RFI M00264210200 HQMC IT FSS.pdf

M00264-21-RFI-0200

HQMC IT FSS

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Marine Corps Installations, National Capital Region - Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO), Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA is seeking information on behalf of Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), Administration and Resource Management Division (ARI) for Information Technology (IT) Functional Services and Support (FSS).

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Marine Corps Installations – National Capital Region, Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR RCO), located on Marine Corps Base, 2010 Henderson Road, Quantico, VA.

INTRODUCTION:

The Administration and Resource Management Division (ARI), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), provides Information Technology support to over 3,500 users within HQMC in the way of; program management, maintenance and operations to support day to day software, database, and website administration; applications development; and Service Desk support.

Current Contract:

Contract Number: M00264-20-C-0004 Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price Contractor: TNDA Technologies, Inc. DBA Hartwood Consulting Group Business Size: 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Method of Acquisition: 8(a) Direct Award

REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION:

HQMC ARI is requesting information with regards to a potential requirement for IT Functional Services and Support (FSS).

The Contractor shall demonstrate their best solution to providing day-to-day applications systems administration and maintenance, applications development, and applications Service Desk support. These services support workflow and related business logic required by HQMC to ensure access and functionality for end users at Marine Corps Bases and Stations world-wide.

This support shall be compliant with the underlying United States Marine Corps (USMC) information enterprise strategy and all other directives and orders. This support shall be scalable to support future requirements. The system infrastructure (software licenses, initial software configuration, hardware, administration, and basic IT infrastructure services) for the environment shall be provided by the Government.

The current maintained databases/applications are as follows:

• SharePoint Databases - 162

• Custom SharePoint Solutions - 29

• SharePoint Sites - 12,567 (4 Terabytes of active data)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Security Requirements:

The Contractor(s) shall be required to obtain Government Common Assess Cards (CACs) to perform this effort. The Contractor(s) are also required to have a SECRET clearance to access Government systems in support of HQMC ARI.

Access to US military sites is a privilege that may be granted, denied, or withdrawn by the Marine Corps.

Denial or withdrawal may occur as a result of any type of misconduct or incident determined contrary to the best interest of the Marine Corps mission, protection of property, welfare of personnel and for any other infraction determined justifiable for denying access.

All Contractor personnel who will be on-site or require elevated system permissions shall have at the appropriate security certification (currently at least Security+) to meet Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level I or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II requirements.

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK:

This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to obtain industry’s feedback on the anticipated scope of work, potential cost and performance risks as well as any other related considerations for the required services (see attached “DRAFT” Requirement Document).

Please respond to the following concerns:

1) Provide your technical comments and recommendations on elements of the attached “Draft” requirement that appear vague. This will assist in development of a well defined requirement and ensure a more accurate proposal/quote submission.

2) Are there any potential risks related to performance or cost given this scope of work? If so, please identify and provide recommendations for risk mitigation.

3) What are the key cost drivers?

4) What are key discriminators?

5) Based on tasks listed in the attached “draft” requirement, provide a recommendation of how this commercial contract should be structured?

6) Are any of the tasks subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly known as the

Service Contract Act of 1965)?

7) Does your company provide same or similar services sold in the commercial marketplace to non-Government entities? If so, provide a condensed list of those companies.

8) Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Submissions shall reference RFI No. “M00264-21-RFI-0200 – HQMC IT FSS” in the subject line.

Interested parties who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses via email no later than 16 October 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) to karen.corporal@usmc.mil.

Interested parties should respond to the areas of concerns cited under the “INDUSTRY FEEDBACK” section of this document. Request responses shall be provided in no more that 15 pages.

Questions and comments regarding this requirement will be accepted and reviewed. The Government will provide answers if the Government determines responses are warranted.

Submissions must include:

1) Responses to all questions cited in “Industry Feedback” section of this RFI (if applicable)

2) Business name and address

3) Name of company representative and their business title

4) Type of Business

5) Cage Code; and

6) Contract vehicles that would be available to the Government (i.e. ENCORE II, General Service

Administration (GSA), GSA MOBIS, GSA OASIS, GSA 8(a) STARS II/III, NIH, NASA SEWP, Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) etc.)

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government personal reviewing RFI responses understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423.

The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS RFI IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR

QUOTES/PROPOSALS. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT

BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY

FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO

AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS POSTING. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE

TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS POSTING. ANY INFORMATION

SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY

VOLUNTARY.