Tag: SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL

SOURCES SOUGHT: IT Research and Consulting

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Responses are due January 17, 2023, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.  Respondents shall submit responses by email to kbaker@doc.gov.  Please reference “SS20239905‘’ in all communications.

This Notice is for information and planning purposes and is not be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of evaluation.  Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.

The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto.

  • Original Set Aside: 
  • Product Service Code: R499 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER
  • NAICS Code: 541519 – Other Computer Related Services
  • Place of Performance: USA

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SOURCES SOUGHT: Software Solutions Delivery for the Office of Information Technology (AIT)

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Market Survey Response Instructions

FAA Software Solutions Delivery Support for AIT Solution Delivery Service (ADE)

1.  Introduction/Purpose

This announcement is a Market Survey. This announcement is NOT A SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR) or REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Further, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested vendor’s expense. Please read the entire Market Survey carefully.

This Market Survey is issued to solicit statements of interest and capabilities from interested business concerns for the FAA Information and Technology Services (AIT) Solutions Delivery Support project.

This Market Survey does not guarantee that a solicitation or procurement of any kind will be issued, and it should not be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the Government’s Contract Opportunities web page at SAM.gov. Any interested party should monitor this site for the release of any such solicitation.  Respondents to this Market Survey are referred to herein as “you”, “Vendor”, or “Vendors”.

The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time. The purpose of this market survey is to help inform the FAA on the competitive marketplace for these services and to refine the FAA’s requirements.  No notification about the outcome of this Market Survey will be released except as deemed appropriate, at the FAA’s sole discretion.

2.  Background

The Solutions Delivery (ADE) Service provides technical expertise and develops innovative products and services to solve complex challenges facing AIT’s business partners. This includes a wide range of activities such as quality management and testing, technology standards and roadmaps, enterprise collaboration and middleware services, server-less computing, enterprise authentication, database administration, and streamlined and efficient development using Agile and DevSecOps. ADE is committed to designing new and innovative ways to leverage the FAA cloud and work closely with Business Partners in areas such as collaboration, mobility, and citizen development.

For this effort, the contractor must provide a variety of current and future IT operational support services to AIT. This includes, but not limited to:

24 x 7 daily operation and sustainment of operational non-National Aerospace (non-NAS) systems;

Application and system development based on operational technologies;

Implement and manage Enterprise Services such as Identity Access Management (MyAccess), Enterprise Document Management, and SharePoint Online (KSN); and

Support of routine AIT functions and requirements.

In addition to the above, AIT requires the contractor to provide the following support:

Contract Task and Administration and Program Management Support

Software Applications Development and Maintenance Support

Enterprise Platform Services

Intelligence Automation Support

Security Certification and Accreditation Support

The attached draft Statement of Work (SOW) provides additional details on the scope of work relevant to this request.

3. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

The FAA has identified North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541519 Other Computer Related Services for this requirement.

4.  Submittal Requirements for Market Survey

Responses to this sources sought must include the following information:

General information of your company name, address, contact person name, phone number, fax number, email address(s) and DUNS number and company website if available.

Type of business such as 8(a), small business, Hub Zone small business, Small Disadvantaged Business, woman-owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business, Veteran owned small business or large business.

Capability Statement – This document should address your firm’s technical capability to provide the services described in the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW). This response should also include answers to the questions listed below. (Limited to 10 pages.)

Expected programmatic approach (in-house, teaming, subcontracting, etc.). If respondent is an eligible 8(a) certified business or other small business, provide a strategy in terms of percentage of work to be completed by the 8(a) or small business respondent. (Limited to 2 pages.)

A list of all teaming partners with a description of each partner’s responsibility. (Limited to 1 page.)

List of Questions:

For each of the questions below please provide at least one project experience example, indicating number of systems and environment (on prem/Cloud) where services were provided, if applicable, during a Fiscal Year (FY), and include the following information:

Name of project.

Contract number.

Entity for which the work was performed.

Brief description of the project.

Start and end dates of the project.

List of publications.

Name, specific organization, address, title, and phone number of principal contact of entity for which the work was performed.

Question 1) What experience does your company have implementing and maintaining authentication technologies such as Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Lifecycle Management, Private Key Infrastructure (PKI), Secrets Management, and Hardware Security Modules at an enterprise level?

Question 2)  What experience does your company have with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning? Specifically, generating AI-based code into development projects and incorporating AI automation into development and processes to support mission critical needs.

Question 3)  What experience does your company have with Server-less Architecture? Specifically with AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, automated build pipeline, infrastructure as a code, 12 factors, DevSecOps and integration with legacy portfolios.

5.  Delivery of Submittals

Interested vendors can submit questions to the Contracting Officer prior to market survey response submissions.  Questions are due from interested vendors by 12:00 PM ET on or before 10 January 2023.  All responses to this market survey must be submitted electronically via email to eric.l.waterman@faa.gov no later than 2:00 PM ET on or before 18 January 2023.

6.  Other Information

The FAA may request that one, some, all, or none of the respondents to this Market Survey provide additional information. No evaluation of vendors will occur based on this additional information, and vendor participation in any informational session is not a promise for future business with the FAA.

A vendor’s failure to respond to this Market Survey will not exclude a vendor from any future competition. Any information provided under this Market Survey is for informational purposes only and will not be released to the public except as required under the Freedom of Information Act or any other applicable law, regulation and/or policy. Any proprietary information submitted must be conspicuously marked as proprietary. The Government, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, will safeguard and treat information obtained pursuant to the vendor’s disclosure as confidential where the information has been marked ‘confidential’ or ‘proprietary’ by the company. The Government may transfer documents provided by the vendor to any department or agency within the Executive Branch if the information relates to matters within the organization’s jurisdiction.

  • Original Set Aside: 
  • Product Service Code: R425 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL
  • NAICS Code: 541519 – Other Computer Related Services
  • Place of Performance: 

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SOURCES SOUGHT: Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying, and Testing (CMIST-2)

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NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for Construction Management, Facility Management, Surveying, and Life Safety Code Compliance. See attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW).

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (GRC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying & Testing (CMIST -2) procurement.   The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

This requirement is a follow-on to the previous COMETS contract 80GRC018C0022, excluding the environmental portion which will not be included in the CMIST-2 re-compete.  The types of services include but aren’t limited to construction management, facility management, surveying, and life safety code compliance.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330 – $16.5M to $22.5M size standard.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than 10 pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort.

These pages shall consist of the following:

 

1.   GENERAL INFORMATION:  Briefly describe your company and the types of services performed. Please also include: the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers for any points of contacts (POCs), the company’s address, CAGE Code/DUNS number, and the type of business demographic that applies (i.e., small business, large business, women- owned).

 

2.   PAST PERFORMANCE:  The Offeror shall also provide contract information on similar contracts over the past three (3) years.  This information shall include:  the name of customer/agency, types of services provided, type of contract, total contract value, and whether the contractor was a prime or subcontract. If subcontract, please provide details regarding prime contract and your company’s role in supporting the prime contractor. In addition, please provide any examples about your company’s capabilities to quickly and efficiently staff to rapidly changing requirements.

 

3.   CAPABILITIES:   Information   describing   your   company’s   capabilities   to   meet   the requirements contained in this Sources Sought Notice.

 

4.   COMMENTS and RECOMMENDATIONS for the most effective incentive/performance criteria (if different from the current approach).  Further, describe both risks and mitigations the Government should consider.

 

6.   DESCRIPTION of the type of information needed about the existing requirements that would be helpful for submitting a credible proposal.

 

Additionally, in support of the Executive Order (EO) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, NASA is seeking to advance equity or remove barriers for members of underserved communities related to this requirement. As defined in the EO, Underserved Communities refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the preceding definition of “equity.” Equity means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.

NASA seeks input in the following areas:

1. To support the requirements identified in this request for information (RFI)/sources sought notification, what barriers or opportunities exist to engage subject matter experts from industry and academia and how can those barriers be overcome? How can underserved communities be leveraged?

2. To support the requirements identified in this RFI, what barriers or opportunities exist to partner with subcontractors that employ members of underserved communities, as defined above?

3. What other recommendations would you make to enhance diversity and inclusion?

4. What should be considered to encourage full participation and contribution of organizations and individuals (e.g., outreach efforts and innovative partnerships) in performance of this requirement?

ll responses shall be submitted electronically via email to sarah.a.deroche@nasa.gov no later than October 21, 2022, at 12:00pm EST. Please reference 80GRC023CA001 in any response.

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.

  • Original Set Aside: 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
  • Product Service Code: R408 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT
  • NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
  • Place of Performance: Cleveland , OH 44135 USA

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SOURCES SOUGHT: Medical Facilities Support Services Generation III Sources Sought

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This notice is open for responses from both small and other than small businesses and responses will be utilized to determine if this requirement, or a portion of this requirement, can be set-aside for small businesses in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 19.5. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama (CEHNC) is seeking to identify qualified firms and intends to solicit and award contracts in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) and other designated Federal agencies. Contractors will be required to provide medically related project and program Medical Facilities support services including general project support services, facility operations & maintenance support, facility support services, project development services, quantity verification and analysis services, commissioning, occupancy support services, and facilities system. Contractors must be capable to provide services to Government installations and facilities throughout the Continental United States to include Hawaii, US Territories, and possessions; and outside the Continental United States to include Bahrain, Belgium, Cambodia, England, Country of Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Honduras, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal (Lajes, Azores), Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey.

  • Original Set Aside:
  • Updated Response Date: Nov 23, 2021 12:00 pm CST
  • Product Service Code: R499 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER
  • NAICS Code: 561210 – Facilities Support Services
  • Place of Performance: USA

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SOURCES SOUGHT: Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1 (CVRi1)

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This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is issued to assist the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) NCN Program Office in determining industry’s interest and ability to provide, repair and maintenance for the KGR-72 receiver in support of the Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1 (CVRi1) program. It is the intent of this SSS to assess the number of potential vendors capable of providing the sustainment capabilities the government is requesting. The government anticipates that the award of the CVRi1 sustainment effort will lead to a contract to fulfill the CVRi1 requirement. This is not a solicitation. USAF is contemplating issuance of a sole source contract to Collins Aerospace. NAICS Code: 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing.

  • Original Set Aside:
  • Original Response Date: Nov 12, 2021 11:59 pm EST
  • Product Service Code: R425 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL
  • NAICS Code: 334220 – Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
  • Place of Performance: USA

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