Information Technology Services for ARDEC

Added: Mar 17, 2016 8:55 am The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, on behalf of the office Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Knowledge Management Office (KMO), located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for IT Support Services for contractor engineering, technical, and management services for ARDEC's Integrated Data Environment (IDE). The intent is to achieve greater efficiency and improvement of mission capabilities while integrating partner-enabled solutions and diverse sources of information. Services will cover numerous types of unclassified information, across multiple applications and businesses, and the consolidation and integration of information to provide a single view of data in the deployment of end-to-end business processes. These services shall include systems design and engineering; architecture development; project management; program planning and analysis; applications development, testing, training, documentation, logistics support, operation and maintenance; telecommunications security, strategic planning services, information assurance; and the integration, assembly, deployment, and de-installation of equipment.
The contractor will be required to provide capabilities and services to expand and improve existing and new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems currently under the control of ARDEC. Contractor capabilities and services will be required in the following areas: Reducing operating costs through data center, server and application consolidation and cloud computing; developing strategic and operational plans for new requirements and ARDEC customers; and infrastructure to support mission requirements; developing business use cases and requirements for functional capabilities to include recommended courses of action, cost benefit analysis and analysis of alternatives; incorporation of requirements for a common operating environment in legacy and future product sets.
This is a pre-solicitation notice and the government anticipates that a formal solicitation will be issued on or about early to mid-April 2016.
In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7004, all contractors wishing to do business with the Department of Defense must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). This registration can be accomplished at the following website: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Therefore, all interested and potential firms must be registered in SAM, and current firms must update their registrations regularly to reflect the most current company information and to maintain active status ensuring registration does not expire. Whether applying for assistance with awards, contracts, or other business opportunities, all entities are considered registrants. Registration in SAM in no way guarantees that a contract or assistance award will be issued. The following information is required to register in SAM: DUNS Number; Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Taxpayers Name; Statistical Information about your business; and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Information. All Offerors shall have completed their Online Representations and Certifications before proposal submission through the System for Award Management (SAM) website.
Responders are advised that the U.S. Government is not responsible and will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in responding to this solicitation.
The POCs for this action are Mr. Frank Corradi, Contract Specialist, frank.j.corradi.civ@mail.mil U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey; ACC-NJ-MA , Bldg 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000; and Mr. Austin Alpaugh, Contract Specialist, Austin.m.alpaugh.civ@mail.mil U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey; ACC-NJ-MA , Bldg 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000.