Logistics Information Systems (LIS) Theater Operations (TOPS) Post Production Sustainment Support

Amended Revision 1 - Dated 11/08/2022

Question 1: Whether companies from Outside the USA can apply for this? (like, from India or Canada)

Answer 1: United States only

Question 2: Whether the contractor needs to come over there for meetings?

Answer 2: Yes, the vendor will be required to attend meetings in the United States.

Question 3: Can contractors perform the tasks (related to RFP) outside USA? (like, from India or Canada)

Answer 3: No

Question 4: Can contractors submit the proposals via email?

Answer 4: As noted in the Request for Information (RFI) posting, “This is a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) only and shall not be construed as  a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government.” Therefore, proposal submissions are not requested.

Capability statements and submission for this RFI can be emailed to the email addresses noted in the RFI posting.
“All submissions, written comments, or questions shall be submitted to both Mr. John Kerch, john.d.kerch.civ@army.mil, and Mr. Benjamin Geringer, at benjamin.l.geringer.civ@army.mil no later than 1700 Central Standard Time, on November 07, 2022. Please ensure the Subject Line contains the following: TOPS Follow-On RFI.”

Question 5: Does the items mentioned in Appendix 3, Licensed Apptricity Product Module, and Paragraph 6.7, Apptricity Licenses Maintenance, of the Performance Work Statement have a commercial-off-the-shelf requirement that limits competition? In other words, does the Apptricity framework limit competition?

Answer 5: Yes, due to Apptricity propriety software source code.

Original - Dated 10/24/2022

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained within their response known and labeled accordingly. To reiterate, this is a RFI ONLY. No solicitation will be issued at this time. Participation in this effort is strictly voluntary with no cost obligation to be incurred by the U.S. Government.

Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) is investigating the market capability to provide operations, maintenance, technology refresh, and sustainment support of the Logistics Information Systems (LIS) Theater Operations (TOPS) module to be integrated into the Transportation Coordinators’ –Automated Information for Movement System II System (TC-AIMS II). Support of TOPS includes break-fix support, application’s test, documentation, and operating configuration management of the enterprise server. Please see attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for more detail. All interested parties should provide a response as indicated below.

Responses to this Sources Sought shall be provided as described herein. Interested parties shall submit responses in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe Acrobat. Responses shall be limited to 3 pages with Arial font greater than or equal to 12 pt.

PART I: Company Information

1. Organization Name (if organization has experienced name changes, please list previous names used)

2. Address

3. Primary point of contact and phone number

4. Company Unique Entity ID (from SAM.gov) and Cage code

5. Company ownership (public, private, joint venture)

6. Business Classification / Socio-Economic Status (e.g., large, small, 8(a), women owned, hub-zone, SDB, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned) for NAICS Code: 541512

7. Positive assertion indicating registration in the System for Award Management database (https://sam.gov/)

8. Brief overview of Products and Services provided

9. Sales Information. Specifically, is this product (or one very similar to this specification) routinely sold to commercial customers and/or other government entities?

10. Relevant experience and any other information you deem relevant to this notice.

All submissions, written comments, or questions shall be submitted to both Mr. John Kerch, john.d.kerch.civ@army.mil, and Mr. Benjamin Geringer, at benjamin.l.geringer.civ@army.mil no later than 1700 Central Standard Time, on November 07, 2022. Please ensure the Subject Line contains the following: TOPS Follow-On RFI.