RFI Sources Sought VRET.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Virtual Reality Emergency Training (VRET) 19AQMM23N0019

I. SOURCES SOUGHT SUBMISSION NOTICE

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to accomplish market research pursuant to FAR

Part 10, and to identify qualified and experienced businesses capable of and interested in providing the services described in this notice. The Department of State welcomes the participation of qualified Joint Ventures and encourages teaming to ensure an effective solution.

Additionally, this notice seeks to determine if the services can be acquired using Federal Supply

Schedules (FSS) or other Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC).

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This Sources Sought is issued solely for conducting market research, information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Government. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this Sources Sought. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and/or any follow-up information requests.

This Sources Sought Notice in intended to communicate and solicit feedback from industry on the “Draft” version of an upcoming requirement for the Virtual Reality Emergency Training

(VRET) Project (see Attachment 1, Statement of Work (SOW)). Contractors shall provide company experience and capability information and respond to the specific questions below. The

NAICS Code for this requirement is 513210 – Software Publishers, and the PSC Code is N069

Please do not provide generic capability statements as they shall add no value to this Sources

Sought. The Government is seeking specific information in conjunction with the attached

SOW.

The page limitation for responses is 10 pages.

All responses shall be submitted in writing via email to:

• Robin Guillie, Contracting Officer, GuillieRL@state.gov

• Qiana Richmond, Contract Specialist, RichmondQA@state.gov

RFI/Sources Sought responses are due: No later than 1:00 PM, EST on March 10, 2023

In order to participate in the resulting RFI and to be eligible for an award, the proposer must have

(i) a current CAGE Code, (ii) Unique Identity Identifier#, (iii) be registered to do business with the Government of the United States in the System for Award Management (SAM) and not be on the Excluded Parties List: https://www.sam.gov https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company Name

Address

UEI Number

Company Website

POC Name

Phone

Email

II. SOCIOEONOMIC STATUS

Provide information pertaining to your company’s socio-economic status for federal procurement programs (e.g., is your firm a small business, small disadvantaged business, HUBZone, 8(a), Women-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, etc.) under NAICS code

513210.

[The size standard for NAICS 513210 is $47,000,000]

Response:

III. SERVICE DELIVERY EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES

a. Describe in general the experience your company has in providing all the services described in Attachment 1 (SOW). If there is an area of the SOW that your company does not have experience in providing, please identify it specifically?

b. Describe the specific experience your company has with providing customized virtual training services and peripherals designed for medical service delivery (e.g., emergency management of a mass casualty event, medical triage training in field and medical center operations, etc.)?

c. Describe the type of equipment and applications your company produces or provides to facilitate virtual training (e.g., headsets, web-based platforms for tracking, monitoring and collecting data on training events, customized training modules, etc.)?

d. Identify specific projects that your company has completed in providing similar services as described in Attachment 1 (i.e., who were your customers and what similar services were delivered).

e. Have you conducted any medical emergency training programs that would provide medical specialists with the means to better understand procedures and practices?

f. Has your organization conducted any medical services applicable to nurses and medical staff (i.e., are you familiar with nursing training programs and procedures)?

g. Is your company capable of translating training programs to a variety of other languages in the VR/AR platform (i.e., French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese)?

h. Is your company capable of providing Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR)

(VR/AR) training services to multiple participants in one session to a variety of locations around the globe?

IV. EXISTING CONTRACTS

a. List any existing contract vehicles through which the US Department of State can access your company’s products and services (i.e., GSA FSS, Federal Government IDIQs, GWACs, etc.)

V. RECOMMENDATION

a. Did your company identify any areas in the draft SOW that present excessive risks or other concerns? If so, please provide detailed information and suggested mitigation.

b. Please identify any areas of the SOW that you believe could be improved upon to provide outstanding health care services.

ATTACHMENT 1

STATEMENT OF WORK

Bureau of Medical Services

INSERT FINAL SOW HERE

End of Statement of Work.