usTLD RFI 2025-01-17 CLEANED 4pm (002).pdf

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SHARED SERVICES PROCUREMENT OFFICE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

TOP LEVEL DOMAIN REGISTRY MANAGEMENT &

MAINTENANCE OF THE .US DOMAIN

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

DATE: JANUARY 17, 2025

I. DISCLAIMER

The following information is provided in accordance with FAR 15.2, Exchanges with Industry Before Receipt of Proposals. The Government presents this Request for Information (RFI) to seek input from industry on the stated requirements and potential acquisition strategy. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and offers will not be accepted. The Government will not make an award resulting from this RFI.

Any information received in response will be used to inform a potential solicitation with the intent to make a Government contract award.

This RFI does not guarantee the release of a solicitation. Responses to the RFI will not be disclosed outside the Government; however, Respondents shall consider that information received may be used to shape a future public solicitation and, therefore, avoid providing proprietary information that could otherwise be disclosed through the solicitation process. Responses to the RFI are voluntary and costs will not be reimbursed.

II. INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: Respondents shall title the subject line of the email transmitting their response as follows:

Insert Respondent Name_Response to usTLD Registry Management & Maintenance RFI

The Government is considering a modernization of the Statement of Work (SOW) for Top Level Domain (TLD) Registry Management and Maintenance requirements of the .US Domain and is seeking industry questions and comments on these updates. The Government invites industry to review the draft requirements and the anticipated acquisition strategy and to provide capability statements and questions/comments on the strategy as requested below. The anticipated acquisition strategy for this acquisition is an open market solicitation resulting in an award of a no-cost contract with a base period of two years and four two-year options.

The Department of Commerce requests that the following information is included in responses to this RFI:

• High level description of the Respondent’s advice on how to meet and/or exceed the objectives described in the attached Statement of Work Synopsis.

• Identification of specific work products or deliverables the Respondent has either produced, or is aware of, to address the key issue areas of interest as described in the attached Statement of Work Synopsis.

• The extent to which the Respondent is familiar with existing markets for services to address aspects of the requirement.

• The risks considered significant for contractor performance.

• Any additional information the government should include in any potential solicitation to provide industry with sufficient knowledge to respond to a future solicitation.

Additionally, the capability statement may identify successful efforts by the contractor to provide similar solutions, including name of client and/or contracting activity; contract number; contract type; period of performance, total contract value, and total dollar value; and Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer Representative name, telephone number and email address.

Responses are limited to 15 pages excluding the cover page/letter. Respondents shall include the information requested below on their cover page.

Information Requested Vendor Detail Company Name:

Company Address:

DUNS:

CAGE Code:

Primary Contact:

Title:

Phone/Email:

Primary/Relevant NAICS:

Small Business? Y/N

List All Qualifying Socioeconomic Categories if a qualified Small Business:

Number of Years in Business:

Est. Number of Employees:

Interest to Prime or Sub for this Effort:

List of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and/or other governmentwide ordering vehicles the Respondent holds:

After a review of responses, the Government may, at its discretion, contact one, more than one, all or none of the respondents to obtain additional information necessary to determine Respondent capabilities and/or to obtain clarification on information provided.

Additionally, the Government is considering scheduling an industry day to review the requirements to operate the usTLD.

III. CONFIDENTIALITY

The Government will not directly disclose or distribute information received in response to this RFI.

However, the Government reserves the right to use information provided to develop the requirements and acquisition strategy process, which will be publicly released. Any such information used in this manner will be publicly disclosed. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non- proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). The Government will not use information provided in this response for evaluation purposes.

IV. DUE DATE AND TIME FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

The due date and time for questions concerning this RFI is January 24, 2025, 10am Eastern Time.

The due date for responses to this RFI is February 7, 2025, 10am Eastern Time.

Questions and responses shall be submitted by email to Jacqueline Brown, jbrown4@doc.gov.

mailto:jbrown4@doc.gov