Army Sustainment Command Lead Material Integrators Liaison Officer

Description: This is a Sources Sought/Market Research announcement to identify interest in and capability to perform the Army Sustainment Command (ASC) Lead Materiel Integrator (LMI) Liaison (LNO) mission described below.

On behalf of ASC, the Distribution Management Center (DMC) executes the LMI mission to provide fully equipped forces in a fiscally constrained environment. The ASC LMI LNO mission requires that the service provider have the ability and skill sets necessary to provide research, analytic, programmatic, communications and liaison services to ensure successful execution of the DMC mission of equipping Units. The mission sites are as follows:

a) Ft. Bliss
b) Ft. Bragg
c) Ft. Campbell
d) Ft. Carson
e) Ft. Hood
f) Ft. Lewis
g) Ft. Drum
h) Ft. Polk
i) Ft. Richardson
j) Ft. Riley
k) Ft. Shafter
l) Ft. Stewart
m) Schofield Barracks
n) Korea
o) Germany
p) Rock Island Arsenal

The anticipated period of performance is 01 April 2015 - 31 March 2020. The contractor will assess and recommend quantities of resourced equipment available for fielding to Army units; maintain situation awareness of assigned programs/systems in support of the DMC's mission; extract and analyze data from various Army databases and draft reports/briefings as required to support the DMC's mission; perform a broad range of analysis and evaluation of unit equipment requirements, fielding and integration in support of the DMC's mission and be expert level users with the Decision Support Tool (DST) and be able to train individuals on the DST as required.

Contractor personnel require a security clearance of SECRET at all locations, except for Ft. Bragg which requires a security clearance of TOP SECRET.

Instructions to Interested Parties: Interested parties must provide a capabilities statement not to exceed five (5) pages that details how they will provide Unit Equipping support to the Lead Materiel Integrator. This should include the knowledge level of Army Equipping data systems. Your detailed capability statement must include your firm's business size under NAICS 541611 and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code.

This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. This announcement does not constitute a Request for Proposal, and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up requests. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this announcement or Government use of any information provided. This announcement does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition strategy. The Government reserves the right to consider acquisition strategies as deemed appropriate.
RESPONSE DATE: All responses to this announcement must be received by 31 October 2014 to the following point of contact: Ms. Anna Welker, Contracting Specialist (309) 782- 8366, anna.e.welker.civ@mail.mil.