SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Commerce Acquisition for Transformational Technology Services (CATTS) Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2022 9:14:15 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE ESO WASHINGTON DC 20230 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20230
- Solicitation Number
- 67002
- Response Due
- 4/11/2022 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 10/01/2022
- Point of Contact
- Lauren Gueye
- E-Mail Address
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CATTS@doc.gov
(CATTS@doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- Amendment 9 - 3/4/2022: To enable full review of all proposals received during Phase I, notifications will be postponed up to 1 more week (no later than March 11, 2022). All subsequent due dates will be postponed for 1 week as well. The new updated schedule is as follows: Phase I advisory notifications: 03/11/2022 Phase II due date: 04/11/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date: 07/20/2022 The RFP and IDIQ PWS (Attachment 1) have been updated accordingly. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 8 - 2/24/2022: To enable full review of all proposals received during Phase I, notifications will be postponed 1 week till March 4, 2022. All subsequent due dates will be postponed for 1 week as well. The new updated schedule is as follows: Phase I advisory notifications: 03/04/2022 Phase II due date: 04/04/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date: 07/13/2022 The RFP and IDIQ PWS (Attachment 1) have been updated accordingly. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 7 - 2/17/2022:� The RFP should state the Volume V page limit is 25 pages NOT 250 pages. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 6 - 2/17/2022: Thank you for your continued input and questions. There are several items that we noticed required further clarification. The updated RFP asked for SBA approved Mentor Prot�g� Joint Venture Agreements. This should have read SBA approved Mentor Prot�g� Agreements submitted with a copy of their Joint Venture Agreements. These documents are not required for Phase I. The updated RFP clarified the Top-Secret Facilities Clearance requirements for Teaming Arrangements. Mentor Prot�g� Joint Ventures had similar requirements to the all-small Joint Ventures in that only one member of the joint venture is required to hold a Top-Secret FCL. If the work requiring the facility clearance is primary and vital to the requirements of the task order, the lead partner must hold the TS-FCL. If the work is ancillary to the principal purpose of the task order the partner to the joint venture that will perform the work must hold the TS-FCL. For Attachment 6, Tab 2, question 2 includes all types of contractor teaming arrangements other than a Joint Venture or Prime-only Offeror. In the Q&A, there is a discrepancy between the answers to questions 924 and 1724. The correct answer is that Offerors may use the same contract example to cover multiple task areas. In the Q&A, there is a discrepancy between the answers to questions 102 and 225. The correct answer is that Offerors may submit up to 3 examples per task area (including the Prime experience section). In the RFP L.7 the due date was not previously updated but should be March 28, 2022. In the RFP, it was not stated specifically that the Attachment 3 worksheet could not be altered. The Q&A did address this, but to clarify you may not add lines to Attachment 3, but you may expand cells for readability. The Q&A stated that page limits would be increased for Volume V and Volume III. The new page limit for Volume V is 25 pages and Volume III is 23 pages. Please see the updated RFP for updated page limits. The uploaded version of Attachment 7 was not working for some. Please see a new uploaded version. Updated RFP to clarify that it is the Government�s intention to award without discussions. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 5 - 2/11/2022: The Government will be extended the due dates for both Phase I and Phase II, which will subsequently extend the award date. The new schedule is as follows: Phase I due date: 02/18/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/28/2022 Phase II due date: 03/28/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date: 07/06/2022 The RFP and IDIQ PWS (Attachment 1) have been updated accordingly. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 4 - 2/10/2022: Please see updated RFP with corrected RFP Answers released date, Phase I due date, Phase I notification date, and Award date. Phase I is due February 16, 2022. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 3 - 2/10/2022: Please see the attached updated RFP with corrected Phase II due date. Phase II is due March 16, 2022. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Amendment 2 - 2/9/2022: Please see the attached Q&A and following updated documents.�Please note that responses to questions are provided for informational purposes only. Please see the solicitation and amendment(s) for terms and conditions applicable to the solicitation and resulting award. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� 1. Tracked changes RFP 2. Conformed RFP 3. Tracked changes PWS (Attachment 1) 4. Conformed Attachment 1 5. Updated Attachment 2 6. Tracked changes Task Order 1 PWS (Attachment 5) 7. Conformed Attachment 5 8. Updated Attachment 6 9. Add new Attachment 7 10. Add new Attachment 8 11. Amendment 0002 An updated Attachment 3 is still pending and will be posted shortly.� ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** 2/5/2022: Thank you for your continued interest in the CATTS requirement. The Government is continuing to incorporate changes to the solicitation based on industry questions and provides the updated schedule below for offeror awareness: Q&A release date: 2/09/2022 Phase I due date: 02/16/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/23/2022 Phase II due date: 03/16/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June/July 2022 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** 1/28/2022: Thank you for your continued interest in the CATTS requirement. The Government is continuing to incorporate changes to the solicitation based on industry questions and provides the updated schedule below for offeror awareness: Q&A release date: 2/04/2022 Phase I due date: 02/14/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/21/2022 Phase II due date: 03/14/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June/July 2022 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** 1/21/2022: Thank you for your continued interest in the CATTS requirement. The Government is continuing to incorporate changes to the solicitation based on industry questions and provides the updated schedule below for offeror awareness: Q&A release date: 1/28/2022 Phase I due date: 02/07/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/14/2022 Phase II due date: 03/7/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June 2022 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** 1/14/2022: Thank you for your continued interest in the CATTS requirement. The Government is continuing to incorporate changes to the solicitation based on industry questions and provides the updated schedule below for offeror awareness: Q&A release date: 1/21/2022 Phase I due date: 02/01/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/07/2022 Phase II due date: 02/28/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June 2022 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** Thank you for your continued interest in the CATTS requirement. The Government is continuing to incorporate changes to the solicitation based on industry questions and provides the updated schedule below for offeror awareness: Q&A release date: 1/14/2021 Phase I due date: 01/31/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 02/07/2022 Phase II due date: 02/28/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June 2022 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE 12.23.21 In consideration of the upcoming holidays the revised CATTS schedule is as follows: Q&A release date: 1/07/2021 Phase I due date: 01/17/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 01/24/2022 Phase II due date: 02/21/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date remains June 2022 Thank you. ***************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE 12.22.21 Thank you for your continued patience. We are still working through answers to the questions received, as well as necessary updates to the solicitation. As such, finalized questions and answers will not be posted until 12/29/2021. All dates on the schedule will be pushed one week accordingly. ***************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE 12.14.21 Amendment 0001 Thank you for your continued interest in our requirement. Due to the delay in releasing the Q&A the schedule has been updated as follows: Q&A release date: 12/22/2021 Phase I due date: 01/07/2022 10:00 AM EST Phase I advisory notifications: 01/14/2022 Phase II due date: 02/14/2022 10:00 AM EST Anticipated award date is now June 2022 Thank you! **************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE 12.9.21 Thank you for everyone�s continued patience while we work through all the questions that we received. Due to the volume of questions, it is taking us longer than anticipated to answer them all and make the appropriate changes to the solicitation. We anticipate being finished with the answers and solicitation updates no later than December 15. We will be sure to update the schedule accordingly and will provide a revised schedule soon. Thank you. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... UPDATE 12.1.21 Thank you to everyone who submitted questions during the CATTS Q&A period. �We are excited about the level of interest and the amount of questions submitted. �As a significant number of questions were submitted we will need additional time to ensure we provide adequate responses. �As responses will not be posted today, the schedule, to include Phase 1 due dates, will be updated to reflect the additional time needed for the Q&A period. We anticipate having answers posted by December 8, 2021. This will push all solicitation due dates 1 week, i.e. Phase 1 due date will now be December 15, 2021. A revised schedule will be posted shortly as well. Thank you for your continued interest and patience through this process. **************************************************************************************************************************************************** **Update: All attachments have been uploaded.**� �This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in�subpart� 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. ����������������(ii)�This solicitation is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). Submit written proposals on RFP number 1331L521R13OS0006. ����������������(iii)�The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-07 (SEPT 2021). ����������������(iv)�This solicitation is being issued as a total small-business set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 541519. The small business standard is $25M. ����������������(v)�Please see the attached price schedule (Attachment 03) for the required labor category and pricing structure for the overall IDIQ as well as the CLIN structure for Task Order 1. ����������������(vi)�Description of requirements is as follows: �������������������������� See the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) Attachment 01 for the overall IDIQ requirements and Attachment 05 for the task order specific requirements. ����������������(vii)�The work performed by the contractor under this PWS will be performed at Department of Commerce locations and at agreed-upon contractor locations. The location will be defined within the individual customer Task Orders. Task Order 1 place of performance/delivery is Washington, DC. Delivery will be FOB destination unless otherwise specified. ����������������(viii)�The provision at�52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Please see attached RFP for details. ����������������(ix) Evaluation will be best value/Trade-off as detailed in the attached RFP section M. ����������������(x)�Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at�52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their offer. ����������������(xi)�The clause at�52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please see attached RFP for details. ����������������(xii)�The clause at�52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please see attached RFP for details. ����������������(xiii)�Additional provisions, clauses, terms, and conditions are included in the attached RFP. ����������������(xiv)�Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating does NOT apply. ����������������(xv)�Proposals are due no later than January 17, 2022 at 10:00 AM EST. All proposals must be submitted to CATTS@doc.gov. ����������������(xvi)�Any questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to Lauren Gueye�and Courtney Palmer at CATTS@doc.gov. If you are having difficulties with the CATTS@doc.gov email, please contact Lauren Gueye at LGueye@doc.gov.
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