SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Space and Missile Defense Technology Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration (D3I), Amendment 003.
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander, ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801
- ZIP Code
- 35807-3801
- Solicitation Number
- W9113M-D3I-SS10
- Response Due
- 7/30/2010
- Archive Date
- 9/28/2010
- Point of Contact
- Stephen Hayes, 256-955-3044
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander
(stephen.hayes@smdc.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice provides the third amendment to the 13 Mar 09 Sources Sought entitled Space and Missile Defense Technology Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I). The second amendment was issued 10 Aug 09. The purpose of this amendment is to update market research for this effort. Responses to the previous sources sought notices have established the existence of large business capabilities; therefore, this notice places specific emphasis on small business capabilities. As such, the sources sought notice is revised as follows: The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of SMALL BUSINESS vendors who can support this requirement as a PRIME CONTRACTOR for the technical support areas and performance requirements specified in Sections 1.4 and 2.1 through 2.15, respectively, of the D3I Statement of Work (SOW). The SOW can be accessed via the Business Opportunities section of the SMDC/ARSTRAT public website at http://www.smdc.army.mil/2008/BusinessOpportunities.asp. The type of solicitation (to include the requirements included under the solicitation) that will be issued will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis and other information available to the Government. The resultant acquisition approach must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors. Responses will only be accepted from those firms that are interested in being a PRIME CONTRACTOR. Responses to this notice will be used as part of the information gathered as market research that will be used to develop the acquisition strategy for this acquisition. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. The Government has not formalized an acquisition strategy, there is no solicitation, and there is no other information is available at this time. Other than responses to this sources sought notice, no other responses or inquiries will be accepted. Questions regarding the acquisition strategy will not be accepted at this time. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the Government technical point of contact will not be given and no appointments for presentations will be made with Government technical personnel. For purposes of market research, the Government is seeking to understand the capability and capacity of SMALL BUSINESS firms interested in being PRIME CONTRACTORS. Information from other than potential prime contractors is not requested and will not be considered at this time. As a small business, and if the Government were to set this acquisition aside for small business (either as a 100% set aside or a partial set aside), you would be required to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting and 13 CFR 125.6 (known as the 50% rule). Rules on affiliation and joint ventures are at FAR 19.101, 13 CFR 121.103, 13 CFR 124.513 and 13 CFR 125.6. Under the 50% rule where the preponderance of support is for services, at least 50% of the cost of contractor performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the small business prime. The prime contractor must meet this requirement (1) individually, or (2) together with other small business members of a formal joint venture, or (3) together with a small number of small business subcontractors forming an informal joint venture, in which those subcontractors meet the definition of ostensible subcontractor as set forth in 13 CFR 121.103(h)(4). Team members in such formal and informal joint ventures are exempt from affiliation rules under the conditions set forth in 13 CFR 121.103(h)(3). There is no limit to the number of other team subcontractors or size status of subcontractors. NOTE: THIS NOTICE IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED TO INDICATE ANY INTENT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SET ASIDE, IN PART OR IN WHOLE, THIS ACQUISITION FOR SMALL BUSINESS. Contemplated contract type: Multiple Award Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery Task Order Arrangement with FFP, CPFF, CPAF etc. task order types. Anticipated period of performance: A five-year ordering period with an anticipated proposal submission in 2nd Qtr FY11 and an anticipated award date in 4th Qtr FY11. Estimated contract ceiling: Not established yet but contemplated to be over $2B, which will be shared across all contracts awarded. Contemplated NAICS Code: 541712 with a size standard of 1,000 employees Draft synopsis of technical requirement: USASMDC/ARSTRAT requires a contractual vehicle that will fulfill a gap in ability to design, develop, demonstrate and integrate products focused on the force development of space, missile defense and high altitude capabilities that enable the Army Warfighter to effectively support USSTRATCOM, other Combatant Commanders (COCOMs) and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies in the mission areas of Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Cyberspace, and Information Operations and other requirements. The D3I Program goals and objectives are to acquire the capability to formulate concepts and to design, develop, produce, modify, test, deliver and sustain space, cyber and, missile defense technological advancements in the form of architectures and systems to support DoD, Department of Army (DA), USASMDC/ARSTRAT, USSTRATCOM and our allies and other customer efforts supporting technology development within the USASMDC/ ARSTRAT mission areas. The D3I Program will provide USASMDC/ARSTRAT and its customers with the ability to procure a broad range of missile defense, space and other applicable warfighter solutions in support of developmental and operational requirements. The overarching program requirements provide D3I solutions that include, but are not limited to, design, development, demonstration and integration of future capability gap architectures, technologies, test and evaluation, assessments, integration and operations capabilities. In support of the D3I Program goals and objectives, the Government may issue individual Task Orders (T/Os) related to the following technical support areas: Space; High Altitude; Missile Defense; Net Centric; Cyberspace; Electronic Warfare; C4ISR; Directed Energy; Missiles, Rockets and Re-entry Vehicles; Sensors/Detection Devices; Energy Devices; Nuclear Effects; and Advanced Technology Innovations. The provision of materials and end-items are likely to be required deliverables. The following is information provided to permit insight into requirements that will be included in this acquisition. This information is preliminary and further information /details will be provided in the published RFP. 1. The contractor will be required to perform temporary duty (TDY) non-local travel, as required in the performance of individual task orders. The TDY destinations may include both CONUS and OCONUS locations to include possible deployment to theaters of operations. 2. Certain contractor personnel must possess TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) CLEARANCE and/or be eligible for immediate adjudication by the cognizant security authority upon award of the contract. These personnel will be identified in the Scope of Work published with the RFP. Future requirements for SCI-eligible personnel shall be established by individual task orders. The contractor shall have or be able to obtain a Top Secret Facility Clearance and shall possess Safeguarding Capabilities. Some task orders issued under this contract may require access to, and clearance for, Special Access Programs (SAPs) up to and including the TOP SECRET/SCI level. Some task orders will require access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). The contractor shall perform in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22M) and ensure that all classified material is handled in accordance with the latest appropriate security classification specifications. Foreign participation will not be allowed at the prime or subcontract level. 3. Performance of this anticipated effort will be subject to Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provisions (see FAR Subpart 9.5). Firms performing direct or indirect systems engineering, technical assistance, or other advisory and assistance support in a prime contractor, subcontractor at any tier, or consultant capacity on any system or program managed by USASMDC/ ARSTRAT or other associated air, space, and missile defense organizations may be precluded from participation in this contemplated acquisition. Furthermore, any awardee under this contemplated acquisition that provides support under an individual task order to a system or program managed by USASMDC/ARSTRAT or other associated air, space, and missile defense organizations, may be precluded from participating as a prime contractor, subcontractor at any tier, or consultant on future acquisitions directly or indirectly involving that system or program. If you believe your firm possesses the (1) technical capability, (2) financial, facility, equipment and personnel resources/capacity, and (3) relevant experience/past performance to perform the type of work specified above as a PRIME CONTRACTOR, please submit the following information. If your anticipated participation will be that of a joint-venture, you must identify each joint venture participant. If participation will be that of a newly formed joint venture (formal or informal), provide the information required by items 3 through 12 for each participant in the joint venture. 1. Company name and mailing address. 2. Proposed role in this anticipated acquisition. 3. Point of contact (name, telephone number, and e-mail address). 4. Socio-economic status under the above stated NAICS (e.g., other than small business, small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service disabled-veteran owned small business, etc.). Your feedback should include status today and projected status at the anticipated time of proposal submission (2nd Qtr FY11). 5. Current number of employees. 6. Average annual revenue for the past 3 calendar years. 7. Discuss the type and number of facilities that are currently available and would be proposed to be used to satisfy the scope of work (describe the type of facilities, capacity, capabilities and equipment, facilities clearance level, etc). 8. Briefly discuss your capability and experience to perform each of the technical support areas and performance requirements of the above referenced D3I SOW. If you do not have the capability and/or experience to perform under all support areas and performance requirements, address the portions that you do have the capability/experience to perform. The experience portion shall include a brief summary of your companys performance within the past 3 years as a PRIME CONTRACTOR as it relates to the nature, magnitude, scope and complexity of this anticipated requirement. Emphasis shall be placed on your experience with large task/delivery order acquisitions in a competitive, multiple-award environment and which involved the management of a large pool of subcontractors/team members. Each experience provided (Government or commercial) shall include the following information: (a) name of project, (b) brief description of project, (c) contract or project number, (d) contract type (if IDIQ, state whether multiple award IDIQ or single award IDIQ), (e) client/customer point of contact (name, address, phone number, e-mail address), (f) dollar/ceiling value of the contract/project, (g) period of performance of the contract/project, (h) relevance of contract/project to requirements of this anticipated effort to include the specific D3I SOW technical support area(s) and performance requirement(s) to which it applies, (i) total number and magnitude of task orders (dollar value, duration, etc) awarded to you under the contract; and (j) total number (delineated by business size) of subcontractors/team members managed by you under the contract. 9. Identify the percentage of work that you, as a PRIME CONTRACTOR, are capable of performing in each performance requirement for which you are submitting capabilities. 10. Discuss your firms financial capacity to prime this effort. Discuss your financial ability to support an effort of this size and scope, whether your firm has an adequate cash flow and line of credit, considering that payments may be as much as 90-120 calendar days in arrears of actual performance on multiple task orders. 11. Identify any real or potential organizational conflicts of interest that your firm may have regarding your status as a prime contractor, subcontractor at any tier, or consultant on any system or program managed by USASMDC/ ARSTRAT or other associated air, space, and missile defense organizations. Address each system and/or program separately and provide your planned approach for mitigating any conflicts. If no real or potential conflicts exist, so state. 12. As a small business or joint venture of small businesses under the above NAICS, discuss how your firm will meet the requirements that at least 50% of the cost of contractor performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the small business prime contractor. Responses to this request shall be limited to 30 pages or less, excluding coversheets and/or table of contents, and must be received by 3:00 p.m., 30 July 2010. Responses shall be submitted via e-mail in PDF format to stephen.hayes@smdc.army.mil. Again, this announcement is being used solely to gather market research information. This is not a request for proposals nor will technical capability statements be considered to be a proposal. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500 Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-3801
- Zip Code: 35807-3801
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