Sources-Sought-Technical-Description-Services_11.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR SERVICES – Fort Benning

GA.

Communications Infrastructure Services Support

8(a) Sources Sought: This is a sources sought announcement only seeking 8 (a) vendors responses in order to determine continued participation in this acquisition. The Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Benning is issuing this sources sought to the public as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement Network Enterprise Command (NEC) – Fort Benning Communications Infrastructure Services Support.

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

NEC, Ft. Benning, GA, and at two remote sites; Camp Merrill, Dahlonega, GA and Camp Rudder, Eglin, FL

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.”

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Network Enterprise Center (NEC), Fort Benning, Georgia. The primary objective of this task order is to provide turn-key infrastructure upgrades and other related telecommunications services, equipment and material that will result in an integrated solution that provides Information Technologies (IT) communications to all buildings and Gigabit-Ethernet communications to primary/key buildings consistent with the Joint Technical Architecture-Army. In accordance with these assignments, Fort Benning Communications Infrastructure Services Support provides the following:

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization;

and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: The government will assign a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to this contract. The COR is responsible for the monitoring of technical performance on behalf of the government

Upon task order completion, the Contractor shall assemble in an orderly and logical manner, and deliver to the Government, all working papers prepared during the contract term. These working papers shall include background studies, research documents, drawings, charts, diagrams, and any other documents developed at Government expense. Any final report(s) due shall be submitted within ten (10) calendar days after the last month of performance. Personnel and Facility Security Clearances. U.S.

citizenship is required for all on-site visits. All work to be performed under this task order is unclassified.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable North American Industry Classification System code for this requirement is 517919 with a Small Business Size Standard of $32.5. The Product Service Code is D316. 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 2 pm, EST, 28 Mar 2019. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Ugochukwi.i.obi.civ@mail.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- 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 consists of two (2) years (Phase-In Period (30-days), Base period (11 months), and one option year). Estimated start date of 1 July, 2019. Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation.

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.

IF A SOLICITATION IS ISSUED IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Additional information, as it becomes available, will be posted as amendments to this announcement. All amendments will be available for viewing at this website. It is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the site frequently for any updates and amendments to any and all documents. All potential offeror's are reminded to be registered at the System for Award Management (SAM) web site: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.