NMUSA Business Operations Specialist RFI Market Survey.docx

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/MARKET SURVEY REQUEST

for National Museum of the Unites States Army (NMUSA) Business Operations Specialist

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), A MARKET SURVEY REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING SURVEY. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT, INVITATION FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS/QUOTES OR AN INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE. INTERESTED CAPABLE VENDORS ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE RESPONSES. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBMISSSION OF THE INFORMATION BEING REQUESTED OR REIMBURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES FOR REPONSES.

Additionally, your response will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. As previously stated, respondents will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI/market survey and any follow-up information requests. Furthermore, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

TOPIC:

NMUSA is located at 1775 Liberty Avenue, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060 at the intersection of Fairfax County Parkway (VA 286) and Liberty Drive. Construction of the museum was completed in June 2019. It is an 84-acre campus that includes a separate 3,726-square foot mechanical yard, a 185,000-square foot museum, special-event space and office building, a 2,000-square foot maintenance building, a 300-square foot guard booth, a 5-acre parade ground, and the associated pavement and utilities. The NMUSA public museum space is open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, 7-days a week, 364-days a year and is closed Christmas Day (December 25th). The museum has special events scheduled between 6:00 am to 11:00 pm outside of public opening hours, for both inside and outside special events and has already been host to Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, Sergeant Major of the Army and multiple AUSA events. The NMUSA has an operating staff of approximately 300 with staff operating hours between 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday. Security staff shall be in the building 24-hours a day.

Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is releasing this market survey to identify prospective sources capable of providing business operations and knowledge management support in accordance with (IAW) the NMUSA Business Operations Specialist Performance Work Statement.

The contractor shall provide business operations and knowledge management support at the NMUSA to include serving as the Staff Action Control Officer (SACO), review documentation and prepare correspondence (IAW) Army Regulation 25-50, serve as the primary point of contact for the organizational task management system, such as the Army (HQDA) Task Management System (ETM2S), serve as alternate Timekeeper within the Automated Time Attendance and Production System (ATAAPS), assist in compiling routine, weekly, or ad hoc reporting to Center of Military History (CMH) and/or Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), conduct knowledge management functions to document and describe routine Museum administrative processes, serve as a Defense Travel System (DTS) Reviewing Official, perform special projects which involves gathering data or information and coordinating joint efforts for integrated work efforts, assist in planning and executing Director’s meetings and events by maintaining the Director’s calendar; coordinate with meeting participants to deconflict and schedule meeting times, accept or decline meeting requests, provide visitors with directions, and parking information, coordinating with the protocol officer, when applicable; set up and schedule Video Teleconferencing (VTC); prepare agendas with input from Government leads, attend meetings, take meeting minutes, track mandatory training requirements for all museum personnel (civilian and contractor), conduct weekly coordination synch, and prepare correspondence for mailing by preparing envelopes and packages with proper labels.

The intent of the RFI/market survey is to identify potential sources of services.

MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS:

Each response is requested to include:

1. Part I. Business Information:

a. Company Name:

b. Type and Size of Business:

c. Manufacturer:

d. CAGE Code:

e. Company Point of Contact:

i. Name:

ii. Title:

iii. Telephone:

iv. Email address:

f. Business Address:

g. Web page URL:

2. Part II. Response to the following:

a. Provide information on your company's experience and capabilities relevant to the specific requirements of this project. This may include previous projects of a similar nature, relevant skills and expertise, and any certifications or qualifications that demonstrate your ability to successfully undertake and complete the proposed work.

SURVEY GUIDELINES:

Participation in this survey from a potential offeror is solely voluntary; no reimbursements will be made for costs associated with participation in this survey. Data submitted to the Government will not be returned but will remain archived as part of historical records. Lastly, participation in this market survey, while important to Army acquisition planners, is neither mandatory nor is it requisite for future participation by the potential offeror in forthcoming Government solicitations.

RESPONSES DUE:

Responses to this market survey are DUE BY 4:30 PM, 2 April 2024. Please submit all completed questionnaires and any questions you may have via email to: Ms. Stephanie Pajot, ACC-DTA, at stephanie.a.pajot.civ@army.mil.

Please format the subject line of the response email as follows: “[Organization Name] response to Request for Information – “NMUSA Business Operations Specialist”. Provide the email responses in PDF format. Only electronic responses will be accepted. All interested parties and organizations are encouraged to respond to this request for information. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified and properly marked. No manufacturer/distributor shall be given a copy of another manufacture’s/distributor’s information collected in this survey.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) “CONFIDENTIAL” with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS” and “CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the Government will also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “CONFIDENTIAL” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort.