Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

Added: Jan 26, 2017 2:47 pm Modified: Dec 20, 2017 2:28 pmTrack Changes Attached please find the U.S. Department of State's official Request for Proposals for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate, Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) acquisition.

As stated in the attached RFP, RFP questions are due January 3, 2018 and Phase I Proposals (Past Performance) are due January 18, 2018.

The anticipated timeline for this acquisition is as follows. This timeline is not binding on the Government and is subject to change, but is provided in an effort to maximize transparency to facilitate planning on the part of prospective Offerors.

PHASE II PROPOSALS (TECHNICAL AND COST/PRICE) DUE: Jan 18, 2018
FIRST COMPETITIVE RANGE DETERMINATION: approx. Feb 2018
DUE DILIGENCE SESSIONS: approx. Feb 2018
PHASE II PROPOSALS (TECHNICAL AND COST/PRICE) DUE: approx. Mar 2018
SECOND COMPETITIVE RANGE DETERMINATION: approx. Apr 2018
SITE VISIT TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY: approx. early May 2018
DISCUSSIONS HELD: approx. May 2018
FINAL PROPOSAL REVISIONS DUE: approx. late May 2018
CONTRACT AWARD: approx. early Jul 2018

Only the Contracting Officer named in this notice may be contacted regarding this solicitation. Communication concerning this solicitation with any other Government personnel, including contractor support personnel, is prohibited. If such contact occurs, the prospective Offeror making such contact may be excluded from eventual award consideration.

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Attached please find the U.S. Department of State's DRAFT Request for Proposals for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate, Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) acquisition.

The Department will accept written questions, comments, and other feedback on this draft RFP by email submitted to the Contracting Officer at HainesSG@state.gov no later than the closing date/time of this notice. Questions, comments, and other feedback will NOT be accepted in any form other than email. Telephone calls regarding this notice will not be accepted.

This is a DRAFT RFP only. No proposals, capability statements, or statements of interest are being solicited at this time.  No such information should be submitted and no such information will be accepted or considered by the Government.

Nothing in this DRAFT creates any commitment or obligation; only the final RFP will control the eventual solicitation and evaluation process.

The Department will not answer questions or respond to comments or feedback received in response to this notice. Rather, the Department will consider such input as the Department finalizes the RFP for issuance.  

The anticipated timeline for this acquisition is as follows. This timeline is not binding on the Government and is subject to change, but is provided in an effort to maximize transparency to facilitate planning on the part of prospective Offerors.  Only the instructions and dates in the final RFP will control the solicitation and evaluation process.

(See DRAFT RFP Attachments 27 and 28 for details regarding these steps)

DRAFT RFP ISSUANCE (THIS NOTICE):Sep 26, 2017
DRAFT RFP QUESTIONS DUE: Oct 23, 2017 
FINAL RFP ISSUANCE: Nov 2017
PHASE I PROPOSALS (PAST PERFORMANCE) DUE: Dec 2017
FIRST COMPETITIVE RANGE DETERMINATION: Dec 2017
DUE DILIGENCE SESSIONS: Jan 2018
PHASE II PROPOSALS (TECHNICAL AND COST/PRICE) DUE: Feb 2018
SECOND COMPETITIVE RANGE DETERMINATION: Mar 2018
SITE VISIT TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Mar 2018
DISCUSSIONS HELD: Mar 2018
FINAL PROPOSAL REVISIONS DUE: Apr 2018
CONTRACT AWARD: May 2018

Only the Contracting Officer named in this notice may be contacted regarding this DRAFT solicitation. Communication concerning this DRAFT solicitation with any other Government personnel, including contractor support personnel, is prohibited. If such contact occurs, the prospective Offeror making such contact may be excluded from eventual award consideration.

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Attached please find the Department's responses to the questions forwarded regarding the material presented at the April 3, 2017 Industry Day event for Solicitation No. SAQMMA17R0168.  Additional questions regarding this solicitation will not be entertained before the release of the applicable Draft Request for Proposal.  Please contact either of the listed Points of Contact with questions. 

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Dear Potential Industry Partner,

Thank you for taking time to attend yesterday’s Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) services Industry-Day.  We hope that you walked-away with a solid appreciation of our overall program, including the breadth of our requirements, our acquisition strategy, and our approach to administering the program throughout its entire life-cycle.

Attached please find an updated version of the previously published listing of companies that registered for yesterday’s event.  We’ve added the business size that each company reported with their registration, as well as the applicable Point of Contact information for those companies that requested it published. 

Attached also find the briefing presented at yesterday's event.  Please note: The last slide of the briefing reflects a due date of April 10, 2017 for the submission of any questions regarding the material associated with yesterday’s presentation.  However, we are hereby extending the due-date for any questions regarding yesterday’s briefing material.  We will now accept question until 11: 59 Eastern Time on April 12, 2017.  Nonetheless, we will also take questions beforehand. 

 Please contact either of the listed Points of Contact with questions. 

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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate (DS/C) will convene a meeting (“Industry Day”) regarding the forthcoming award of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.  The GSE&SC contract will be a follow-on contract to the existing Supply Chain Management contract, now in the last year of its period-of-performance.  The meeting will be convened for the benefit of potential industry partners.  During the meeting, leadership from DS/C and the Office of Acquisitions Management (AQM) will present the Department’s vision for the acquisition, including how it fits into the overall Countermeasures mission.  In addition, DS/C management will describe the security engineering/supply chain operations undertaken in support of the Department’s world-wide locations and current recipients of these services will provide insight from the users’ perspectives.  Finally, the cognizant Contracting Officer will present the Department’s acquisition strategy.  The meeting will be convened on April 3, 2017 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM Eastern Time at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn  Key Bridge, 1900 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209.  Check-in will begin at 9:00AM.  The last hour of the meeting is set-aside for networking between potential competitor team members.  Each attendee must be registered in advance with AQM. Registration opens on March 15, 2017 and closes on March 28, 2017.  Space is limited.  Each company may register no more than three (3) individuals.  Should registrations exceed the capacity of the venue, the number of company representatives will be reduced. The Department reserves the right to limit company representation to one (1) individual.  Therefore, when registering, individuals must be designated as the First, Second, and Third (i.e., A, B, and C) representative for their company.  The information forwarded for each registrant is as follows: full name, company affiliation, company size as dictated by NAICS Code 541614 ($15M average annual receipts), and participant designation (i.e., First = A, Second = B, and Third = C).  The identification and email address of the company’s point of contact shall also be provided.  All information shall be forwarded to Mr. David Lynch at LynchDJ@state.gov.  On March 29, 2017, AQM will notify the company point of contact as to how many individuals may represent the company at the meeting.  Questions regarding the meeting content will only be addressed in accordance with the instruction provided by AQM at the meeting.  Answers to any questions, along with a copy of the material presented at the meeting will be subsequently published via fbo.gov. 

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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate (DS/C) will convene a meeting (“Industry Day”) regarding the forthcoming award of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.  The GSE&SC contract will be a follow-on contract to the existing Supply Chain Management contract, now in the last year of its period-of-performance.  The meeting will be convened for the benefit of potential industry partners.  During the meeting, leadership from DS/C and the Office of Acquisitions Management (AQM) will present the Department’s vision for the acquisition, including how it fits into the overall Countermeasures mission.  In addition, DS/C management will describe the security engineering/supply chain operations undertaken in support of the Department’s world-wide locations and current recipients of these services will provide insight from the users’ perspectives.  Finally, the cognizant Contracting Officer will present the Department’s acquisition strategy.  The meeting will be convened on April 3, 2017 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM Eastern Time at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn  Key Bridge, 1900 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209.  Check-in will begin at 9:00AM.  The last hour of the meeting is set-aside for networking between potential competitor team members.  Each attendee must be registered in advance with AQM. Registration opens on March 15, 2017 and closes on March 28, 2017.  Space is limited.  Each company may register no more than three (3) individuals.  Should registrations exceed the capacity of the venue, the number of company representatives will be reduced. The Department reserves the right to limit company representation to one (1) individual.  Therefore, when registering, individuals must be designated as the First, Second, and Third (i.e., A, B, and C) representative for their company.  The information forwarded for each registrant is as follows: Full Name, company affiliation, and participant designation (i.e., First = A, Second = B, and Third = C).  The identification and email address of the company’s point of contact shall also be provided.  All information shall be forwarded to Mr. David Lynch at LynchDJ@state.gov.  On March 29, 2017, AQM will notify the company point of contact as to how many individuals may represent the company at the meeting.  Questions regarding the meeting content will only be addressed in accordance with the instruction provided by AQM at the meeting.  Answers to any questions, along with a copy of the material presented at the meeting will be subsequently published via fbo.gov. 

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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate (DS/C) will convene a meeting (“Industry Day”) regarding the forthcoming award of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.  The GSE&SC contract will be a follow-on contract to the existing Supply Chain Management contract, now in the last year of its period-of-performance.  The meeting will be convened for the benefit of potential industry partners.  During the meeting, leadership from DS/C and the Office of Acquisitions Management (AQM) will present the Department’s vision for the acquisition, including how it fits into the overall Countermeasures mission.  In addition, DS/C management will describe the security engineering/supply chain operations undertaken in support of the Department’s world-wide locations and current recipients of these services will provide insight from the users’ perspectives.  Finally, the cognizant Contracting Officer will present the Department’s acquisition strategy.  The meeting will be convened from 10:00AM to 2:00PM Eastern Time at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn  Key Bridge, 1900 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209.  Check-in will begin at 9:00AM.  The last hour of the meeting is set-aside for networking between potential competitor team members.  Each attendee must be registered in advance with AQM. Registration opens on March 15, 2017 and closes on March 28, 2017.  Space is limited.  Each company may register no more than three (3) individuals.  Should registrations exceed the capacity of the venue, the number of company representatives will be reduced. The Department reserves the right to limit company representation to one (1) individual.  Therefore, when registering, individuals must be designated as the First, Second, and Third (i.e., A, B, and C) representative for their company.  The information forwarded for each registrant is as follows: Full Name, company affiliation, and participant designation (i.e., First = A, Second = B, and Third = C).  The identification and email address of the company’s point of contact shall also be provided.  All information shall be forwarded to Mr. David Lynch at LynchDJ@state.gov.  On March 29, 2017, AQM will notify the company point of contact as to how many individuals may represent the company at the meeting.  Questions regarding the meeting content will only be addressed in accordance with the instruction provided by AQM at the meeting.  Answers to any questions, along with a copy of the material presented at the meeting will be subsequently published via fbo.gov. 

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The U.S. State Department has initiated the process to acquire services in support of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s (DS) Supply Chain Management (SCM) program.  DS is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment for the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.  Every diplomatic mission in the world operates under a security program designed and maintained by DS.  For over a decade, the Office of Security Technology (DS/C/ST) has managed the worldwide distribution of technical security products and services that range from highly sensitive access-control and monitoring systems to mobile and static personal protection technologies.  Distribution is accomplished through the SCM program.  The customers supported by the SCM program include the different bureaus within the Department, as well as a multitude of other U.S. government agencies associated with the Department.  The sites that are supported by the SCM program vary from over 350 domestic and overseas locations housing U.S. embassies, consulates, and missions, to other domestic U.S. government-operated facilities.  The SCM program is currently executed under a single prime contract that is in the final year of its period-of-performance.  Consequently, the Department is now seeking sources for the required services.  The Department is aware that innovation and a high degree of customer service are hallmarks of the global commercial SCM services market.  Improvements in service delivery and costs will directly impact the security and safety of our diplomatic personnel.  Therefore, the forthcoming acquisition will result in the award of a single, long-term contract.  To this end, the Department will host a briefing to industry on April 3, 2017.  This briefing will inform innovative and value-based commercial SCM service-providers of the Department’s needs and the circumstances applicable to the fulfillment of these needs.  The briefing will take place in the Washington, DC – Metro area (i.e., Washington, DC or Arlington, VA).  Attendance at the briefing will be limited to no more than three (3) representatives from each team of competitors.  However, the Department may reduce this number to as few as one (1) representative due to capacity restrictions.  In any case, information presented at the briefing will be available afterward.  The Department will identify the precise location, as well as other pertinent information with a forthcoming notice.  Registration to attend the briefing will be open no earlier than March 15, 2017.  Related inquiries will not be addressed before this date.