Sources Sought - DPN_Final.pdf

NOTICE TYPE: Sources Sought

CENTER OFFICE: Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA)/Office of the Comptroller – Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)

REQUIREMENT: Defense Procurement Network

1. The Defense Human Resources Activity is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in, and the resources for, providing services in accordance with the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The Government is specifically performing Market Research to see if there are potential vendors who can provide and develop a dynamic procurement platform designed to guide, equip, and connect small businesses with real-time opportunities and connections across the United States (U.S.) Department of War (DoW) and federal contracting landscape.

This is a new requirement.

2. This notice shall not be construed as a formal solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. In addition, it does not guarantee that a subsequent solicitation will be issued. Submission of any information in response to this Sources Sought notice is voluntary and will assist in selecting the appropriate solicitation type/method. Costs associated with any submission shall not be reimbursed by the Government. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT SEEKING PROPOSALS AND WILL NOT

ACCEPT UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS.

3. The proposed NAICS for this effort is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services (size standard $34M). Comments on this NAICS and suggestions for alternative codes must include supporting rationale.

4. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). A business must be a current participant and certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) if responding as an 8(a) firm and HUBZONE small businesses must be certified by SBA by the time of proposal. A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) must represent to the contracting officer that is it certified as such at the time of offer submission. Women-owned small business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB) should indicate if their certification is a self-certification or if they are formally certified by SBA (or will be by time of any proposal).

5. Interested parties are requested to submit an unclassified capability statement, limited to twelve (12) pages, that includes the following:

a) Company name, mailing address, name for main point of contact (POC) having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives, e-mail address for company and POC, telephone number(s) for company and POC, company website address (if available), Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE Code, and company structure (e.g. Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.).

b) Type of business, including small business socio-economic category if applicable (e.g. Other than Small, 8(a) s, HUBZone, Non Profit)

c) Small businesses shall specify if any kind of teaming arrangement will be involved and “other than small” businesses shall address subcontracting opportunities that exist.

d) Indicate if the company is currently on any contracting vehicles (e.g. GSA MAS, OASIS, NITAAC, etc.).

e) Indicate if you are interested as a Prime contractor or subcontractor.

f) Describe any teaming or subcontracting that you may use to fulfill a requirement.

g) Describe your organization's breadth of expertise/competency to respond to the draft PWS. Critical functions to be provided include:

• A commercial off-the-shelf software application designed to support a business-matching and event-management platform.

o The event management tool should provide a fully customizable user friendly, web-based solution with the capability to uniquely manage and track individual events, 24/7 chat feature and activities.

• Provide proof of an active Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FEDRAMP) certification.

• An application that can create customized online forms to capture event-registration data, workshop forms, post-event surveys, and upload documents and videos.

• Use a standalone application that does not rely on DoW interfaces.

• Provide project management and event support staff.

• Display an extensive background in supporting Office of Small Business

Programs (OSBP) and Office of Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) offices

• The capacity to provide 24/7 customer service tool for application users.

• Clearly explain the applications individual matchmaking process.

• Comply with DHRA’s mission and goals.

h) Industry feedback is requested on the (Performance Work Statement) PWS for this requirement. Please list any challenges or potential performance roadblocks related to fulfilling the PWS requirements and any suggestions for improving the PWS language.

i) Provide the following information on five (5) similar projects for federal agencies, including at least two (2) under DoW or Department of Homeland Security (DHS), within the past five (5) years, in an environment of similar scale completed within the last five (5) years for which the responder was a prime or Sub- Contractor.

1. The name and value of each project;

2. The name, address, telephone and email address for point of contact;

3. The period of performance;

4. A description of each project, including challenges and successes; and

5. Your company's role and services provided for each project. Please include if you were the prime or subcontractor on each project in this section.

6. All interested and capable contractors are encouraged to respond. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the sources sought evaluation. The results of this sources sought notice will assist the Contracting Officer in determining whether an 8(a), Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Certified HUBZone Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Small Business set-aside, or full and open competition is an acceptable strategy for this procurement. Responses to this synopsis may be used to aid in establishing realistic, achievable small business participation goals.

7. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought; all costs associated with responding will be solely at the interested party’s expense. All information received in response to this submission that is clearly marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made and submissions to this Sources Sought will not be returned.

8. The information provided in this Sources Sought is subject to change and is not binding on the Government.

9. The Government requests that all responses be returned by the date listed in SAM. All responses shall be submitted electronically to the DHRA Acquisition Management Directorate point of contacts listed in SAM.

10. Interested vendors may contact the Contract Specialist, Tameka Laws at tameka.j.laws.civ@mail.mil and the Contracting Officer, Matthew Poole at matthew.c.poole.civ@mail.mil.

Attachment:

Draft PWS – Defense Procurement Network mailto:tameka.j.laws.civ@mail.mil mailto:matthew.c.poole.civ@mail.mil