RFI - PEO MS ITSS.PDF

PAN # 009425

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued on behalf of the Army Contract Command–Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA), to determine the number of qualified interested sources with the specific technical experience required by the Government.

This is a RFI, hereafter referred to as "Request," for a tentative requirement to provide Information Technology Support Services (ITSS) support to the U.S. Army Program Executive Missiles & Space Office (PEO M&S) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541519 – Other Computer Related Services.

This request is for market research purposes only, and is issued to assist in determining capable contractors who can meet the technical requirements of the Government prior to finalizing the acquisition strategy.

Vendors are required to have the technical experience below:

1. Specific Technical Experience and information relevant to the tasks required by the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is as follows:

a. Cloud Services: The contractor shall provide the skillset necessary to design, implement and support software-defined services for computing, storage, networking, security, and cloud management to run enterprise applications traditional or containerized in a hybrid cloud environment in support of an on-premise VMware vCloud Director Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

b. VMware: The contractor shall provide the experience and skillset necessary to manage the following VMware technologies: VMware vSphere (computing), VMware vSAN (storage), VMware NSX (networking and security), and VMware vRealize Suite (cloud management). The current environment provides a native Kubernetes platform, enabled with VMware Enterprise PKS. The platform integrates with VMware NSX to provide platform as a service (PaaS). The contractor shall also include the planning, design, and implementation of a Virtual Desktop Environment (VDE) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The contract shall provide Cloud Computing Services in accordance with DFAR Clause 252.239-7010.

PEO Missiles is a US Army Cloud service provider and has entered into a partnership agreement with VMware as a VMware Cloud Provider. PEO MS consumes VMware products on a pay-as-you-go, pay-as-you-grow, monthly subscription model. This partnership has required VCPP Cloud Provider training that the contractor must maintain in order for PEO Missiles to maintain this agreement.

c. Network Management & Telecommunications: The contractor shall provide voice, data and video services for all the PEO networks and systems to include the PEO Enterprise Network, PEO Classified network, PEO Classified Standalone systems and all relevant applications, interfaces and devices in approximately 32 individual facilities. The contractor shall diagnose and repair interconnectivity issues between other interconnected Local Area Networks (LANs)/Wide Area Networks (WANs) and communications networks, both Unclassified and Classified. The contractor shall provide network monitoring, testing, management and administration services required to maintain and re-engineer all existing and future PEO networks utilizing the latest Cisco hardware and software platforms.

d. Database Administration (DBA) Support (MS SQL Server DB): The contractor shall have experience performing MS SQL Server database design, configuration, documentation, testing, and deployment; implementing and verifying compliance with security policies in accordance with (IAW) AR 25-1, AR 25-2, AR 380-5, DoDI 8510.01 Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT), DoDI

8500.01 Cybersecurity, and the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

e. Application and/or Solution Support: The contractor shall have experience in utilization of an industry-recognized, accredited lifecycle development process for GOTS applications written in .NET C#. Provide support in the integration and administration of various COTS applications including but not limited to MagicDraw, Active Risk Manager, TeamTrack, Windchill and Project Server.

f. Local Presence: The Government requests the contractor have a local presence in the greater Huntsville area.

2. The Specific Technical Experience should be considered relevant only if it is the experience of the prime or a major subcontractor. A major subcontractor is considered a subcontractor that is going to perform at least 30% of the cost of the resulting contract of the anticipated solicitation for this requirement. Do not use the experience of minor subcontractors to meet this Specific Technical Experience requirement.

3. The Specific Technical Experience must have been obtained through the performance of contracts that meet the below relevancy requirements. Only a total of three relevant contracts can be used to base your experience on. The contractor including their major subcontractor is not required to have performed all specific technical experience in each contract; however, the contractor is required to have met all specific technical experience among all three relevant contracts combined; and each contract individually must meet the below relevancy requirements:

a. A project/contract is considered relevant in terms of:

• Recentness, completed within the past 3 years of the date of this Source Sought Notice or on-going projects, in which at least 12 months of performance has been completed.

A “completed contract” is defined as a contract in which 12 months of services or more have been performed and all options (or IDIQ labor hours) have been exercised.

A relevant on-going project is a multiple year contract where an initial period of 12 months or more of services have been completed and the Government has exercised the next option or ordered additional hours (on an IDIQ contract).

• Magnitude of effort of the contract is no less than $13.4 million annually. The contractor or major subcontractor must have performed at least 30% ($4.02 million annually) of the cost of the magnitude of effort of the referenced project being used to meet the specific technical experience described above.

• Scope and complexity to this effort. The contractor has all of the specific technical experience that is relevant to the performance of the PWS as outlined above. The specific technical experience may have been obtained by performance on numerous relevant contracts.

This request is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ), or Invitation for Bid (IFB). A finalized solicitation does not exists; do not request a copy of the RFP/RFQ/IFB. The Government does not intend to make an award based on responses to this request. This request is for market research purposes only, and is issued to assist in determining capable contractors who can meet the technical requirements of the Government prior to finalizing the acquisition strategy.

There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by industry responses to this

RFI.

Based on the responses to this RFI, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open completion.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. All information received in response to this request marked "Proprietary" will be protected and handled accordingly. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response.

Responses to this request will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. ACC will not pay for information received in response to this request.

Interested sources who meet this specific technical experience requirement are encouraged to respond to this Request by:

Submitting a Capabilities Statement not exceeding two (2) total pages, which includes the following information:

a. Confirmation of the contractor’s ability to meet the Specific Technical

Experience requirement from relevant contracts meeting the relevancy conditions provided above.

b. Any concerns regarding the Government’s Specific Technical Experience requirement.

Responses to this RFI is due no later than 2:00pm CST, 28 September 2020.