DHS Tactical Communications

Added: Oct 03, 2011 3:21 pm ______________________________

Amendment 4

Amendment 4 to RFP HSSS01-11-R-1001 for DHS Tactical Communications includes am amended request for proposal.  The amended RFP removes H.5 Warranty Requirements.  Each of these items is uploaded and attached to this notice.
Note in the amended RFP that proposal submission should now be sent to both david.keene@usss.dhs.gov and michael.vandyke@usss.dhs.gov.

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Added: Sep 30, 2011 1:27 pm ______________________________

Amendment 3

Amendment 3 to RFP HSSS01-11-R-1001 for DHS Tactical Communications includes revised questions and answers from industry and amended request for proposal.  The amended RFP corrects the CLIN structure and adds a change to page 102 para 3.3 to include the added TC1 Subscriber Base small business track.  Each of these items is uploaded and attached to this notice.
Note in the amended RFP that proposal submission should now be sent to both david.keene@usss.dhs.gov and michael.vandyke@usss.dhs.gov.

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Added: Sep 30, 2011 10:07 am ______________________________
Amendment 2

Amendment 2 to RFP HSSS01-11-R-1001 for DHS Tactical Communications includes qeustions and answers from industry and amended request for proposal.  Each of these items is uploaded and attached to this notice.
Note in the amended RFP that proposal submission should now be sent to both david.keene@usss.dhs.gov and michael.vandyke@usss.dhs.gov.


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Added: Sep 08, 2011 3:50 pm _______________________________
Amendment 1

Amendment 1 to RFP HSSS01-11-R-1001 for DHS Tactical Communications includes questions and answers from industry, an amended request for proposal, an updated attachment 1, and an updated attachment 4.  Each of these items is uploaded and attached to this notice.

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Added: Aug 08, 2011 7:01 pm

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to establish a multiple award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract from this solicitation for commercial items under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items.  The contracts will be available for ordering to DHS, its components, and specified ordering activites.

The purpose of this contract is to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS and its Components) purchase a full array of tactical communications (TacCom) commodity products, infrastructure and services.  DHS seeks to establish a multi-vendor approach to implementing fully interoperable solutions to support mission critical, public safety communications.  It should be noted that DHS TacCom contractors can have contracts for specific technical categories (TC) as listed below.  Contractors may receive contracts in one or multiple technical categories.  Contractors can only propose at the delivery order level for those technical categories for which they have been awarded a contract.

TC1 Subscriber Base - Portable/mobile radios, control/base stations, oftware, upgrades, etc.

TC2 Infrastructure - Repeaters, routers, comparator systems, OTAR, etc.

TC3 Infrastructure Services - Engineering, design, installation, etc.

TC4 O&M Services - Maintenance, frequency managers, spectrum managers, etc.

TC5 Test Equipment.

The TacCom products, infrastructure, and services included in the scope of this contract include, but are not limited to, products and services that comply with applicable technical requirements set forth in Section J. Attachment 1. NOTE: At the order-level, RFQs for product will specify which of the specific technical requirements are applicable to each requirement. All commercial offerings available from a vendor that are within the scope of this contract and are made available through their commercial or GSA catalog, including both existing and new technologies as they become available, may be purchased through this contract.

TacCom orders may include ancillary service in addition to items of supply.
Small Business Set Aside: This is dual track procurement with all technical categories being procured unrestricted. In addition, for the services technical categories (TC3 and TC4) there is a small business track wherein small businesses will be considered independent of large business proposals. The NAICS Codes for each technical category is as follows:

TC 1 Subscriber Base (Equipment)
NAICS code: 334220

TC 2 Infrastructure (Equipment)
NAICS code: 334220

TC 3 Infrastructure Services (Services)
NAICS code: 541330
Within Small Business Track - Dollar Threshold of $4.5 million

TC 4 O&M Services (Services)
NAICS code: 541330
Within Small Business Track - Dollar Threshold of $4.5 million

TC5 Test Equipment (Equipment)
NAICS code: 334515

Use of the term "Delivery Order" in this document is not intended to express a limitation on the ordering of services provided under this contract, whether or not ordered in unison with supplies.

This solicitation is being posted electronically via FBO.  The full solicitation document, along with any additional attachments, are attached to this FBO posting (HSSS01-11-R-1001).  Responses are to be submitted electronically to david.keene@usss.dhs.gov no later than October 14, 2011 at 5 PM EST.  Questions regarding this solicitation will be accepted electronically at david.keene@usss.dhs.gov until August 22, 2011 at 4 PM EST.  The Government will post all responses and notices as amendments to this solicitation posting.  It is the bidders' responsibility to monitor this posting for any amendments or additional notices. 

This acquisition had a request for information, draft solicitation, and related questions and answers posted to FBO under the solicitation number RFI-DHSTacCom.  For reference, this posting can be found at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USSS/PDDC20229/RFI-DHSTacCom/listing.html.  The related packages/attachments can be found at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USSS/PDDC20229/RFI-DHSTacCom/packages.html.