Sources-Sought-Technical-Description-Services- Catholic Priest.pdf

Version – July 2015

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR SERVICES

INTRODUCTION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort Bliss is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Catholic Priest services. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location % On-Site Government

% Off-Site Contractor

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 100% 0%

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES

NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE

NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO

AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS

ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES

WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO

THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF

ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED

ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

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PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This is a Non-Personnel Services Contract between the WSMR Religious Support Office (RSO) and the contractor to perform tasks and provide deliverables identified herein. The PWS defines the requirements and deliverables of the contractor that support the individual Free Exercise of Religion for military personnel, family members, and authorized personnel.

Services provided shall be conducted in accordance with Army Regulation 165-1 Army Chaplain Corps Activities. All services under this contract shall be performed by an ordained Priest of the Catholic Church who is endorsed by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), with faculties accepted or granted by the AMS Archbishop and in cooperation with the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). No Priest presented by a third party will be endorsed. The contract priest, although having no military authority, will nonetheless serve as the authoritative subject matter expert delegated by the AMS in all Catholic matters when he is the only priest at an installation or post. The Catholic Priest shall provide regular and special Catholic mass, sacraments, and confessions to the Catholic congregation at the locations and dates identified herein. The Contractor shall advise the Government Chaplaincy personnel as the Catholic subject matter expert (SME). The Contractor shall serve as the SME on Catholic religious instruction in compliance with the conformity listing maintained by the

AMS.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

All services under this contract are to support WSMR CMRP. The Contractor shall be a Catholic who is confirmed and in good standing in the Catholic Church and has 2 years of experience with Catholic programming.

Experience in military chapel programs is preferred. Contractor personnel shall possess the ability to present information orally and in written format (i.e., emails, minutes, bulletins, advertising, and marketing). Ability to speak English clearly and with excellent comprehension is essential.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall comply with applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures as per the installation SOP. The contractor shall also provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force

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Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 813110 with a Small Business Size Standard of $13.0M. The Product Service Code is G002. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten

(10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 1 pm, MST, 20 JANUARY 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to jenny.a.cisneros.mil@army.mil and tiffany.a.salone.mil@army.mil .

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods.

6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-

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Owned Small Business Concern.

8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

The estimated period of performance is twelve (12) months, beginning on 1 February 2026 and ending on 31 January 2027.

The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed Priced.

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, SSG Tiffany Salone and the Contracting Officer, Jenny Cisneros, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email jenny.a.cisneros.mil@army.mil and tiffany.a.salone.mil@army.mil .

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

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