SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) Technology Refresh and Support Services - RFI - CAPI Refresh
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division, Room 3J438, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233
- ZIP Code
- 20233
- Solicitation Number
- YA1323-16-RFI-0008
- Point of Contact
- Donna Cornish, Phone: 3017634514
- E-Mail Address
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donna.cornish@census.gov
(donna.cornish@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI - CAPI Refresh (Questions and Background Information) 1.Description As part of Market Research, the U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) invites interested parties to submit written responses to the specific questions outlined in the attachment. The USCB will review submitted materials to support development of acquisition strategies and plans. The USCB will neither evaluate nor return the submitted materials. At this time, the Census Bureau is not inviting interested parties to present this or any other material to support market research, but may do so in the future. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for market research purposes. As such, it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment to issue an RFP by the USCB in the future. The USCB is not requesting or accepting offers at this time. The information received in response to this RFI will neither be evaluated nor considered by the government as an offer. This RFI does not commit the USCB to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The USCB is not responsible for any administrative cost incurred by any Offeror in response to this RFI. 2.Problem Statement The USCB acquires and deploys 11,000+ Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) Field Representative (FR) Mobile Devices every six-years with the constraint of only having one make/model deployed at a time. The funding for these devices is provided incrementally each Fiscal Year throughout the six-year lifecycle. USCB is requesting information from interested parties, including the vendor community, about contracting approaches and alternatives that spread the costs out over the duration of a six-year contract. 3. RFI Response Instructions Please submit your response to this RFI no later than 4:00 PM EST, September 9, 2016 to Ms. Donna Cornish via email at donna.cornish@census.gov. The email subject line should be: Request for Information - USCB CAPI Technology Refresh and Support Services. 4. Disclaimer and Important Notes Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published. 5. Confidentiality No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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