Sources Sought Synposis Rev 1 PANMCC-20-P-0000-030274 Guidebooks.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure a high quality guide and telephone directory; flat and gatefold maps; and a website and mobile app to be delivered to the Fort Bragg Public Affairs Office (PAO) at Fort Bragg, N.C. The printed materials are to be provided to Fort Bragg once a year. Acquisition of this material requirement must consider a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought synopsis 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 with a No Cost to the Government agreement.

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 quoter. 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 Government wide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is 511140, Directory and Mailing List Publishers”. Size standard is 1,250 employees. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) Address list publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (2) Address list publishers and printing combined; (3) Business directory publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (4) Business directory publishers and printing combined; (5) Catalog of collections publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (6) Catalog of collections publishers and printing combined; (7) Directory and mailing list publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (8) Directory and mailing list publishers and printing combined; (9) Directory publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (10) Directory publishers and printing combined; (11) Electronic directory publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (12) Mailing list publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); (13) Publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing), directory; (14) Telephone directory publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing); and (15) Telephone directory publishers and printing combined.

A continuous requirement exists for a high quality guide and telephone directory; flat and gatefold maps; and a website and mobile app to be delivered to the Public Affairs Office (PAO) at Fort Bragg, N.C. This is not a new contractual requirement. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Information to help determine if the requirement service 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.

5. Identify how the Army can best structure this contract requirement to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.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 FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

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

8. Please submit a responses to Mr. William Covington via email at William.d.covington2.civ@mail.mil. NLT 25 August 2020 at 12:00 PM EST.