Litigation Support Services

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY.  This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFP or RFQ in the future.  This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever.  Further, the Navy is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals.  Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice; all costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party’s expense.  Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP/RFQ, if any is issued.  If a solicitation is released, it will be released on NECO via www.beta.sam.gov.  It is the responsibility of the potential offerors/quoters to monitor the site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

1. Description

The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office is seeking information from interested Small Business sources capable of providing Litigation Support Services for the Naval Litigation Office (NLO), Office of General Counsel (OGC). The work to be performed under this contract is anticipated to be performed primarily at the Contractor site.   The contractor will be required to have a facility within 20 miles of the Washington Navy Yard.

The contract will have a 12-month base period of performance anticipated to begin 01 May 2023 with four (4) 12-month option periods.  

The current requirement is being satisfied by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP under Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) type contract N00189-16-C-Z055. 

2. Requirements

Please see the attached draft Performance Work Statement which details the types of tasks that the contractor will be required to perform under this contract.  Services required include Project Management; Investigation and Research; Document and Data Management; Litigation Support Software; Litigation Support Databases; and Support for Trials, Hearings, and Other Proceedings.

The Contractor is required to have a facility clearance at the level of Top Secret. The contractor must demonstrate in its proposal that it possesses a DoD Provisional Authority (PA) at Cloud Impact (IL) 4 or higher, and that any cloud services needed to fulfil the requirements of this contract will be PA (IL) 4 compliant. Travel will be required in support of this contract. An Organizational Conflict of Interest clause will be included in the resultant contract.

3. Requested Information

It is requested that interested parties respond to this posting via email to shane.macwilliams@navy.mil no later than 1:00 PM Philadelphia, PA time on Monday 12 December 2022. Responses are not to exceed three (3) typewritten pages with a minimum 12 font size.  The page limit is inclusive of past performance.  Responses from interested parties shall include the following information:

1. Company name, DUNS number, Cage Code, address, and point of contact with corresponding phone number and e-mail address
2. Business size and classification
3. Capabilities Statement demonstrating the requisite skills, resources and capabilities necessary to perform the requirements listed above. Interested parties must demonstrate prior corporate experience (within the past 5 years) providing similar litigation support to that detailed in the attached draft PWS.  The corporate experience should include the applicable contract number, total number of FTE, contract period of performance, a brief description of the services provided AND the relevancy of the services to the proposed requirement.   A customer point of contact with corresponding telephone number and e-mail address should also be included.  Standard brochures and/or paraphrasing of this notice WILL NOT be considered sufficient to demonstrate the capabilities of an interested party.

4. Industry Discussions

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential offerors/quoters.  Such discussions would only be intended to get further clarification of potential capability to meet the requirements.

5. Questions

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted via email to Mr. Shane MacWilliams at shane.macwilliams@navy.mil. Verbal questions are not preferred.

6. Summary

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY to identify potential sources capable of providing performance based services to the Naval Litigation Office (NLO), Office of General Counsel (OGC) located at Washington Navy Yard. The information provided in the notice is subject to change and is not binding on the Government.  The Navy has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this notice should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.  All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.