives and initiatives with the ability to employ the necessary contractor personnel support for Army Senior Leaders to respond to ongoing global conflict in an expedited manner to avoid mission failure. The purpose of this reform effort is to resolve strategic issues and performance challenges identified across Army Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes and to better integrate FMS operations into existing Army and Department of Defense planning, programming, budgeting and execution processes. The Secretary of the Army has directed that DASA DE&C lead four (4) targeted reform efforts with suspense as soon as 3Q2024. This implementation guidance is focused on four areas: prioritization and governance, process optimization, workforce development and data governance and stewardship. This notice is also intended to gauge industry interest, capability, and relevant experience, in non-customer specific terms, as it relates to providing these specialized services. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d), the contracting officer shall post a request for information or a source sought notice and shall include the results of this inquiring in the justification required by FAR 6.303.

Description of Requirement: This contract provides technical, analytical, and administrative support services in support of DASA DE&C and as required, various offices within the Army Staff and/or the Army Secretariat, Program Executive Office/Program Management Office (PEO/PM), Army Major Commands, Joint Staff and DoD agencies. These services include but are not limited to (a) developing, monitoring and assessing Army security cooperation and security assistance strategic plans (b) security cooperation program policy preparation, (c) technology transfer assessments, (d) maintaining the FMS databases, (e) supporting /utilizing various Title 10 activities, (f) organizing/hosting meetings and outreach activities, (g) strategic planning and analytical services (including research and data analytics) , (h) disclosure/releasability support, (i) policy preparation, (j) drafting disclosure support documentation, (k) review of license requests for the approval to sell or transfer any Department of Defense agency's equipment through the direct commercial sales process, (l) experience in the organizational structure of Army and DOD Security Assistance programs and International Armaments Cooperation program. See the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for more details.

This contract has a base year and four (4) option years, and performance is currently in option year three (3). The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. The small business size standard is $24,500,000.

Responses: All interested parties should send responses and any comments/questions to Mr.

Ryan Baker at Ryan.T.Baker24.civ@army.mil. All responses must be received NLT 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 31 July 2024. All questions and comments must be in writing; no telephone calls will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP. When a solicitation for a new contract is released, it will be synopsized under Contract Opportunities section of the SAM.gov website at https://sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses which do not clearly and completely address the below series of questions will be considered as submitted for general informational purposes only.

Responses to this notice must include the following information:

1. Point of Contact Information Company:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Email Address” CAGE Code

2. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range of services called for in the above Description of Requirement and the attached PWS? YES or NO

3. Does your company have any Organizational Conflicts of Interest?

4. Please identify your company’s size standard per the primary NAICS code of 541611 and the

Small Business Size Standard.

5. Please provide the following information for up to three (3) examples of similar work that your company has performed as a prime or a sub-contractor:

Contract Number(s):

Aggregate dollar value of entire contract.

Aggregate dollar value of task orders/contract as a prime or sub-contractor.

Number of task order as the prime or sub-contractor.

Was this work similar in scope?

6. Does your company possessor is it capable of obtaining an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system? Please indicate whether you possess approval now.

7. Does your company have or is it capable of obtaining a TOP SECRET facility clearance? Please indicate whether that clearance is currently held

8. Is your company able to provide employees who are US citizens and capable of obtaining a SECRET clearance? Please indicate if the clearances are currently held.

9. Is your company able to define the purpose of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program?

10. Is your company able to explain how FMS requirements are defined, documented and delivered?

11. If your company experienced in working with DoD Security Assistance agencies, including

International Armaments Cooperation Programs?

12. Is your company knowledgeable and experienced in the execution of export control policies and the implementation of export license, in support of FMS/ Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) activities?

13. Is your company knowledgeable of monitoring and ensuring compliance with established policies, regulatory guidance, sanctions and other legislation in the areas of Letters of Request (LOW), Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA), the Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM), foreign assistance.

14. From a personnel resource stance, does your company have sufficient human capital assets in the area of business process transformation to support a project of this size and scope?

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