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FAR 10 Market Research – Sources Sought

Project Management Consultant for Modeling Compound Threats to Interdependent Infrastructure System on Military Installations N62271-20-I-1069

Sources Sought Notice:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only, pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research) and is not a pre-solicitation notice or solicitation for proposals/quotations. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor does its issuance in any way restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will neither award a contract solely on the basis of this notice, nor will it reimburse the contractor for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. Any information provided by the Government at this time is preliminary and may be updated or changed prior to release of a formal RFQ.

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) desires to procure the Project Management Consultant Service for the approved project plan of Modeling Compound Threats to Interdependent Infrastructure System on Military Installations, Department of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

The requirement is to produce a novel framework and applied case studies to identify U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) installation vulnerabilities and protection activities to compound threats. Overall project goals are to develop a method to identify worst-case disruptions to interdependent infrastructure systems on military installations, use associated models to support installation decision-making, and link the resilience of infrastructure services to DoD infrastructure investment. Planned research activities include developing a modeling architecture for interdependent infrastructure models, novel game theoretic methods to find worst-case disruptions to interdependent systems, a new approach to calculate mission dependency index, and case studies.

Successful completion of the approved project plan requires project management for stakeholder engagement. For the purposes of this work, stakeholder engagement is defined as outreach, data collection, modeling, and dissemination of results with military installation and civilian stakeholders across multiple critical infrastructure systems, including energy, transportation, water, and telecommunications systems.

To support the requirements of the contract, the contractor must meet the minimum technical qualification specified in paragraph 5.0 of the draft Performance Based Statement of Work (Attachment 1). The contractor’s support is required for the tasks listed as TRUE in the “Contractor Support Needed” column of the approved Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Project Plan (Attachment 2).

This is a new requirement. The NAICS contemplated for this requirement is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a size standard of $16.5M.

Period of Performance:

Base Year: 01 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 (12 Months)

Option Year One: 01 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 (12 Months)

Option Year Two: 01 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 (12 Months) Requirement:

Refer to the draft Performance Based Statement of Work (Attachment 1) and the approved SERDP Project Plan Descriptions (Attachment 2)

Contract Type:

Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)

Submittal Information:

It is requested that interested small businesses submit to the POC identified below, a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the services listed in the attached performance based statement of work. A generic capability statement is not acceptable. Please review carefully the requirements listed below. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following:

(1) RFI # and Title of the Performance Based Statement of Work you are applying to;

(2) Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

(3) Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

(4) A statement regarding your availability / capability to complete the project with qualified personnel, to perform at least 51% of the contract requirement, and to begin performance upon contract award,

(5) Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial) that will facilitate making a capability determination.

(6) Any questions regarding to the statement of requirements.

The capability statement package shall be sent to the POC below via email. Submissions must be received no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST) on 22 May 2020.

Point of Contact:

Mihui Toves Contract Specialist

Phone: 831-656-6128 Email: Mihui.toves@nps.edu Disclaimer and Important Notes:

Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriate for this requirement. No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.

Attachments:

1. (draft) Performance Based Statement of Work

2. Approved SERDP Project Plan Descriptions