RFI App Sustainment_CO SIGNED_dr.pdf

Rural Development Business Center

Procurement Management Office

1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250

Date: January 13, 2025

REQUEST FOR INFOMRAITON

APPLICATION SUSTAINMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

1. DESCRIPTION

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Business Center (RD) will take procurement action in this matter. Further, neither USDA nor the Government will be responsible for any cost incurred in furnishing this information. This RFI is being used to gather market research for Application Sustainment Operation and Maintenance (O&M) support in accordance with FAR 52.215-3. Further details are provided in the Draft PWS, which describes the possible scope of services.

2. BACKGROUND

For purposes of the RFI, the USDA is seeking preliminary information to analyze viable solution/product options available to support Application Sustainment O&M. Please review ATCH 1 PWS_App Sustainment OM for more information.

For purposes of the RFI, the USDA anticipates the following acquisition terms.

3. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Please do not send a generic capability statement. The responses to this RFI will help to determine the set-aside status for this requirement.

NAICS 541511 – Custom Computer Programming Services Small Business Set Aside Yes; 100% 8(a) Small Business Set-Aside New or Existing Requirement Existing Requirement

Contractor: ASRC Federal Data Networx LLC Contract Number: 12SAD121D0001

Contract Type Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Period of Performance (PoP) Base Period: 9 Sep 2025 – 8 Sep 2026 Ordering Period 1: 9 Sep 2026 – 8 Sep 2027 Ordering Period 2: 9 Sep 2027 – 8 Sep 2028 Ordering Period 3: 9 Sep 2028 – 8 Sep 2029 Ordering Period 4: 9 Sep 2029 – 8 Sep 2030 6-month extension: 9 Sep 2030 – 8 May 2031

Method of Evaluation Best Value Tradeoff; Technical/Price Service Type Commercial, Performance-Based CLIN Structure See ATCH 3 CLIN Structure_ App Sustainment OM Invoicing/Payment Electronic; IPP Platform

3.1. REQUIRED INFORMATION

3.1.1. COVER LETTER

Name of the primary point of contact (POC) for the response;

Business Title, Email address, and Phone Number for primary POC;

Vendor Name or organization affiliation;

Identification of other key individuals(s) who collaborated on the RFI;

Business Size for NAICS code 541511, Custom Computer Programming

Services Indicate any applicable socio-economic status; and DUNS and or UEI Number

3.1.2. CAPABILITIES

Please generate responses to the following items:

1. Is the anticipated Contract Type, CLIN Structure, and invoice payment terms consisted with common commercial practices?

a. Do you have suggestions an alterative Contract Type, CLIN Structure and invoice payment terms?

2. Provide details of an approach, not to exceed five pages, which provides the full range of services described in the PWS.

3. Provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM). The ROM shall include a total price for the effort.

4. What level of staffing would be required to deliver the services described in the

PWS?

5. What risk do you see in delivering the services described in the PWS?

6. As described in the PWS, O&M consists of planned and unplanned work. What would your approach be to manage both the planned and unplanned work?

7. How do you see the roll of the application sustainment teams in relationship to infrastructure and common component upgrades?

8. Are there barriers to competition preventing your firm from participating in the potential procurement?

Additional marketing materials may be included with your response however, the USDA is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Any proprietary information must be marked as such.

4. QUESTIONS

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted via email to the undersigned utilizing ATCH 2 RFI Q&A _App Sustainment OM. Questions will be answered by posting answers to SAM.gov; accordingly, answers shall NOT contain proprietary information. Verbal questions shall not be considered or accepted. The Government shall not answer questions received after 12:00pm Eastern Time on 20 January 2025.

5. RESPONSE SUBMISSION

Responses shall be submitted via email to the undersigned in the following authorized formats, Adobe Acrobat and/or Microsoft Office Suite applications. The required naming convention in the subject ling is as follows: RFI Response, App Sustainment OM, Vendor Name.

Interested parties, who consider themselves qualified sources that can provide the required support outlined in the DRAFT PWS, please electronically submit your responses to Derrik Riddle, derrick.riddle@usda.gov no later than 12:00pm Eastern Time on 20 January 2025.

No extensions to the delivery date will be granted.

Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP/RFQ, if any is issued. No determination as to the viability of this requirement has been made at this point and there is currently no solicitation for this effort. Any solicitation resulting from this RFI will be announced separately, and information within may change prior to an official solicitation, if any.

On behalf of the USDA, thank you for your consideration in responding to the App Sustainment

O&M RFI.

Contracting Officer

Attachments ATCH 1 PWS_App Sustainment OM ATCH 2 RFI Q&A _App Sustainment OM ATCH 3 CLIN Structure_ App Sustainment OM mailto:derrick.riddle@usda.gov