SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- FDA IT Infrastructure Consolidation
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Division of Contracts and Procurement Management, Office of Facilities, Acquisitions, and Central Svcs 5600 Fishers Lane, HFA-511, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 223-03-5507
- Response Due
- 6/16/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2003
- Point of Contact
- Mekeba Barrett, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-827-7169, Fax 301-827-7151, - Rosemary Mann, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-827-7154, Fax 301-827-7151,
- E-Mail Address
-
mbarrett@oc.fda.gov, rmann1@oc.fda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a Sources Sought/Market Survey FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, to determine if SMALL BUSINESSES possess the necessary technical capabilities to support the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) IT Infrastructure Consolidation project. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND/OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. RESPONSES ARE LIMITED TO 25 PAGES AND STANDARD COMPANY BROCHURES IS NOT DESIRED. INFORMATION SUBMITTED SHALL FOCUS ON THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES DEFINED BELOW. RESPONSES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED AND/OR REVIEWED FROM FIRMS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE NAICS CODE LISTED BELOW. FDA is a regulatory agency with broad responsibilities for protecting the health of American consumers. The following illustrates the tremendous scope of activity that the Agency oversees: (a) Last year consumers spent $1 trillion--more than 20 percent of their money--on products the Agency regulates; (b)FDA judges the safety of an expanding scientific revolution. Public and private entities invest an estimated $50 billion annually in biomedical research and technology;(c) FDA assures the safety of the Nation's manufacturing and processing: FDA is a 10,000-person agency deployed in over 200 locations nationwide including Puerto Rico, and is responsible for monitoring over 100,000 U.S. firms that manufacture or process products; (d) FDA also monitors the safety of almost 8 million import shipments that enter this country each year. Supporting the Agency in its important role is a significant reliance on information such as regulatory, scientific and administrative data critical to the performance of its key business processes as well as data that tracks the flow of documents and associated processes to ensure products are reviewed and approved in a timely manner. Underlying this is an infrastructure framework of equipment, software and services that further facilitates the flow of information. Currently, it is a diverse environment with authority and responsibility existing with the Centers and major Offices, totaling 8 IT organizations, with some Agency-wide efforts, such as the wide area network, resting with the Office of the CIO. While some standards exist ? for example, Oracle as the database standard and Microsoft as the desktop software standard ? there is still much diversification; for example server operating systems consist of an array of Vax, NT and Unix versions. In FY2004, the FDA will effect consolidation of its IT infrastructure into a single shared services organization. To facilitate the effort, it will also consolidate IT infrastructure support under one service provider. The FDA will award a performance based contract with a one year base period and four one year option periods. It is anticipated that the resulting contract will include a Fixed Price portion and an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (fixed rates or time and material) portion. The offeror must show recent experience in executing in a performance based contract with a large agency having a distributed installed base. The service provider will be responsible for tier one through tier three support in the following major IT services: wide and local area networks, helpdesk and call center, e-mail, file and print services, database management, server management and IT security. The service provider will also ensure the services are managed, distributed, and accounted for using uniform processes and data that meet the agency?s needs and standards. Tiered support is defined as: Tier 0 ? Self Help through Web technologies; Tier 1 ? Call Center Support; Tier 2 ? Deskside/ Onsite Support; Tier 3 ? Specialized/Subject Matter Expert Support. In addition, the Agency will require the service provider to demonstrate that, at a minimum, it is at level 2 of the Capability Maturity Model, with clear intent to improve to subsequent levels. The service provider will be responsible for creating and maintaining documentation relating to day-to-day operations and service response times. The applicable NAICS Code is 541512 with a size standard of $21 million in annual receipts for potential small businesses. Vendors with the capability of providing services defined above are invited to submit, in writing, sufficient information which demonstrates their ability to fulfill the requirement including but not limited to, technical capability, CMM Level 2 or better, past performance/experience (including brief description of the project, type of contract, references and size of project), established teaming arrangements/agreements with other companies, and experience with performance based contracts for the type of services described and size. The capabilities/expertise documents will be used to determine if SMALL BUSINESSES possess the expertise to successfully perform the requirement and if any resulting requirement should be SET ASIDE for SMALL BUSINESSES. Therefore, any SMALL BUSINESS with experience/capabilities is STRONGLY encouraged to submit the requested information. Responses, within the page limitation (25 pages), should include enough detail to demonstrate capabilities/expertise in all aspects of this announcement. Please submit five (5) copies of your response. Responses, including the vendor?s business status (e.g.: small, small disadvantaged, minority-owned, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) should be mailed (no faxed submissions will be accepted) to the following address (HAND DELIVERED/OVERNIGHT/REGULAR MAIL): DHHS/FDA Attention: Mekeba Barrett 5630 Fishers Lane (HFA-520), Room 2116 Rockville, MD 20857. RESPONSES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED AND/OR REVIEWED FROM FIRMS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE NAICS CODE LISTED ABOVE. Questions about this request should be directed to Mekeba Barrett via fax (301-827-7151) or E-mail mbarrett@oc.fda.gov, (Subject Line: FDA IT Infrastructure Consolidation Sources Sought Inquiry). Submissions are due on or before Monday, June 16, 2003, no later than 11:00 AM local time. SMALL BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN THIS REQUIREMENT ARE REQUESTED TO REGISTERED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS ?INTERESTED VENDORS LIST (IVL) FOR THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS.
- Record
- SN00324725-W 20030517/030515213316 (fbodaily.com)
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