SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Watch / Duty Desk and Operations Support Services
- Notice Date
- 10/17/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- HSHQDC-08-R-00050
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- Tanya M. Hill,, Phone: (202) 447-5511, Charlotte J Moore,, Phone: 202-447-5729
- E-Mail Address
-
Tanya.Hill@dhs.gov, charlotte.moore@dhs.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a pre-solicitation notice published in accordance with FAR 5.203 announcing that a solicitation will be published in the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps) not earlier than 15 days from the date of this announcement. The objective of this project is to obtain professional services for the Office of Infrastructure Protection (OIP) to support the Watch/Duty Desk and Operations Support. The OIP office is in need of contractual support that provides expertise in five key areas: (1) Watch Operations; (2) Operations Support; (3) Liaison Support; (4) Transitions In/Out Plan, and (5) Surge Support. The work includes but is not limited to: 1) Watch Operations Activities involve assistance in the analysis, evaluation, formulation, and dissemination of information that affect infrastructure protection and other homeland security issues at DHS headquarters as well as providing situational awareness relevant to national critical infrastructure assets to IP leadership. 2) Operations Support Support includes operations in deployed locations for protracted periods of time during Joint Field Office operations as well as logistical support to IP divisions. Support will also include assisting in the development and delivery of high-level briefings to DHS senior leadership. 3) Liaison Support Liaison support assist in coordinating with the other operational and program partners, and applies knowledge of a wide range of information sharing techniques to assist IP’s incident management operations. Liaisons assist with day-to-day assessments of current and future operations in the response and recovery environment. Liaisons present information for briefings and reports of findings and recommendations to CPSD management and IP policy makers. Liaisons assist other analysts, specialists, and planners in organizing material, developing and applying basic analytical techniques, and preparing recommendations for final products. 4) Transition In/Out Plan A transition plan outlines how awardees will transition work from the incumbent contractors to themselves. It provides the framework for an orderly transition and identifies the schedule of associated activities that are necessary to learn the work. 5) Surge Support Surge support during exercises, periods of increased activity levels, emerging terrorist threats, natural disasters, or other special and/or significant events. This acquisition action will be issued under full and open competition using FAR Part 15; however, the RFP will require substantial small business participation. Participation in the DHS Mentor/Protégé program is strongly encouraged and will be evaluated. Mentor/Protégé agreements must be approved by DHS prior to proposal submission. The acquisition is expected to result in a multiple award Firm Fixed Price, Labor Hour, and Time & Materials Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contracts will be awarded for a one-year base performance period and four one-year option periods. This notice is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. All questions concerning this competition must be directed in writing via email to Tanya.Hill@dhs.gov and Charlotte.Moore@dhs.gov. No questions or inquiries will be accepted by telephone or fax. The distribution of the resulting solicitation will be accomplished solely through the FedBizOpps website http://www.fbo.gov/. Hard copies of the solicitation documents will not be available. Therefore, no written, telephone, or facsimile requests for the documents will be accepted. The FedBizOpps site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and any amendments, will be distributed solely through the FedBizOpps site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to assure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Please contact the FedBizOpps Support group at fbo.support@gsa.gov; phone 877-472-3779 (toll free) regarding any download problems.
- Web Link
-
FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=da3e984fa34605c91869c2b07f0520cd&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Record
- SN01693187-W 20081019/081017214532-da3e984fa34605c91869c2b07f0520cd (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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