A02 RFI MLOS Recompete Final v1 reupload.pdf

Request for Sources Sought

Microwave Line of Sight Field Service Representative Services Contract

Request for Information:

This is a Request for Sources Sought. The purpose of this notice is solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This announcement is issued in support of market research, to gather information, and to identify potential sources.

Background:

The Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) requests that the contractors review the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) and provide a response to the Government in accordance with the below submission requirements on the following questions to encourage competition and exchanges of information for this requirement for Microwave Line of Sight (MLoS) program. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 517112, " Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)".

This is a follow-on requirement to Contract W91RUS20F0233, awarded to Telos Corporation.

The primary place of performance is Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) Headquarters (HQ), building 505, Camp Arifan, Kuwait. Support maybe deployed to various forward locations, including but not limited to, the following countries: Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Syria.

Estimated Dates of Performance.

01 October 2025 30 September 2026 Base Period 01 October 2026 30 September 2027 Option Year 1 01 October 2027 30 September 2028 Option Year 2 01 October 2028 30 September 2029 Option Year 3 01 October 2029 30 September 2030 Option Year 4 01 October 2030 31 March 2030 FAR 52.217-8

Requirement:

The attached Draft PWS defines the requirements for the Contractor to provide nonpersonal services to provide Field Service Representative support for Microwave Line of Sight (MLOS) at Camp Arifan, Kuwait.

The MLOS may experience unforeseen changes in customer support requirements, causing fluctuations to, and potential growth in, mission focus and / or major services (technology changes) throughout the life of the contract. These changes may cause a substantial increase in services support over the life of the contract. Identified changes to services will be handled initially as surge support not to exceed 120 days as services are integrated, adjusted and/or permanently modified to provide sustained support for the life of the order. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the requirements outlined in the PWS and shall include, at a minimum, a detailed strategy for the redeployment of all contractor personnel and the transition of all equipment, facilities, system operations, and system documentation to the U.S. Government.

Information Requested:

1. To represent the scope, size and complexity of the requirements, a Draft PWS is posted in conjunction with this RFI. The Draft PWS is provided for reference only and is subject to change. Please provide suggestions you feel would maximize the effectiveness of the anticipated acquisition and resulting contract in providing quality services.

2. Please describe your recent experience (within the last five years) in supporting similar efforts in size (approximately 20 FTEs), complexity and scope supporting Department of Defense (DoD) organizations that provide non-personal services to provide Field Service Representative support for similar requirements.

a. Describe your company's experience handling new, undefined and rapidly changing workloads with competing priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment with multiple customers and varying mission sets.

b. How will your company respond to future, unplanned growth and / or changes in technology that may occur rapidly and without notice? This may include workforce surge requirements; specialized technical expertise requirements in a new/emerging technical area; threats/outages/technical issues not previously known or understood, etc.

c. How many FTEs do you anticipate it would take to successfully perform the MLOS mission based on the attached draft PWS? Are there any synergies possible for PWS sections or labor categories?

3. Identify special capabilities that will enhance your company’s ability to meet the requirements.

4. Provide any potential risks to technical, schedule, and cost elements of the Draft PWS, and your company recommendations to mitigate those risks.

a. Describe how your company will plan and implement risk-handling activities to identify and address potential / emerging problems and impacts in order to mitigate and/or eliminate adverse effects to the dynamically shifting missions and customer needs.

5. If your firm is interested in proposing on this effort, and has the capability of providing the required services as defined in the Draft PWS, please submit a technical capability statement including the following information:

a. Company name and mailing address, including cage code

b. Point of contact (name, telephone number, and e-mail address)

c. Please indicate if your company is a small business under 517112.

d. Small business status if any, (small, disadvantaged business, woman-owned business, veteran-owned business, etc.; this information will be verified with SAM.gov and should be the same as it was at the time of award of the IDIQ contract)

e. What is your minimum acceptable bonding level for Service Bonding Level (per contract) if you are a small business?

f. Describe how your company, as the prime contractor, will continue to meet timely invoice submissions in the event subcontractors (if using) are tardy in their invoice submissions to you as the prime. Additionally, how will you monitor subcontractors to ensure their employees are being paid in a timely manner?

g. The company’s anticipated role in the performance of the requirement (a) Prime Contractor; (b) Subcontractor; or (c) Other, please describe.

h. If the anticipated role is a “Prime Contractor,” indicate the following:

i) Given the fact that this requirement could span OCONUS), how would your company manage its subcontractors both large and/or small?

ii) Describe how your company will recruit and retain the most talented, educated and experienced candidates/employees in a challenging and highly competitive job market at the prime and subcontract level?

iii) Describe the course of action your company will take to rapidly address employee turnover while maintaining quality with a limited talent pool.

iv) Is there any type of special support your company would need to provide for your contractor employees and subcontractors who are small businesses for Kuwait?

i. Please indicate the amount of time required to develop a proposal: If a gated approach is used with a Phase I proposals due date, Hard Stop Down Select Notification of Phase I results, and Phase II proposals due date?

j. If your company will not be proposing on this effort, please explain further.

k. Any other comments or information the Government should consider regarding this effort.

6) The Government anticipates a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract type for this acquisition. Please discuss what contract type arrangement (for example: CPFF, hybrid, or Firm Fixed Price (FFP) if any) your company recommends ensuring successful performance of the contract functions to include any rationale supporting your response.

7) Technical capability statements shall be 20 pages or less. Electronic submission is required in Sam.gov. Responses shall be submitted in MS Word format, single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font; 10 point font for graphics; margins shall be no less than one-inch. All files shall be named “A02 MLOS FSR RFI Company Name”.

Submissions that do not follow the required formatting structure may result in non-consideration. Do not include your company name in your questions and answers as the questions and answers may be released to all Contractors. No phone calls will be accepted.

8) Would you recommend a phase in for 30 days, 45 days, or 60 days? Describe how your company will implement a 30-, 45-, or 60-day phase-in plan taking into account all Government equipment issued/maintained by Contractor, acceptance of TTPs and SOPs, CONOPs, etc. Please provide rationale for each.

9. How will your company manage quality throughout the life of the contract?

Describe how your company will define the specific management oversight/inspection and quality control methodology to be followed during the performance of the work including such aspects as documentation management and control, communications, technical reviews, and managerial continuity for monitoring, verifying and improving processes.

10. Describe how your company will manage technical performance to ensure the following:

• appropriate range of feasible alternatives are evaluated;

• problems, opportunities, and issues are properly defined and investigated;

• analytical methods used are appropriate for the given problem set and yield reliable results;

• results and recommendations are reasonable and within in policy guidelines and supported by appropriate artifacts; and

• end products meet the Government requirement.

11. Questions are welcome as part of your response to this RFI notice; however, responses to these questions may not be answered at this time, but rather will be used to assess the clarity of the Draft PWS and to allow the Government the opportunity to revise and strengthen the document prior to any resultant solicitation.

12. THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF TASK ORDER RFP ISSUANCE. This request is issued for the purpose of developing a viable RFP that will best communicate the Government's requirements to industry through this exchange of information.

Responses to this request are voluntary and will not affect any Contractor's ability to submit a proposal if, or when, an RFP is released. The requested information is for planning purposes only and does NOT constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. Responses to the sources sought may not be returned. Please submit any questions, capability statements, or comments to this action in writing to: charles.l.friend.civ@army.mil and chelsea.m.ng.civ@army.mil.

Responses must be received by 08:00 A.M. (MST time), 06 March 2025.

No entitlement to payment by the Government of direct or indirect costs or charges will arise as a result of the submission of information in response to this request.

Proprietary information shall NOT be submitted.

13) The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any improperly identified proprietary information. No award will be made as a result of this request. The Government will not pay for any information and/or materials received in response to this request for information and is in no way obligated by the information received.

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