United States Marine Corps (USMC) Navel Sea Headquarters (NAVEA HQ) System (NHS)

The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) intends to issue a competitive 8(a) solicitation (M67854-11-R-0502) for the procurement of technical support non-personal services in conducting systems maintenance and support to the existing United States Marine Corps (USMC) version of the Naval Sea Headquarters (NAVSEA HQ) System (NHS). To include other financial management and accounting systems that correlate to USMC-NHS, such as, Program Budget Information System (PBIS), Standard Accounting Reporting and Budgetary Systems (SABRS), Program Budget Documentation Database (PBDD), SABRS Management Analytical Retrieval Tools (SMARTS), Purchase Request (PR) Builder, and other USMC, Navy, and Department of Defense (DoD) systems not specified above.

The support services will be performed at the contractor’s facility. The Government anticipates entering into a commercial Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type of contract that includes a base year and four one-year option periods. Award will be made on the Best Value to the Government. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541611 has been established for this procurement. All terms and conditions will be defined in the solicitation. In order to be eligible for award, interested parties must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and completed the necessary representations and certifications for the NAICS code provided above within the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) prior to award.

Information on CCR and ORCA registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the internet at http://www.ccr.gov . The Government’s tentative release date of the solicitation is on or before 31 January 2011. The solicitation will be available to interested parties through both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) and Navy Electronic Online (NECO) websites (http://www.fbo.gov and http://www.neco.navy.mil, respectively). It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently watch both of the websites for updates to any and all documents. Interested parties are responsible for downloading their copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.

A written solicitation and amendments will not be issued. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE CONTACT POINT LISTED ABOVE. A due date for questions and/or clarification will be included into the solicitation. NO TELEPHONIC RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Release of this Pre-Solicitation Notice is not a commitment by the Government to award a contract and the Government is not responsible for any costs incurred as a result of this release.