Integrated Voice Networks

********* The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC
Pacific) is
formally issuing Request for Proposal (RFP) No. N66001-19-R-0129 for Integrated
Voice
Networks requirements type contract.
The closing date for this solicitation is 08 MAY 2019 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
For questions concerning this action, contact Amanda Miller, Contract
Specialist,
amanda.miller@navy.mil
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The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC
Pacific)
formerly (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific (SSC PAC)) Integrated
Voice
Networks Branch, Code 41270, has a performance-based requirement to procure
technical support for Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS) Life Cycle
Support
Facility (LCSF). The Branch's scope of responsibility covers all phases of the
life cycle for
the communication systems and equipment assigned to the Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) Code 41270 by the program sponsor, NAVSEA
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which includes intra and inter-unit communications by wired and wireless means.
Due to
the wide scope of responsibility, the technical support under this Statement of
Work
(SOW) shall vary significantly. Required technical support includes design,
redesign,
upgrade, and maintenance of electronic equipment and systems and their
associated
computer programs on board Navy ships and shore Government sites. A significant
portion of the support includes the in-service maintenance and upgrade of the
Integrated
Voice Communications System (IVCS). Required engineering and technical support
also
includes the maintenance, and upgrade of software and databases.
This support will be primarily for use by Code 41270, the Integrated Voice
Networks
Branch, for the systems listed below:
IVCS Integrated Voice Communications System to include AN/STC-2(V), MarCom,
AN/STC-3(V) and variants
Ship Service Telephone Systems (SSTS) Integrated Voice Communications Network
(IVCN),
Integrated Voice Network (IVN), Avaya Definity 75, and Avaya Server based
systems
Voice IC Sound Powered and Announcing
Shipboard Wireless Systems to include AN/SRC-53(V), AN/SRC-55(V), AN/SRC-59(V),
Personal Communications System (PCS), and IVN Wireless
This acquisition is a follow-on effort to a Multiple Award Contract (MAC) with
a similar
scope to this effort. The incumbent contract numbers are
N66001-14-D-0100/0101. The
incumbent contractors are COLSA Corporation and Engineering Services Network,
Inc.
(ESN). The ordering period of the predecessor MAC is 08 May 2014 to 07 May
2019. The
NAICS code for this potential procurement is 541330, and the service code is
J059.
A market survey to determine small business capability was posted on SPAWAR E-
Commerce Central on 14 June 2018 under reference number MKTSVY 0015252A. After
thorough review of the small business respondents' capabilities, SSC Pacific
intends to
solicit the requirement using full and open competition. The SSC PAC Small
Business
Office (SBO) concurred with the acquisition strategy decision on 19 July 2018.
SSC PAC intends to issue a solicitation (RFP N66001-19-R-0129) for a
Requirements type
contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) pricing arrangement for labor and a
Cost (no
fee) pricing arrangement for ODC. The ODC Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs)
will be
non-fee bearing. The contract is expected to have a one-year base period, with
four one-
year option periods. This proposed contract has security requirements at the
Secret level.
The Government's estimated level of effort for this procurement, based upon
Full Time
Equivalents (FTE's) will be approximately 31,900 hours per year. The North
American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330 Engineering Services with
a size
standard of $38.5 million.
The estimated release date of the solicitation is first quarter of FY 2019.
Electronic
copies of the solicitation, when released, will be available for download via
the Space and
Naval Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Web Page at https://e-
commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil under SSC PACIFIC - Open Solicitations. Hard copy
versions of the RFP and any subsequent amendments will not be available. Firms
are
encouraged to review the website regularly for important solicitation
information..