FINAL Special Operations Forces Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) / USSOCOM C4I Production-Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Request For Proposal

This is Amendment 6 of H92222-11-R-0010.  The SF 30 identifies this as Amendment 6 but due to a previous error FBO lables this Amendment 7.  Offerors should acknowledge all amendments in their cover letter when submitting their proposal.

This set of Q&As are a follow up to the set posted previously.  There are a few updated answers worth noting:  

1.  Startup costs have been removed from the IPS and offeror's should be address them in accordance with their normal business practice.  

2.  The Remedy software will be GFE, not contractor provided as previously stated.

3.  Offeror's should provide pricing for the FMV software.  This is the only place where offerors are required to provide pricing for software.

Attachment 20 TEP posted in  Amendment 4 has cells that are locked.  Please use the corrected TEP in Amendment 5.

Instructions to Offerors:

1. The title has been changed to read FINAL instead of DRAFT. The FINAL RFP was posted 18 May 2011.

2. The SF30 for Amendment 0001 was inadvertently not included on 18 May with the attachments and is hereby posted with Amendment 0002.

Instructions to Offerors

1. Attachments 1-6 have been updated . Ensure you are using v10.1 documents to prepare your proposal.

2. The v10.1 documents are written as they pertain to the current TACLAN contract. There are areas that will change based on the fact that the current contract is not associated with the Special Operations Forces Informstion Technology Enterprise Contracts (SITEC). The new TACLAN contractor will interface with other SITEC IT Service Area providers . The Tier 1 and Tier 2 help desk functions will be accomplished by contractors in other towers. The TACLAN contractor will be responsible for Tier 3 maintenance. V10.1 documents will need to be updated to reflect any and all changes based on the SITEC/TACLAN relationship.

3. An Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Assessment was conducted to determine if the current TACLAN contractor, iGov, has an unfair competitive advantage or impaired objectivity. Based on the analysis performed, it is my opinion that iGov does not have an OCI that would prevent it from competing on the TACLAN procurement. The Government will re-examine this issue if questions are raised by other offerors.

Attached are the documents from the TACLAN Pre-Solicitation Day. 

WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAPACITY. REGISTRATION FOR THE TACLAN PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CLOSED.

The Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Pre-proposal Conference will be held at the Tampa Convention Center on March 30, 2011, starting at 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM. The Tampa Convention Center is located at 333 South Franklin Street, Tampa FL 33602. Registration for the conference will close when the maximum capacity is reached or at 4:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2011, whichever occurs sooner. Seating is limited to 100 people. We ask that no more than 3 representatives from each company attend. If we do not reach maximum capacity, the additional seating will be made available.

To facilitate Government and Industry planning, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will host a Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Pre-proposal Conference in Tampa FL. The Government will present the planned acquisition strategy for this effort, and provide insight into the services required from industry. This event will be held the last week of March 2011 but the specific date has not been determined.

Please respond to this RFI if your company is interested in attending this event . Due to space limitations seating will be limited. Please send your response to douglas.pick@socom.mil.

The United States Special Operations Command invites contractors to comment on the attached Draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Contract. The services are currently acquired under USSOCOM's Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Contract. The current contract will be completed by 31 March 2011. Please email comments and questions concerning the Draft RFP in an email with "TACLAN Draft RFP Comments" in the title to Contracting@socom.mil by 10 December, 2010. All questions, comments and Government responses will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov ).