Sources Sought Notice - W9124J25RMPPS 9APR25.docx

Sources Sought Notice Control Systems Governance Office (CSGO) Technical and Program Support Management and Professional Services W9124J25RMPPS

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure Management and Professional services in the form of program support, data integration and extraction, and operational technology expertise 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.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services. The size standard for this NAICS code is $34M. The Product Service Code (PSC) is DF01 – IT and Telecom - IT Management Support Services (Labor). If a different NAICS code would be better suited, please state in your response what NAICS is better suited for this requirement and why.

A need is anticipated for the service. Attached is the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

This is a new requirement period of performance is anticipated to be one (1) base year of 12 months and three (3) 12-month option years. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) and Technical Exhibits with workload data.

In response to this sources sought notice, please provide capabilities statement aligned with the attached draft performance work statement and NAICS code, to include:

1. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions. Also contact the MICC Alternate Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

2. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, UEI, 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. What percentage of work will be performed by the small business prime contractor and all similarly situated entity subcontractors? Note: See FAR 52.219-14(e)(1) Limitations on Subcontracting (Oct 2022) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008). If your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor and you plan to sub-contracting any of the services out, contemplating a Joint Venture, and/or creating a teaming arrangement, please provide the name of these companies and what work and what percentage of work they will be performing, if available.

"Similarly situated entity" means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. An example of a similarly situated entity is a first-tier subcontractor that is a HUBZone small business concern for a HUBZone set-aside.

In addition, the Contractor agrees in performance of a contract for services, it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.

4. Please provide 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), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

5. Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

8. Does Contractor possess a secret facility clearance from the Defense Security Service?

Responses to this sources sought synopsis shall be submitted on or before 5:00 P.M. CDT on 14 April 2025 via email to Lexus Robinson, Contract Specialist at lexus.r.robinson2.civ@army.mil and cc Stephen Fuller, Contracting Officer at stephen.b.fuller4.civ@army.mil. No telephonic responses will be accepted.

Correspondence and responses shall reference W9124J25RMPPS in the subject line.

Upon receipt of responses, the Government will request from our Customer an assessment regarding each firm’s potential to fulfil our requirements as depicted in the draft PWS. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The Government will not return any information submitted in response to this notice.