SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Commercial cloud services solution
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- MICC Center - Fort Eustis (Joint Base Langley-Eustis), Building 2798, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5538
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5538
- Solicitation Number
- W911S0-15-KAC1
- Response Due
- 12/5/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/23/2015
- Point of Contact
- Karyn Chandler, 757-501-8145
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC Center - Fort Eustis (Joint Base Langley-Eustis)
(karyn.a.chandler.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is for planning and information purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment or a promise of a contract by the Government. This is not a solicitation. This notice does not constitute a Request for Bid, Request for Quote or Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. For the purpose of this acquisition, the NIACs code is 511210 and the small business size standard is $38.5M Purpose: The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) - Fort Eustis, is conducting market research to increase competition for this requirement by identifying the availability of qualified commercial sources technically capable of providing a commercial cloud services solution. Information collected from this notice will be used to further define the Government's requirement and create the appropriate acquisition strategy. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for maximizing competition. Should anything in the requirement be construed as limiting competition, please feel free to contact the MICC Special Competition Advocate (SCA) at dean.m.carsello.civ@mail.mil. Required Capabilities: The Army Training Support Center (ATSC), Fort Eustis requires a commercial cloud services solution (Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)) to host the Army's Learning Content Management System (LCMS) (currently Blackboard) to meet their education mission. The commercially provided Army Lifelong Learning Environment (ALLE), which will include the LCMS, shall support various courseware and learning environments to include full-time resident courses, blended learning, non-resident distance learning, and non-resident self-paced courses. The SaaS solution will guarantee a 99.9% reliability (99.9% uptime access to content), provide back-up and continuity of operations (COOP), and enable mobile learning by providing course access to students on mobile devices (ipads, tablets, Smartphones) from anywhere at any time. This solution will also be a platform for those soldiers and civilians who do not have Commercial Access Cards (CAC) to access publicly releasable unclassified training content. The commercially hosted facility must have Department of Defense Information Assurance accreditation and be authorized to run the Blackboard Learn suite of software. The SaaS solution must provide a production environment, a test and development environment, and a staging environment for the LCMS Software. The SaaS solution must support the interface to other systems through a standard application program interface (API) or common web services. The solution must be scalable, capable of having discrete or blended environments for the Army proponent centers and schools, depending on the center and school missions and performance requirements. The LCMS must be able to reside and play on Windows-based servers (Windows 2008 64-bit), using VMWare technology for virtualization of the servers, and support a MS SQL 2008 backend database. The Government anticipates awarding one (1) Firm Fixed-Price contract. The period of performance is twelve (12) months from date of award. Interested businesses are invited to submit a capabilities statement that demonstrates their technical skills and ability to provide the services consistent with this notice. Responses are due no later than 0900 AM EST, Friday, 5 December 2014, and shall be electronically submitted to Ms. Karyn A. Chandler at karyn.a.chandler.civ@mail.mil. The capability statements shall not exceed five (5) pages and must include: 1) Business name and address; 2) Name of company representative and business title; 3) Business size and type of Small Business (if applicable); 4) Cage Code; 5) Contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the product and service, i.e., General Service Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle. 6) Interested businesses should be authorized sellers/resellers of proposed software solution.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/ecf3023293646a5792daa38be5ecb0bb)
- Place of Performance
- Address: MICC Center - Fort Eustis (Joint Base Langley-Eustis) 705 Washington Boulevard, Suite 126 Fort Eustis VA
- Zip Code: 23604
- Zip Code: 23604
- Record
- SN03580386-W 20141126/141124234237-ecf3023293646a5792daa38be5ecb0bb (fbodaily.com)
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