Watch Officer Support Services

This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The Office of Resource Management (ORM), Division of Contracts and Grants, on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary Incident Command & Control (DAS-ICC) - Division of the Secretary's Operations Center (SOC), intends to procure Watch Officer Support Services using 100% HUBZone small business set-aside or using small business set-aside procedures in accordance with FAR Part 19 or under full and open competitive procedures. All capability packages are due no later than 5:00PM ET on Friday, 23 August 2019, NO EXCEPTIONS. If at least two qualified HUBZone small business concerns are determined by the Government to be capable of performing this requirement based on the evaluation of the capability packages, the requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for qualified HUBZone small business concerns. If two or more qualified HUBZone small business concerns are not found capable, this requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19. If capability packages are not received from at least two responsible small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 by the response date or if the Government determines that no small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 are capable of performing this requirement based upon an evaluation of the capability packages submitted; this requirement will be solicited under full and open competitive procedures.

Only small businesses are to submit capability packages. Interested small business concerns that are qualified as a HUBZone, or small business concern in NAICS code 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with a size standard of $15M are encouraged to submit their capability packages. The capability packages for this sources sought market survey are not expected to be proposals, but rather statements regarding the company's existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the SOW. Capability packages must not exceed (10 pages) and must be submitted electronically to ashlie.evans@hhs.gov. All contractor questions must be submitted no later than 4:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, 21 August 2019.

To assist us in maintaining a list of interested small business concerns for this potential procurement, please provide your company's name, point of contact (POC), address, phone number, and business size under the above NAICS code to Ms. Ashlie Evans, ashlie.evans@hhs.gov, for this procurement. A Firm Fixed Priced type of contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance will be a 12-month base and four (4) 12-month option periods. The place of performance will be the National Capital Region (NCR). Contractor personnel will require a current SECRET clearance.

Small business concerns are to outline their experiences in the following:

1. Please provide experience supporting professional staffing contracts with at least one of the following other 24/7 Federal Emergency Operations Centers, Federal department level operations center(s), Department of Defense (DoD) operations centers at the COCOM or higher level, or Intelligence Community operations centers.
2. HHS SOC mission is to support 24x7 high impact public health and medical operations during crisis and emergencies. These vital missions are backed up with a Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan which includes requirements for the SOC to support departmental response, devolution, and reconstitution activities during exigent circumstances. These missions require flexible and timely support at varying locations. Please provide experience supporting either continuity of operations plans for other federal departments/agencies or Department of Defense (DoD) contingency operations.
3. The SOC requires all individuals working the Watch to have and maintain an active National Security clearance at varying levels based on role. Please provide experience with hiring and retaining qualified personnel for National Security missions.
4. The SOC Watch is a continuous mission essential function that would require 0% absenteeism for shift coverage throughout the life of the contract. Please provide experience supporting mission critical operations with similar requirements.
5. The SOC when activated supports traditional Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activities. Please provide your experience in emergency management operations.
NOTE: Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such.

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