D -- SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES

Notice Date

March 23, 2001

Contracting Office

SSG/PK, 490 E.Moore Dr. Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex AL, 36114

ZIP Code

36114

Solicitation Number

N/A

Response Due

April 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Kim Groleau, 1Lt Contract Specialist, 334-416-3561 Barbara Dobbins, GS-13 Contracting Officer, 334-416-5255 Stephen Sigler, Program Manager, 334-416-1072

E-Mail Address

Click Here to E-mail the POC (kim.groleau@gunter.af.mil)

Description

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS (IT2) SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICE SUPPLIER MARKET CATEGORY (SMC) This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. The Headquarters Standard System Group (HQ SSG) of the Electronic Systems Center intends to identify small businesses as potential prime contractors for the Information Technology Tools Small Business Network Service (SBNS) acquisition. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The purpose of the SBNS acquisition is to award a contract vehicle(s) to provide the Air Force a solution based contract(s) consisting of services, products, and/or combination of both to satisfy the user's networking requirements(e.g. routers, switches, wireless). These services include systems engineering, integration, installation, testing, warranty support, training, operations and maintenance to establish, support, and enhance Information Technology (IT) networking solutions and networking equipment. The Contractor shall provide and support IT networking systems through a logical process of phased actions to include: 1) requirements analysis and conceptual design, 2) site survey, 3) system engineering/design, 4) installation, 5) integration and testing, 6) sustainment and maintenance support, 7) facilities management. Because IT changes frequently it is impossible to anticipate how IT networking systems requirements and individual programs will evolve over the life of this contract. The Government intends for the contract vehicle(s) to remain current and provide a full range of IT capabilities/solutions and emerging technologies throughout its life. The Contractor will be expected to provide quality solutions using a wide variety of systems and services. The Contractor shall have the capability to incorporate leading technologies such as virtual private networks (VPN), wireless, and the convergence of voice, video, data, and internet traffic. Contractors will determine those services or products necessary to satisfy task order requirements and utilize their innovative ideas for the optimum networking solution. Requirements will be either fixed-base or deployable. Solutions installed under this contract(s) shall also provide an interface to all existing and planned systems as required by the Government. Examples of these solutions include, but aren't limited to, legacy Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Network Management System/Base Information Protection (NMS/BIP). Contractors shall provide commonly applied industry standards to all products and services. RESPONSE FORMAT: This synopsis is a 100 percent small business set aside; the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541512. Please log on to http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html which best describes the principal nature of the product or service being acquired. To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this synopsis, firms must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, NO EXCEPTIONS. Sources interested in being a prime shall submit a qualification package that should not exceed eight (8 ) single-sided pages, limited to twelve inch pitch. Submit only one response to this sources sought synopsis. The response should include items a-e below. Deliver one hard copy of entire response to 1Lt Kim Groleau, HQ SSG/PKS-1 (Attn: Kim Groleau, 490 East Moore Dr., Suite 270 (Bldg 892), MAFB-Gunter Annex AL, 36114-3218. Include one electronic version of all documents (Word 2000 or earlier) on either a CD or 3.5" floppy disk or via email to kim.groleau@gunter.af.mil. Your response is due by 1200 CST hours on 6 April 2001. All information received will be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation. Please ensure any sensitive information is clearly marked as such. REQUSTED INFORMATION: Please include the following information regarding your ability to meet the requirements as a prime contractor on this synopsis: (a) Please identify the length of time that you have been in this core business, the number of personnel maintained, and the location of your corporate office. (b) Past experience, please describe the five largest Networking Solutions implementation projects you have developed or maintained similar to the IT2 Small Business Network Service requirement as identified in the proceeding background information section. Describe the scope and dollar value of each project; preferably identify three Government and two commercial endeavors. Illustrate your approach to team management, include significant strengths and weaknesses of your management approach and how the approach will affect the effort. Within these efforts describe your company's depth and range of capabilities within implementation in the following networking solutions areas: Site Survey, Requirement Analysis, Design, Install, Test, Sustainment and Maintenance, and Facilities Management. Identify whether you performed as the prime or as a subcontractor. If you were the prime contractor, identify the subcontractor(s) and the expertise and percentage of total effort provided by each subcontractor(s). (c) Describe your capability to provide networking services/products worldwide. Please identify and describe any projects that you have accomplished worldwide, exceeding $100K within the Information Technology (IT) Networking arena. (e.g., distribution systems, LAN, WAN). (d) The IT Small Business Network Service contract vehicle(s) will allow Air Force and DoD customers to purchase products, services, and/or combination of both. Describe your product/supplier relationships with various networking vendors and your ability to provide customers with current technology with significant discounts. (e) In an attempt to capture the appropriate labor categories for the upcoming contract, we are requesting a detailed description for personnel used in performing networking services. Please provide any information delineating your labor categories for networking services. Please submit this information as an attachment to your response. This will not be included in your page limitation. Firms should indicate whether they are a small disadvantage business, 8(a) concern, women-owned small business, whether they qualify as socially or economically disadvantaged, and whether they are an U.S. or foreign-owned firm. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not reimburse the firms for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. POINTS OF CONTACT: Please direct any questions on the IT2 Small Business acquisition to 1Lt Kim M. Groleau, Acquisition Contracting Specialist 334-416-3561, kim.groleau@gunter.af.mil and/or 1Lt Charisse Jefferson, Acquisition Program Manager, 334-416-6556, charisse.jefferson@gunter.af.mil. To obtain current information on this acquisition, please log on to the Hanscom Electronic Request For Proposal Bulletin Board (HERBB) and http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil under "Biz Opportunities" and the Commercial Information Technology-Product Area Director at http://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/PK/bizops. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from interested firms during this phase of the acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the Program Manager or Contracting Officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government official. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of vendor responses, proposal, or in the source selection process. The HQ SSG Ombudsman is Mr. Melvin Carr, HQ SSG/PK, (334) 416-5323, melvin.carr@gunter.af.mil. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that have been brought previously to the attention of the Program Manager and/or Contracting Officer and could be not resolved satisfactorily at that level. See Note 1.

Web Link

SSG Business Opportunities Web Page (http://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/pk/bizops)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010327/DSOL011.HTM (D-082 SN50H1L2)