SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Small Business Set-Aside for Development Services for a Work Assignment Tracking Application - FNS-09-181 Document Package
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Contract Management Branch, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 228, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302
- ZIP Code
- 22302
- Solicitation Number
- FNS-09-181
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jason Kattman, Phone: 7033052250
- E-Mail Address
-
jason.kattman@fns.usda.gov
(jason.kattman@fns.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Draft SF1449 Continuation Pages - To be completed upon award SOW Attachment 7 - Requirements Strategy SOW Attachment 6 - RTW SOW Attachment 5 - ConOps SOW Attachment 4 - RAM SOW Attachment 3 - Project Management Plan SOW Attachment 2 - Requirements Spec SOW Attachment 1 - Project Plan Statement of Work Combined Synopsis/Solicitation July 8, 2009 Synopsis/Solicitation: RFQ FNS-09-181 - Small Business Set-Aside for Development Services for a Work Assignment Tracking Application This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Submit written quotes (oral quotes will not be accepted). The following Commercial clauses apply: • 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items • 52.212-3, Offeror, Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The offeror must include a completed copy of this provision with their quote. • 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. • 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (including 52.203-6; 52.219-8; 52.219-14; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-37; 52.225-1; 52.225-3; 52.225-13; 52.219-6; 52.232-33; 52.222-21; and 52.222-43). In addition to these clauses, specific information regarding FNS compliance requirements and constraints are included in the attached Draft SF1449 Continuation Pages that will be included in the contract once awarded. Please ensure your firm understands, acknowledges, and is prepared to comply with all provisions contained in that document prior to submitting a quote. This procurement is being issued as a 100% small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541511 Performance is requested to be initiated within 5 days after date of award. All firms or individuals responding must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), http://www.ccr.gov. 1.0 DESCRIPTION OF EFFORT: This is contemplated as a Firm Fixed Price IDIQ contract with a Base Order and Three (3) separate optional Task Orders. The requirement is for the following commercial services: Contract Base: Phase One: Achieves deployment for SNP and includes 5 Quality Assurance sessions at 16 days each, 3 Build Iterations and 1 UAT at 26 days each. It also includes development of web-based training as well as 2 traditional training sessions and 1 month of help-desk support. The contractor will deliver a Project Plan identifying the schedule upon initiation of the Phase. Optional Task 1: SNAP Deployment Development Phase Two: Deploy for SNAP and includes 5 Requirements Gathering Sessions at 17 days each, 5 QA Sessions at 16 days each, 2 Build Iterations and 1 UAT at 26 Days each. It also includes 2 traditional training sessions and 1 month of help-desk support. The contractor will deliver a Project Plan identifying the schedule upon initiation of the Phase. Optional Task 2: Remaining Office Deployment. Development Phase 3: Deploy to remaining offices in FNS and the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. This phase includes 5 Requirements Gathering Sessions at 17 days each, 5 QA Sessions at 16 days each, 1 Build Iteration and 1 UAT at 26 Days each. It also includes 2 traditional training sessions and 1 month of help-desk support. The contractor will deliver a Project Plan identifying the schedule upon initiation of the Phase. Optional Task 3: Technical Assistance: Outside of the month-long help-desk support term FNS will be maintaining the application. FNS may exercise this optional task to acquire guidance and insight into the maintenance of the application and the components of the application. The government has a well-qualified team of developers onsite. However SharePoint represents a new platform and opportunity to provide value to the rest of the agency. Exercising this task will allow the contractor not to perform the work, but rather to mentor the FNS team as they perform the work of maintaining the application. The contractor will identify approaches that have been or are likely to be successful for addressing issues. The contractor will work to help the FNS team better understand and diagnose problems. The contractor will offer constructive criticism and recommend or provide additional instruction or training on the intricacies of the platform so that the government will be able to maintain this application internally. 2.0 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: You are requested to submit 2 volumes organized to respond to the technical and price quotes instructions below. 1. Volume I - Technical 2. Volume II - Price Please submit your quote package, to include an original and three (3) copies contained in white 3 ring binders, to: USDA/Food and Nutrition Service Contract Management Branch, Rm. 228 ATTN: Jason Kattman 3101 Park Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22302 If you prefer, you may submit soft-copy quotes via e-mail to jason.kattman@fns.usda.gov followed by hard copies either mailed or hand-delivered. 2.1 General Objectives and Requirements - See Attachment 1, Statement of Work (SOW) 2.2 Schedule for Proposal Submission, Evaluation, and Award Below is the contemplated schedule for receipt, evaluation, and final clarifications. Given the compressed schedule for award, parties are strongly urged to provide advance or draft copies to facilitate communications and response. • July 8 RFP Issued • July 24 5:00 pm Deadline for offerors to submit questions • Aug 3 3:00 pm Electronic Quotes Due with Hard Copies arriving the following business day. 2.3 Technical Volume Instructions • Your technical quote should be a separate and distinct document from your price quote and should include sufficient information that addresses the technical evaluation criteria and other instructions to offerors below. • Written quotes will be independently evaluated by a Technical Evaluation Panel and scored in accordance with the evaluation criteria. • The Contracting Officer will establish a competitive range based on technical merit and total evaluated price. The Government may have discussions with those offerors in the competitive range. However, the Government reserves the right to make award without discussions. 2.4 Past Performance Instructions Please include no more than 5 relevant past performance abstracts as part of your technical volume. These should be limited to 1 page each and include the customer's name, total award value, point of contact name and contact details, and a summary of the engagement relevant to the work to be performed under this contract. 2.5 Price Quote Instructions The price quote must be separate from the technical volume and should clearly describe the following: 1. The Firm Fixed Price (FFP) of each of the items (quantity 1) for each of the benchmarks indicated in the SOW, Section 5.1 2. The price quote must also indicate the FFP for completing Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 including delivery of each of the deliverables indicated in Section 6.0, The Schedule of Deliverables. 3. Total offered Firm Fixed Price based on the estimate and the assumptions and conditions of that offer. 2.6 Best Value Determination This Contract will be awarded to the offeror representing the Best Value given price and non-price factors. Factor weights are as follows: • Technical 65% • Price 35% 3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA The following criteria will be applied in the technical evaluation of proposals, with each criterion area having the weighting percentage indicated below. 3.1 Critical Element • Critical Element is that the offeror proposes to perform ALL of the work indicated in the Statement of Work. This includes the performance of all the activities in Section 5, including Task 1 and 2 and the delivery of all artifacts identified in the Table of Deliverables, Section 6. • If the Critical Technical Evaluation Element has been satisfied, the quote will be evaluated against the remaining technical factors. If the threshold of the Critical Element has not been met the proposal will not be further evaluated. 3.2 Non-critical Technical Evaluation Elements • Completeness of the Plan and Approach : 60% • Likelihood of Success: 40% • Completeness of Plan and Approach - 60% The Offeror shall demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of the project by submitting a well described plan of how they intend to meet the requirements as described in Sections 5 and 6 of the Statement of Work. Evaluation of this element will be concerned with the approach for turning an already mature requirement into an application given the project management constraints of schedule, quality, scope, risk, and customer satisfaction. Proposals will be evaluated to produce the highest aggregate value in these areas. • Likelihood of Success - 40% The Evaluation Panel will evaluate technical volumes to mitigate risks posed from the offerors. As such the Technical Evaluation Panel will consider two primary areas to mitigate risk. The first area of evaluation is in the form of relevant past performance from the Offeror. This will be evaluated by an examination of the past performance from previous projects that are of a consistent size AND scope to the work identified in this Statement of Work. The second area is in the form of the experience of personnel identified as "Key" in the Proposal. The Technical Evaluation Panel will review the experience of the "Key" personnel to identify work that they have performed that is consistent, in terms of both scope AND magnitude, with the work identified in this Statement of Work. 4.0 Debriefings Unsuccessful firms will be notified and will have the opportunity to request a debriefing according to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 5.0 Other Information If you have any questions please contact Contract Specialist Jason Kattman at (703) 305-2250. Technical questions regarding the specifications may be provided to jason.kattman@fns.usda.gov until July 24th at 5:00 pm. Final electronic quote submissions are due no later than 3:00 p.m. on August 3rd, 2009 with hard copies following the next business day with no revisions. Sincerely, Patricia Palmer Contracting Officer Attachments: 1: Statement of Work 2: Draft SF1449 Continuation Page
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- Place of Performance
- Address: United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Alexandria, Virginia, 22203, United States
- Zip Code: 22203
- Zip Code: 22203
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