SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Software and hardware application development; operations, maintenance and infrastructure services
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- S-AQMMA-2015-1
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jessica McDonagh, Phone: 202-674-2501
- E-Mail Address
-
mcdonaghjl@state.gov
(mcdonaghjl@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This is not a solicitation and in no way commits the Government to award a contract. Furthermore, the receipt of this RFI and or submission of a response confer no rights upon the vendor nor obligate the Government in any manner. The Department of State (DoS), Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) is performing market research to determine industry interest and capabilities for delivering a wide range of software and hardware application development, operations, maintenance and infrastructure services. This RFI is organized into the following sections: 1. Background 2. Objectives and Scope of Services 3. Instructions 4. Capabilities Statement Requirements 5. Closing Date 6. Disclaimer 1. Background The mission of DoS is to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and foster conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. The mission of IRM is to rapidly and securely deliver anytime, anywhere, the knowledge resources and Information Technology (IT) services needed for the DoS' diplomatic team worldwide to accomplish the foreign affairs mission of the United States. IRM supports over 300 sites, and 275 missions worldwide. IRM requires the contractor to provide the full software engineering support covering the entire spectrum of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for large-scale enterprise web-based computer systems, plus attendant system and programming documentation with a 24X7 helpdesk. IRM, in meeting its mandate to provide large-scale corporate web based computer applications to the Department, requires ancillary contractor support to supplement the efforts of government work force. Place of performance is Washington, District of Columbia, United States. All contractors must hold a secret or top-secret clearance. 2. Objectives and Scope of Services DoS is looking to standardize, harmonize, and enhance its mission-delivery capability in the IT service areas of Application Management, Development, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and seeks industry best practices solutions to achieve the following objectives: • Increased Organizational Agility - Enabling the enterprise to evolve with changing federal mandates, regulations, policies, and business process needs • Reduced Service Delivery Time and Cost - Improve the productivity of DoS in conducting the application development, O&M, and infrastructure support. Improve the operations, while reducing the administrative burden by standardizing and streamlining processes • Improved Alignment between Business and IT - Integrate business and IT planning/strategy efforts. Involve business stakeholders in IT solution design, by delivering solutions that are driven by business needs • Improved Cooperation and Coordination - Establish an application management framework that promotes "frictionless" cooperation and coordination between the various DoS service providers • Innovation - Determine and develop best of breed processes using existing IRM processes as a starting point to sustain the above objectives and improve operational efficiency. The scope of services will include: 1. Enterprise Systems Development and O&M - This program provides full lifecycle enterprise application solutions for the department both domestically and at posts worldwide, 2. Data Management - Bring together data and information from disparate sources with predictive analytics capabilities and easily consumable formats that are conducive to making time-sensitive mission decisions based upon readily available, accurate, reliable data and information, 3. Enterprise Collaborative Services - This program supports the worldwide deployment of large-scale development projects, intranet portals, and collaboration websites all from one centralized location, 4. Enterprise IT Service Management - This program and service offers a robust architecture that has been deployed to support Remedy and its supporting functions, 5. Application Packaging and Virtualization - This program provides application software system life cycle support for application packaging, patching and distribution for enterprise desktops and servers, 6. Development Network Support - Support multiple instances of a development network through maintenance and backup of all physical and virtual equipment and software as well as support for troubleshooting, security and patching. 7. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - This program provides enterprise hosting of desktop operating systems running on centralized servers. The services include full operations and maintenance support for the program and the end users. 3. Instructions: 1. The Request for Information (Capability Statement) response should be concise and focused and not exceed twenty (20) pages, in MSWord format, including cover pages, table of contents etc. Font should be Times New Roman, 12-point or larger. All page margins (excluding headers and footers) should be 1". 2. Sale brochures, videos, and other marketing information materials are not solicited and will not be reviewed. 3. Do not submit cost or price information with the response. 4. Interested companies shall submit an electronic copy of their capability statements via email to McDonaghJL@state.gov.. The due date and time for submission of responses is 2 PM (EDT) November 25, 2015. 5. No phone calls related to this Request for Information will be accepted. All correspondence shall be via email. Please identify sources sought/RFI number in your email subject line. A viable interested party shall demonstrate, in any capability statement submitted, the company's capabilities to meet the performance objectives and the customer's requirements. A viable interested party shall provide relevant, applicable examples of previous work or solution implementations, to include client points of contact. 4. Capabilities Statement Requirements: Company and Contact Information: 1. Company Name, Address and DUNS number; 2. Contact Name, Title, Phone Number, Fax Number, and Email Address; 3. Organizational history brief and capabilities statement; 4. Geographic location(s) of office(s) and number of employees at each domestic and international location; 5. Current Facility Clearance Level; 6. List GWACs available for use by Company and 7. Small and Disadvantaged Business categorization(s) under NAICS Code 541511, if applicable Business and Technical Capabilities: 1. A description of your corporate capabilities regarding each of the eight services 2. A description of where and how you have provided these services in the past. Within the page count described above, you may include as many examples as necessary to convey the breadth and depth of your corporate capabilities. Please include: a. Client organization and point(s) of contact b. Brief description of the scope of the work your company specifically performed and the results achieved c. Contract and task order number (if applicable) d. Contract type e. Dollar value of services provided specifically by your company f. Period of performance g. State whether your company was a prime or sub-contractor 5. Closing Date: If your firm is capable of providing all of the service requirements described herein, then interested parties should submit an electronic copy of the completed capability statement in MSWord format via email. Responses are due no later than 2:00 pm Eastern on November 25, 2015, and directed to: Jessica McDonagh, Contracting Officer McDonaghJL@state.gov Subject Line: IRM Vanguard Market Research Response 6. Disclaimers: The Government does not intend to award a contract(s) based on the submissions of this RFI, nor does it intend to pay for any costs incurred in response to this announcement. This RFI is solely intended for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Department of State reserves the right to terminate this request and change its requirements if needed. Responding to this Request for Information does not guarantee participation in future Department activities. The information obtained through this process is considered to be market research as described by FAR 2.101 and in accordance with FAR 10.002. Respondents will not be notified of the result of this market research.
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- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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