Sources Sought Notice IT-24-0063.pdf

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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IT-24-0063

Secure Cloud Team Technical Support Services

U.S. Census Bureau Secure Cloud Team Technical Support Services

1. Description:

The U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) is seeking information from small businesses on how a capable contractor could provide Technical Support Services for the USCB Secure Cloud Team (SCT).

The contractor shall provide USCB with the expertise to develop enterprise standards, architecture plans, operation plans, application assessments and migration planning services processes to support the SCT migration work to the USCB to the native secure cloud and reduce the Census on prem infrastructure.

1.2. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute 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 USCB is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees 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 to this Sources Sought will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website or if the market research results in a GSA schedule buy it will be announced on GSA’s E-Buy website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

1.3. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 541519

– Other Computer Related Services. The Government is interested in identifying all small businesses including Small Disadvantaged Businesses 8(a)s, Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses capable of performing these services. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this SSN.

2. Scope:

Please refer to Attachment 1.

3. Interested capable sources should submit the following requested information:

Company Information (does not apply to the overall page count):

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a) Company Name, Address, and a brief description of your company

b) Company socio-economic status, business size, and size standard/ applicable

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541519 – Other Computer Related Services.

c) Unique Identifier Number and Cage Code as registered in SAM.gov.

d) Any existing contract vehicle (s) i.e., Federal Supply Schedule or GWAC, etc. that your company currently has that are available to the Census Bureau and can meet the stated objectives in this Sources Sought.

e) Point of Contact: name, telephone number and email address for questions and/or clarification

f) Web Page URL

4. Response to Market Research Questions:

Describe corporate capabilities to perform the work as identified in Attachment 1. Description of capabilities may include discussion of experiences of corporate or potential key personnel.

Responses to each question should pertain to the same specific similar experience reference.

1) Does your company have any technology partnerships with major Cloud Service

Providers? Please provide details for these partnerships.

2) Has your company supported major cloud migration efforts similar in size, scope and complexity for a federal agency as described in Attachment 1?

a. Please describe of the scope, timeline, and size of the previous effort

b. How does this experience relate to USCB’s needs?

3) For the above referenced experience, describe the approach taken to planning, cost estimating, management, and implementation of cloud migration strategy efforts.

4) For the above referenced experience, what constraints did you have to overcome?

Constraints can be System, Software, Hardware, Regulatory and Agency requirements, Timeline/schedule, and Cost based.

Please address all questions, inquiries, and any needed clarifications related to this notice in writing via email to Kimberly.Robinson@census.gov. Electronic inquiries, questions, and needed clarifications must be received by this office no later Thursday, January11, 2024, NLT 12:00PM, EST.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this Sources Sought. Responses shall be in Microsoft Word for Office compatible formant and shall be addressed within no more than 5 pages, 8.5” x 11” and 12-pitch font size and sent to the USCB Contracting Office Contacts identified below on January 18, 2024, NLT 12:00PM, EST. Subject line should read “Sources Sought Response IT-24-0063” Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information.

mailto:Kimberly.Robinson@census.gov

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Primary Point of Contact:

Kimberly Robinson Contracts Specialist Kimberly.Robinson@census.gov

Long Nguyen Contracting Officer long.nguyen@census.gov

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY to identify sources that can provide web-based package tracking. The information provided in the Sources Sought is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The USCB has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this Sources Sought 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.

(End of Notice) mailto:Kimberly.Robinson@census.gov mailto:long.nguyen@census.gov