RFI SCS Sources Sought 05-05-2025.pdf

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

ASSISTED ACQUISITION SERVICES (AAS) SYNOPSIS / SOURCES SOUGHT

I. Introduction General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) is releasing this notice on behalf of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This announcement constitutes a combined Synopses and Sources Sought Notice (SSN). The expected action is to extend the current sole source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to L3 Harris Technologies (L3H), for an additional five year ordering period and increase the ceiling by approximately $500M pursuant to the authority of 41 United States Code (U.S.C.) 253 ( c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

A contract in support of this IDIQ is currently being performed by L3H; that award was made on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. As required by the sole source justification executed to support the contract award, the Government is conducting this notice to gather insight into the vendor activity and capabilities currently available in the market. Responses to this Sources Sought will be reviewed and used to determine whether there have been any significant changes to the industry that would alter the Government’s acquisition approach (sole source).

This notice does NOT constitute a Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment, implied or otherwise, by the Government that a procurement action will be issued or that a specific strategy will be executed. Response to this notice is not a request to be added to a bidders list or to receive a copy of a solicitation. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of the requested information. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests. Responses to this notice may be considered in the future determination of an appropriate acquisition strategy for the program Any information submitted by respondents as a result of this notice is strictly voluntary.

II. Background USSOCOM requires an industry partner that will provide a host of services and equipment to support, maintain, and upgrade existing systems integrated into various platforms and locations across the globe as defined in the equipment list and associated draft performance work statement (PWS). These services will enable applicable Common Data Link (CDL), Link-16 Connectivity, Command Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), and Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) requirements by focusing on the utilization of existing and future architectures, configurations and resources to support data relay ingest, and throughput at the ground stations and other customer locations. These services are anticipated to expand existing

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Table 1: Current Contract Information

Action Code Contract Award

Contract Award Date 08/17/2020

Contract Award Number 47QFLA20D0014

Current Award Ceiling Amount $410,000,000.00

Contractor L3 Harris (L3H)

Contracting Officer and Contracting Office Address

J. Denise Darlington

77 SW Forsyth St, Atlanta, GA

Description AISR Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Systems

Set-aside Status None - Open Market

Data Rights: The U.S. Government owns various levels of data rights, ranging from unlimited to Government purpose. Additionally, several items have restricted rights due to the manner in which those items' development were funded.

III. Functional Areas The contents of the PWS and equipment list have been deemed Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must be requested through the electronic reading room, see below.

IV. Security Requirements Contractor personnel must possess, at a minimum, a current Secret clearance determination reflected in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS). The contractor shall also possess all security classification requirements as addressed in the PWS, section 3.6, Security Requirements.

V. Government Estimate

The Government plans to extend the ordering period for the current IDIQ for an additional five years. The Government anticipates the ordering period will be broken into five separate one-year option periods. The Government estimates this will increase the

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VI. Required Capabilities Response:

If an industry partner believes it can provide the required equipment and services, they are encouraged to provide a capabilities response in accordance with Section B of this notice.

Industry partners may request access to the PWS and equipment list. Access to this information will only be provided to industry partners that can show they have the following approved/ adequate business systems.

1. An adequate cost accounting system, as determined by the cognizant

Federal agency (e.g., Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).

2. An audited and approved Purchasing System as determined by the cognizant Federal agency (e.g., Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) as defined in FAR 42.003 and the process for assignment of contract audit services as defined in FAR 42.1.)

Industry partners that do not have the approved business systems would not be capable of supporting the Government's needs; therefore, will not be provided with access to the PWS or equipment list. To be provided with access, a certificate of the approved business systems must be submitted with the eRR request.

A. Electronic Reading Room (eRR) - Step 1 If all requirements in section VI of this Sources Sought are met, then interested industry partners (IPs) shall complete the following steps:

1. Return Attachment A - Electronic Reading Room (eRR) Rules of Behavior (RoB) and Attachment B - Electronic Reading Room (eRR) Non-Disclosure Agreement to joann.darlington@gsa.gov, and korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov.

2. Provide documentation confirming the adequacy or approval of the above business systems to joann.darlington@gsa.gov, and korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov.

3. Provide a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA) email address to joann.darlington@gsa.gov and korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov.

Interested IPs, without an existing GACA account, shall create one at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup. Usernames must follow the format “GSA.firstname.lastname” (e.g., GSA.john.smith@gmail.com).

Upon receipt of a complete eRR request, the Government will grant access to the eRR within 48 business hours excluding holidays and weekends.

B. Response Requirements - Step 2 Based on the interested parties review of the resources within the reading mailto:joann.darlington@gsa.gov mailto:korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov mailto:joann.darlington@gsa.gov mailto:korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov mailto:joann.darlington@gsa.gov mailto:korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov mailto:GSA.john.smith@gmail.com

Template Version 08/26/2024 4 room, if the party believes they are capable of providing the identified equipment and associated services, the Government requests responses to the below questions in a written submission. Submissions are due no later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on May 16th, 2025.

1. Responses and/or questions should be submitted by email to Contract Specialist Korena Jones – Brown (korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov), and Contracting Officer, Denise Darlington (Joann.darlington@gsa.gov). All responses shall maintain one-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, and are single spaced.

2. The total Sources Sought response should not be more than 6 pages in length. This includes cover pages, title pages, and any other additional pages.

3. All information submitted shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4. The questionnaire is as follows and responses should include;

i. Complete the table below:

Business Name and Address Name of Company Representative and Business Title Cage Code and Unique Entity ID (UEI) Number A statement confirming that your firm has reviewed and can comply with the description summary and draft PWS included with this announcement.

Website URL

ii. Based on the industry partner’s review of information provided in the reading room, address whether the industry partner can provide all the equipment that is identified in the reading room.

Also, for each piece of equipment how the industry partner would obtain and provide the equipment to the Government.

Describe how equipment will be purchased, manufactured, maintained, and upgraded as required. Please note there are some data rights limitations for the equipment list provided as the Government’s ownership ranges from unlimited, to Government purpose, or restricted depending on the item and associated software.

iii. After reviewing the documents provided in the eRR, describe the industry partners’ capabilities as they relate to anticipated task areas listed in the DRAFT Performance Work Statement and the industry partner’s ability to provide maintenance and on-site services globally, at all applicable tier levels, on these items (equipment, hardware, software, etc.). The contractor shall specifically identify and demonstrate their experience performing tasks similar to those described in the PWS.

iv. Describe the industry partner capabilities to meet DoD Cyber Supply Chain Requirements.

v. Provide the industry partner’s experience managing multiple task orders, with various clients, that are globally dispersed, on a single ordering vehicle.

mailto:korena.jones-brown@gsa.gov mailto:Joann.darlington@gsa.gov

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Attachments:

Attachment 1 - Electronic Reading Room (eRR) Rules of Behavior (RoB) Attachment 2 - Electronic Reading Room (eRR) Non-Disclosure Agreement

(NDA)