Pre Solicitation Conference_Announcement AMD01.pdf

Military Sealift Command (MSC)

Next Generation Wideband (NGW) Follow-On Contract

General Information:

Document Type: Special Notice

Solicitation Number: HC101320R0014

Posted Date: October 13, 2020

Response Date: November 3, 2020

Pre-Solicitation Conference: November 17, 2020

Classification Code: D -- Information Technology Services, including

Telecommunications Services

NAICS Code: 517410 - Wired Telecommunications Carriers

Contracting Office Address:

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting

Office (DITCO)-Scott, 2300 East Drive Bldg. 3600, Scott AFB, IL, 62225

Description:

On November 17, 2020, the DISA-DITCO in partnership with the United States Space Force

(USSF) Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO) will host a virtual MSC NGW

Follow-On Pre-Solicitation Conference online via the Microsoft Teams platform.

This event will provide Industry with a Question & Answer (Q&A) session from 1300-1500 (EDT) and will require pre-registration by all Industry participants who wish to attend. Those interested in attending the virtual Pre-Solicitation Conference are required to submit the name(s) of the individual(s) requesting attendance, with their title, email address and contact phone number to sierra.l.billhartz.civ@mail.mil and kathryn.v.koerkenmeier.civ@mail.mil No Later Than (NLT)

1500 (EDT) November 3, 2020. Please note that representatives per company cannot exceed six participants for this event, and may be requested to limit further based on platform capacity. Those participants wishing to attend will be provided with a link to the Pre-Solicitation Conference after closing of this notice but prior to the event kickoff.

Along with the posting of this notice, a copy of the draft Request For Proposal (RFP) is provided.

Please provide any questions in response to this posting, or in response to the RFP for which you mailto:sierra.l.billhartz.civ@mail.mil mailto:kathryn.v.koerkenmeier.civ@mail.mil would like addressed at the Pre-Solicitation Conference NLT 1500 (EDT) on November 3, 2020, utilizing Attachment 10 - Attachment L1 RFP Q&A Template. All Q&As discussed at this event will be published for Industry at the conclusion of this event but prior to the release of the RFP, estimated in January 2021.

In addition, the Government requests Industry response to the following three questions. Please provide your response to these questions on a separate document attachment with your response for the Government's review. Please note that the same submission deadlines apply.

1. Please confirm if there are Small Business Subcontracting opportunities under this defined effort.

2. If so, in what areas are there opportunities for Small Business Subcontracting opportunities?

3. If yes, what would be an achievable Small Business Participation Goal?

This Notice also serves as the Pre-Solicitation Synopsis as required under Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) 5.204 and 15.201. The RFP is expected to be released to the Government Point of Entry (GPE), Sam.Gov on or around January 2021.

Background/Purpose:

DISA DITCO/USSF CSCO plans to award a 10 year contract as a single-award Indefinite

Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), with a 3-year base with three, two-year options and one, one-year option for worldwide commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services for the

U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command (MSC). The Navy’s MSC NGW program goal is to sustain and modernize the current NGW satellite communications network supporting MSC. It is

MSC’s objective to leverage the most effective blend of commercially available shared and dedicated services to support MSC satellite requirements.