RFI_AGC_ANC-ANMC Website_21MAY2024.docx

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) and Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) Geospatial Operations & Maintenance (O&M)

1.0 Description

1.1 The USACE, U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), in support of the OAC and ANC, is seeking interested Small Businesses that have highly specialized professional and analytical expertise; and program management support to implement the goals of the ANC and OAC enterprise geospatial program. The Contractor shall maintain the internal web map application and web services for cemetery operations, scheduling requirements, and advanced functionality; maintaining the application programming interface (API) to view and query geospatial data for ANC. The Contractor shall also maintain and enhance existing functionality for the public facing ANC Explorer application and content management tools, and further integrate geospatial capabilities, and execute deployment support for the public ANC Explorer application(s) (iOS, Android, web & kiosk). The Contractor shall support and maintain existing internal and external facing geospatial application enhancement and maintenance for OAC. The service duration will be 5 years in support of the internal geospatial application ANC Mapper and public facing application(s) ANC Explorer. The following are the Government’s enterprise geospatial application capabilities and operations:

· The Contractor shall provide O&M for operational scheduling, viewing, and advanced ANC specific geospatial capabilities within ANC Mapper.

· The Contractor shall maintain and enhance the content management system within ANC Mapper to support the public facing ANC Explorer application, and expand and enhance Functionality in ANC Explorer and ANC Mapper to include OAC sites.

· O&M will perform tasks ensuring compliance with applicable Army Information technology (IT) and information assurance regulations.

1.2 NAICS: 541512, Computer Systems Design Services

1.3 Request For Information (RFI) Only. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The RFI respondees are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM website: Sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

2.0 Background

The OAC is defined by public law as the statutory authority to manage and oversee operations at ANC, the United States Soldiers’, and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC) and thirty-seven other Army Cemeteries. The Department of the Army created a special staff Principal, the Executive Director for Army Cemeteries and a policy oversight directorate and compliance for all Army cemeteries, both post cemeteries and national cemeteries. In accordance with this law, this PWS outlines the contractor responsibilities in providing program management support, defining, and establishing business processes, developing, implementing, and sustaining plans for O&M. Based on the special significance and the attention that national and post cemeteries receive, strict adherences to these specifications are essential.

The OAC has proponency over ANC, USSAHNC, and the thirty-seven Army defined Post Cemeteries. ANC, our nation’s most well-known military cemetery, is a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. The primary mission of ANC is to function as the nation’s premier military cemetery honoring those men and women who served in the Armed Forces. In this regard, the cemetery routinely performs 27-30 funeral services each weekday and approximately 10 services on Saturdays. The grounds of ANC honor those who have served our nation by providing a sense of beauty and peace for our guests. The rolling green hills are dotted with trees that are hundreds of years in age and complement the gardens found throughout the 624 acres of the cemetery. This impressive landscape serves as a tribute to the service and sacrifice of every individual laid to rest here within the hallowed grounds of ANC.

2.1 Limitations: Per Public Use Notice of Limitations stated by Defense imagery Management operations Center and contained at www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations/ , the Contractor shall not cite any information (e.g., contract information, pictures, locations, etc.) obtained through this contract on any hard copy or digital marketing tools to include its company website.

2.2 Security Requirements: This is an unclassified contract. There are no requirements for Contractor personnel to have routine access to classified Government information in the performance of this contract; however, System Administrators and Contractors with elevated privileges will be required to have/maintain a SECRET clearance to access any environment(s) connecting or crossing Army or Department of Defense (DoD) Information Systems. If Contractor personnel are required to attend meetings, briefings, or work on a full-time basis on-site at secure Government facilities, a valid, current final Secret eligibility and access must be granted and posted in the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) to gain access.

3.0 Requested Information

The requested information is to assist the Government with market research, identifying respondees that are capable of the following:

· Identify respondees who can meet the key personnel requirement.

· Identify respondees who can man the contract.

· Identify respondees who can understand the cloud and the mobile apps used.

· Identify respondees who are capable of following the attached Performance Work Statement.

4.0 Responses

Interested respondees shall provide their capabilities statements.

4.1 Capabilities Statements. The Capabilities Statements should be in a PDF format and due NLT 4 Jun 2024, 1000, EST. The capabilities statement is limited to 10 single-sided pages and submitted via e-mail only to the Government Point of Contract (POC): Jeaneen Monroe, Contract Specialist, Jeaneen.y.monroe@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer Ms. Jamila Bransford, jamila.z.bransford@usace.army.mil. The Capabilities statement should address the following the past performance experience as well as the requested information above in 3.0.

Proprietary information, if any, should be kept to minimum and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government in segregating proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

5.0 Meetings and Discussions

The Government representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential RFI service provider. Such meetings and discussions would only be intended to get further clarification of potential capability, especially any development and certification risks.

6.0 Questions

Questions regarding this RFI should be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Jamila Bransford at jamila.z.bransford@usace.army.mil and the Contract Specialist Ms. Jeaneen Monroe at Jeaneen.y.monroe@usace.army.mil. The suspense date to submit questions is 28 May 2024.

7.0 Summary

This RFI is only intended for the Government to identify sources that can provide and implement the goals of the ANC and OAC enterprise geospatial program. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the RFI requirements discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.