SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- R&D Services for ELS/EAS - NOCA
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC - Hanscom, 9 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, 01731, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01731
- Solicitation Number
- FA8726-11-C-0010
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Percy, Phone: 7812254126, Tyler J. LeBlanc, Phone: 7812254092
- E-Mail Address
-
anthony.percy.1@us.af.mil, tyler.leblanc@us.af.mil
(anthony.percy.1@us.af.mil, tyler.leblanc@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOCA This announcement constitutes a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) by the United States Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Networks (C3I&N), C3I Infrastructure Division (AFLCMC/HNI) Hanscom AFB, MA. It is the Government's intent to execute, by means of other than full and open competition, a modification to extend the Period of Performance (PoP) of the existing Enterprise Level Security (ELS)-Enterprise Attribute Store (EAS) Contract FA8726-11-C-0010 awarded to Accenture Federal Services, LLC. The modification is estimated to be approximately $5.20M. The PoP of the existing performance based ELS-EAS contract ends on 31 July 2015. Upon expiration of the ELS-EAS contract, the Air Force will risk a break in critical research and development support services to the ELS/EAS systems operated by AFLCMC/HNI. AFLCMC/HNI intends to award a new contract for the services by executing up to a 12-month Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract with the incumbent Accenture Federal Services, LLC ("Accenture Federal Services"). The period of the contract would be from 30 October 2015 to no later than 29 October 2016. The contract from 30 October 2015 to 29 October 2016 would ensure there is not a significant break in crucial research and development services to the ELS-EAS systems operated by AFLCMC/HNI. This contract will solely provide for additional Cost Plus Fixed Fee services. Enterprise Level Security (ELS)-Enterprise Attribute Store (EAS) is a cross-platform security architecture that expands on existing United States Air Force/Defense Information Services Agency capabilities to provide high assurance for end-to-end secure encrypted communications as well as identity and access management. The Spiral 8 requirements for this contract include further research and development of the Air Force ELS- EAS capability to perform federated identity management among the Government's many different information technology (IT) systems, in an effort to simultaneously increase security and decrease security maintenance costs while those IT systems transition to a more virtualized environment. Spiral 8 of ELS-EAS requirements focus on demonstrating ELS-EAS as an integrated capability where the ELS-EAS components have already been demonstrated individually in previous spirals. Accenture Federal Services developed Spirals 1-7. The authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. § 2304(c)(1), implemented as follows: FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B) - Services may be deemed available only from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued provision of highly specialized services when it is likely that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. Parties may identify their interest; accompanied by supporting literature to the Contracting Officer and Contracting Specialist. Please direct all interest, questions and concerns regarding this NOCA via email to Mr. Molis, Contracting Officer, at Christopher.Molis@us.af.mil and Mr. LeBlanc, Contracting Specialist, at Tyler.LeBlanc@us.af.mil no later than 3:00 PM EDT, on 3-AUG-2015. No telephone responses will be accepted. All information received from responsible sources will be considered. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. This NOCA is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the only acquisition approach. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this notice nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to AFLCMC/HNIK. An AFLCMC Ombudsman is available to consider and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offers, and others for this acquisition. Before consulting the Ombudsman, concerned parties should first address their concerns, issues and disagreements, and/or recommendation to the listed Contracting Officer above for resolution. The AFLCMC/XZC Ombudsman, located at Wright Patterson, OH serves as the Ombudsman for all of AFLCMC, including its GSUs. The Ombudsman hears concerns about specific issues in acquisitions, communicates those concerns from industry or Government personnel, and assists in the resolution of those concerns. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes, nor does the Ombudsman diminish the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. When approached with an issue or query, the Ombudsman independently assesses the situation and provides a response or initiates a resolution, and when requested, will maintain confidentiality as to the source of the inquiry. The AFLCMC ombudsman can be contacted at: AFLCMC Ombudsman 1790 10th Street Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 Telephone: 973-255-5472 Email: jill.willinghamallen.1@us.af.mil
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/ESC/FA8726-11-C-0010/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5 Eglin St., Bldg. 1624, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, 01731, United States
- Zip Code: 01731
- Zip Code: 01731
- Record
- SN03801195-W 20150719/150717234914-9856f5955ee384823523c68fa3460be1 (fbodaily.com)
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