Sources Sought_26 July 24 (Revised).pdf

The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Tenant Division, located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland is issuing this sources sought synopsis update as a means of conducting additional market research to identify parties having an interest and the resources to support the requirement for Information and Technology and Business Management Support Services for US Army-wide use.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY SBA 8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM represented by NAICS Code 541513. CURRENTLY, THE GOVERNMENT IS ANTICIPATING OF A COMPETITIVE 8(a) ACQUISITION, HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE AUTHORITY TO GO DIRECTED 8(a) AWARD WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN OFFER TO PROVIDE A CERTIFIED COST OR PRICING DATA. FOR COST PLUS FIXED

FEE CONTRACT, ALL OFFER SHALL HAVE AN APPROVED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

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 REPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 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 INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The US Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (ACC-APG) seeks a qualified Small Business 8(a) contractor to support the Army enterprise infrastructure and infostructure goals with information technology (IT) services worldwide (inside the contiguous United States (CONUS) and outside the contiguous United States (OCONUS)), including warzone areas. The Army is anticipating an award of a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Single Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to a Small Business 8(a) concern that can provide information technology (IT) services and IT services- based solutions as well as and Business Management Support which may include the integration of ancillary support which is necessary and integral to the IT services being acquired. The Government intends to place task/delivery orders against the ID/IQ contract for individual requirements for each area. The ordering period will be sixty (60) months from date of ID/IQ award. Estimated ceiling cost for this IDIQ is $99,000,000.00. The Contractor shall perform to the standards and acceptable quality levels identified in the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and associated contract documents.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT)

A draft PWS is attached for review. (Attachment 1).

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, Eastern Time, 07 August 2024. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Ms. Tien Nguyen, Contract Specialist at tien.q.nguyen.civ@army.mil.

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1) Please discuss your ability to manage multiple task orders simultaneously as well as your experience supporting multiple geographic locations.

2) 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. Statement shall also indicate socio-economic status if responding as a small business, Small Disadvantaged, Women- Owned, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern and/or SBA 8(a).

3) Identify the highest facilities security level your company currently holds and discuss your ability to meet the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

4) Please provide the capabilities and experience of your company as a prime contractor to meet the functional areas' requirements documented in the draft PWS. In particular, describe experience and working knowledge in the following systems, services, and technologies:

• Cybersecurity Services

• IT Services

• Enterprise Design,Integration, and Consolidation

• Network/Systems Operation and Maintenance

• Telecommunications/Systems Operation and Maintenance

• Business Process Reengineering

• IT Supply Chain Management

• IT Education & Training, Intelligent Automation (Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Robotic Process Automation (RPA)), Cloud Services, and Data Services

• Procurement Automated Data and Document System (PADDS) and legacy programming languages (PWS page 75).

• Power BI, Power Apps, Dataverse scheme design, custom connectors, and integration with Microsoft services (e.g. Azure, Dynamics 365) (PWS page 75).

5) Please describe your experience with sustaining a software applications (i.e. PADDS) using XML feeds, Web service calls, Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE), APEX, scripting, COBOL, PRO*COBOL, PRO*C,.NET, expert UNIX scripting, and Oracle PL/SQL on LINUX and windows platforms.

6) Please describe your experience with developing business workflow/transactional business systems/dashboards in POWER BI/DataVerse and SharePoint Online.

7) Please describe your experience with developing and sustaining ServiceNow applications supporting workgroups up the enterprise wide solutions.

8) Are you interested in this requirement as a prime or a subcontractor?

9) Has your company performed this type of effort or similar type of effort (to include size and complexity) in the past? If so provide the Contract Number, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number and a brief description of your direct support of the effort.

10) Please describe your company's capabilities for receiving and keeping inventory of property items or information technology assets such as laptops, desktop computers, monitors, printers, accessories and toner in a warehouse environment. The estimated ordering period will be sixty (60) months from date of ID/IQ award.

11) Does your company have an approved cost accounting system?

The contract type is anticipated to be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) or can be FFP on requirements that are well defined at the task order level.

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 Tien Nguyen, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email to Contract Specialists tien.q.nguyen.civ@army.mil, birgit.m.jones.civ@army.mil and Contracting Officer, rex.m.valdez2.civ@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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