RFI JA Ligitation Support.pdf

Request for Information

Purpose THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Vendors are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP that may be issued.

Objectives One objective of this RFI is to identify potential vendors (large, small, and socioeconomic concerns) who have the experience and capabilities to successfully perform this work. Vendors are also encouraged to provide information regarding plans to use joint venturing (JV), partnering or consortiums to meet the requirements areas contained herein. Details pertaining to the entire scope of work are contained in the attached Draft Performance Work Statement

(PWS).

A second objective is to engage industry to identify risks and opportunities, provide recommendations and other insights as it pertains to the acquisition and the work contemplated in the PWS.

Additionally, if an RFP is subsequently issued, the Government anticipates a compressed response cycle; therefore, this RFI will provide advanced delivery of the attached Draft PWS, which should allow qualified vendors the necessary time to consider a potential RFP response/proposal and to build necessary teaming relationships.

Background This contract action is to provide professional legal support services for the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC) for the Department of the Air Force (Air Force).

Professional legal support encompasses a wide range of professional services and products that help attorneys collect, organize, review, analyze, and produce information for litigations, arbitrations, investigations, Congressional inquiries, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and other legal proceedings. The professional legal support shall span all stages of a matter, from pre-filing investigation and early case assessment (ECA), through complaint, discovery, trial, and the appeals process.

The JAGC provides a full range of legal services to the Air Force, including the U.S. Space Force. The JAGC represents the interests of the Air Force in civil proceedings involving a broad range of practice areas including environmental, aviation, tort, medical, civilian and military personnel, administrative, and acquisition law in various forums such as federal and state courts, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relation Authority, and the Government Accountability Office.

These matters require the JAGC to collect, review, analyze, and produce increasingly large

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This contract shall serve as a flexible and responsive solution to meet such large scale and/or urgent professional legal support needs in support of the JAGC mission. Individual task orders issued under this contract may support any Air Force office on a local, nationwide, or worldwide basis.

The applicable NAICS code for this effort is 541199, All Other Legal Services with a size standard of $20.5M.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a capability statement in support of the sections below.

Section 1 – Administrative Information Provide administrative information including the following as a minimum:

Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail of designated point of contact.

Identify the respondent’s CAGE code and DUNS number.

Proprietary information must be clearly marked as such.

Small Business/Socio-Economic status of respondent, if any, (i.e. small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, and economically-disadvantaged women-owned small business).

Section 2 – Capability Approach Interested parties are requested to provide your capabilities detailing how you will be able to meet all the requirements outlined in the PWS based upon your experience performing under similar efforts. Address all areas in Section II as they are identified in the PWS.

a) Identify your capabilities to fulfilling the requirements in the PWS. Include examples of relevant experience (i.e., customer, period of performance, contract type, contract value, description of work performed relevant to the PWS).

b) Describe any teaming agreements that will allow you to successfully perform the requirements as outlined in the PWS. If you intend to use joint venturing (JV), partnering or consortiums to meet the requirements areas contained herein, provide information on how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partnering/consortium would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this PWS.

*Interested parties are advised to examine this RFI and the supplemental documents in the attachments in their entirety to ensure its response provides all information requested. Interested parties are cautioned that merely re-stating the requirements with a statement of intent to perform DOES NOT reflect an understanding of the requirements or capability to perform. Statements such as “the Offeror understands” and “the Offeror has a long history of outstanding support” along with responses that paraphrase the Request for Information and supplemental documents will be considered as insufficient information to support a firm’s capability. Phrases such as “standard procedures shall be employed” or “well known techniques will be utilized” will also not be considered sufficient.

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Capability statements should be submitted in Microsoft Word compatible format and are due no later than 16 October 2023, 10:00AM EST. Section 2-Capability Approach, responses shall be limited to 7 pages Calibri or Times new Roman, 11-point font, plus any supporting documents. Government Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information.

Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Capability statements should be submitted via email to Ms. Margaret Santos at margaret.santos@us.af.mil and Mr. Timothy Prymak at timothy.prymak@us.af.mil.

5. Questions Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted to Ms. Margaret Santos at margaret.santos@us.af.mil and Mr. Timothy Prymak at timothy.prymak@us.af.mil by 12 October 2023, 1:00PM EST. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. Questions may be answered by email if the Government feels that the answer would better inform the potential Offerors; accordingly, questions shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. The Government does not guarantee that questions received after (12 October 2023) will be answered.

List of Attachments # Attachment

Title 1 Draft Performance Work Statement 2 Appendix A Labor Qualification 3 Appendix B – JA Litigation Cyber Security