SOURCES SOUGHT
L -- Language Portal - Draft Language Portal PWS
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541513
— Computer Facilities Management Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, AF ISR Agency, AF ISR Agency/A7K, 102 Hall Blvd, Ste 258, Lackland AFB, Texas, 78243, United States
- ZIP Code
- 78243
- Solicitation Number
- FA7037-14-R-0003
- Archive Date
- 2/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Carissa Lechner, Phone: 2109775457, Margaret A. Naylor, Phone: 210-977-2823
- E-Mail Address
-
carissa.lechner@us.af.mil, margaret.naylor@us.af.mil
(carissa.lechner@us.af.mil, margaret.naylor@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- Draft Language Portal PWS The AF ISR Agency/A7KB (Business Support Branch, 102 Hall Blvd, Ste 268, San Antonio, TX 78243-7046 is seeking possible sources to provide Language Portal services (under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541513; size standard is $25M in support of the United States (U.S.) Forces Operations. Subject Sources Sought is for market research purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). A solicitation is not being issued at this time and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government anticipates a competitive 8(a) set-aside under the Small Business 8(a) program. The solicitation will be for a firm fixed price (FFP) contract using best value source selection procedures in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 and Mandatory Procedures (MP) 5315.3, Source Selection. Award shall be made based on evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation. The period of performance will be for a base year with four (4) option years. The Solicitation number is FA7037-14-R-0003. Businesses are advised that FAR clause 52.219-14 -Limitations on Subcontracting will apply wherein by submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the offeror/Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. Reference the attached "draft" Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Contractor shall provide a work force possessing the skills, knowledge and training to satisfactorily perform the services required by this contract. The Contractor shall maintain and enhance all system hardware for all systems (unclassified, Top Secret(TS)/SCI, Secret, and NSANet) and enhance the baseline website configuration of the Language Portal according to the Headquarters Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, Intelligence and Force Development and Training Division (AF ISR Agency/A2F) written requirements. The Contractor shall perform all necessary accreditation actions and documentation to maintain the AF ISR Agency Command Language Program Manager (CLPM) database on the Air Force Portal. The Language Portal shall be available for access 24/7/365 at each classification level (Unclassified, TS, Secret and NSANet). The Contractor shall maintain an unclassified server at Offutt AFB, NE, a back-up unclassified server at the Contractor's location, and classified servers (Top Secret, Secret and NSANet) at Offutt AFB, NE. The Contractor shall provide on-call service 24/7/365 for all four classification levels. Maintenance of all servers shall include, but not be limited to, updating databases, creating standardized and custom queries and reports, Automated Data-Processing Equipment (ADPE) accountability and uploading/ updating language and cultural resources. The Contractor shall make recommended maintenance updates and changes according to time-lines determined by the amount of updates required and agreed upon by the Government COR and Contractor. The Contractor shall integrate and maintain Air Force-provided Cryptologic Skill Proficiency Testing (CSPT) and training materials on the Language Portal. The acquisition will require the company to have a TS/SCI facility clearance, and Contractor personnel to have a final U.S. Government issued TS security clearance and be DCID 6/4 eligible with a current Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). The Contractor shall describe how they are completely able to program routine, repeatable standard queries of a large database and output results on an aspx web page. The database must be in the background, providing all the data for the web page front end; manage the users and various levels of control (read/write/manage); manage a commercial web page with aspx content, various data libraries that include iOS applications, audio and video files. The Contractor shall describe their accreditation process experience on unclassified and classified domains. The Contractor shall describe their knowledge set of SharePoint version 2013. The current operating system for this requirement is Windows 7, all Macs are running Lion OSX 10.7.5, commercial servers are running Active Directory 2008 rs and Windows 2003, and NIPR servers are all running windows server 2008 r2. The Language Portal is able to be viewed, but the CLPM database is only viewable by the incumbent. There are no site visits scheduled for this requirement. A FFP pricing arrangement will be used for all labor. All questions/comments to this Sources Sought are due NLT 28 January 2014. The solicitation issue date will be on or about 7 February 2014; with an approximate response date of 10 March 2014. Please note that the issue date is approximate and no additional information will be provided to individuals who call. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be mailed. Contractors will need to download all documents from FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), accessed via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/#1 or risk having their proposals be declared non-responsive. Contracting Office Point of Contact: Contract Administrator, Carissa Lechner, AF ISR Agency A7KB, 102 Hall Blvd, Ste 268, Lackland AFB, TX 78243. POC telephone number is (210) 977-5457, or email at carissa.lechner@us.af.mil. Alternate POC will be Margaret Naylor at (210) 977-2823, or email at margaret.naylor@us.af.mil.
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