SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Army Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) Website - Performance Work Statement
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Knox (W9124D), Bldg 1109, Room 373, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 40121-5720, United States
- ZIP Code
- 40121-5720
- Solicitation Number
- W9124D-18-Q-5004
- Point of Contact
- James D. Gnagie, , Barbara J. Mattingly,
- E-Mail Address
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james.d.gnagie.civ@mail.mil, barbara.j.mattingly2.civ@mail.mil
(james.d.gnagie.civ@mail.mil, barbara.j.mattingly2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Performance Work Statement includes Performance Requirements Summary and Deliverables Schedule SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract for Army Credentialing Opportunity On-Line (COOL) website, analysis of Army enlisted, officer, and warrant officer Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) as they relate to civilian certifications and licenses, on an SOLE SOURCE basis, but is seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside. The proposed sole source Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Solutions for Information Design, LLC (SOLID) for COOL Website including the research and analysis of civilian credentialing requirements compared to Army MOS, Additional Skill Identifiers (ASI), Skill Qualification Identifiers (SQI). The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) and Technical Exhibits with workload data. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes. This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry, Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry (FedBizOpps) for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS code is: 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. These establishments may provide specialized hosting activities, such as Web hosting, streaming services, or application hosting (except software publishing), or they may provide general time-share mainframe facilities to clients. Data processing establishments provide complete processing and specialized reports from data supplied by clients or provide automated data processing and data entry services. The small business size standard is $32.5M. In response to this sources sought, please email the below information to Contract Specialist, James Gnagie at james.d.gnagie.civ@mail.mil. 1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 4. Information to help determine if the service requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns. 6. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified services. 7. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at the contractor’s facilities. In progress reviews (IPRs) will be held annually at the government’s facility located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Contractor shall periodically attend meetings at government facilities at military installations., United States
- Record
- SN04730644-W 20171104/171102231842-25633eb7eb4d9eb598c917da75a617ee (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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