SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Army Enterprise Infostructure Transformation (AEIT) - Business Enterprise Systems (BES) Enterprise Management Proof of Concept (POC)
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
- ZIP Code
- 22331-0700
- Solicitation Number
- DAAB15-02-Q-0026
- Response Due
- 5/20/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2002
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Davis, 703-325-1713
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington
(pat.davis@cacw.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA Due to size limitations, the complete Enterprise Management Announcement cannot be posted here. Please visit the Interactive Business Opportunities Page (IBOP) for the complete document. The URL for the IBOP is https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. The Announ cement and Statement of Work can be found by accessing the Army Contracting Activity drop down menu, selecting CECOM and then searching for DAAB15-02-Q-0026. Section B - Basic Provisions- I. Purpose. The US Army CECOM Acquisition Center Washington on be half of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) Product Manager, Business Enterprise Systems Project Office (PM BES) in support of the Business Enterprise Systems (BES) Enterprise Management Proof of Concept (POC) is seeking contractors that can meet the requirement specified herein. Interested firms must provide in their quotation a reference to an applicable IDIQ contract that provides decentralized ordering under which an Army agency may issue orders. This acqu isition will be conducted in two phases. In phase one, interested firms will submit written responses in response to this RFQ, which will be evaluated in accordance with the Phase I evaluation criteria contained herein. Successful offerors (up to 5) will then be invited to participate in phase 2 which will consist of an oral presentation to the government evaluation panel. Phase II of the evaluation will be evaluated in accordance with phase II evaluation criteria. The government intends to make one award as a result of this process. II. Scope. The contractor shall provide technical support services and systems engineering for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) Product Manager, Business Enterprise Systems Project Office (PM BES) in support of the Business Enterprise Systems (BES) Enterprise Management Proof of Concept (POC). Specifically, the scope of work will include all systems engineering and technical support services required for analysis, design, a nd implementation of an Enterprise Management capability within the Enterprise Management POC. The Government anticipates issuing a firm fixed price delivery order as a result of this solicitation. III. Statement of Work. The statement of work entitled Business Enterprise Systems Technical Support & Services (Enterprise Management) is posted on the Interagency Business Opportunity Page under the RFQ Number DAAB15-02-Q-0026. Also provided for the information of offerors, but not as a specific tasking doc ument, is Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM), Concept of Operations (CONOPS) (DRAFT VERSION 2.0) for Network Operations (NETOPS). IV. Instructions to Offerors: The Army encourages potential contractors, to submit a Quotation in response to thi s RFQ. A. Request for Quotation DAAB15-02-Q-0026 due date: All responses to this RFQ shall be submitted by 4:30 p.m. EST on 20 May 2002. B. Format: Responses to the RFQ shall be posted on the IBOP. The response shall be submitted as a single document i n Microsoft Word 2000 format. The total submission shall not exceed a maximum of 50 pages (including embedded graphics, illustrations, tables and spreadsheets) when printed out as a hard copy. The document shall contain a single cover page (not included in page count), identifying the vendor, point of contact (including phone number, fax number and email address) and RFQ number and a one-page Table of Contents (not included in page count) with hyperlinks to each section of the document. The vendor may al so elect to include hyperlinks to other key elements of the document, such as illustrations. All submissions shall be formatted as follows: The pages shall be 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, including graphics, illustrations, schedules, and tables. Pages containing narrative material shall have one-and-one-half spaces between paragraphs, six or less lines per vertical inch and shall have one-inch m argins or larger o n all four sides of the paper. The text shall be in Times New Roman and/or Arial font, 10-point or larger. Schedules, and tables may use any suitable format, however, the font size must be 10-point or larger. All pages shall be sequentially numbered and shall include an identifier of the vendor and the RFQ number. This information may be included in a header or footer area within the top or bottom margin area. Spreadsheets embedded within the word document shall include working formulas. C. Recoupment of Costs: The Government does not intend to pay for the quotation solicited and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of a response to this RFQ. D. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS To submit an electronic quotation logon to http://ab op.monmouth.army.mil, the IBOP, and register with the system. To Register choose 'Secure Services,' and then choose the 'Register' or the 'Register and Subscribe' buttons. All registration and subscription information will be encrypted via Secure Sockets Layer. After you have received notice from the IBOP that your registration has been reviewed and approved, you will be able to submit quotations through the system. (Offerors are advised to register with IBOP at least two weeks prior to quotation submis sion). The only known web browsers that support-uploading files are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer (minimum version 3.1 with patch from Microsoft's web site or version 4.01). Caution: Once the quotation files have been submitted via t he IBOP they may not be edited. Steps to create a new quotation submission (up to three files may be submitted at one time): STEP ONE: Download the necessary solicitation files for quotation completion. 1. Go to the IBOP at http://abop.monmouth.army.mil/. 2. Select 'CECOM Comm. & Elec. Comm.' under Army Contracting Activity. Click 'Go.' 3. On the 'Secure Login Page', click on the 'Login' box in the center of the screen. 4. Login using your approved User ID and Password. 5. Click on 'All Business Opportunit ies by Contract Specialist.' 6. Select 'Karis, Derek.' 7. Click on the yellow folder beside the solicitation that pertains to your business: 'DAAB15-02-Q-0026' 8. Select the message(s) containing the final Solicitation Forms. 9. Download the attached files. 10. Prepare/complete your q uotation. 11. When your quotation is complete, you can submit the files using Step 2 below. STEP TWO: Submitting Quotations. 1. Repeat Steps 1-7 above. 2. Click on the 'Post Bid/Quotation' button at the top of the screen. 3. Fill in the required fields. 4. Attach the relevant files (downloaded and completed - from Step 1) at the bottom of the form in the 'Create Bid/Quotation File Attachments' section. Up to three files may be submitted at one time. Files submitted to the IBOP may not be edited. 5. Click the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the form. 6. If you need to submit more than these three files, repeat above steps to attach the additional files. If problems are experienced uploading the MS Word or MS EXCEL files to the IBOP, http://abop.mo nmouth.army.mil, the files can be compressed (zipped) into one file entitled 'QUOTATION.ZIP' using WinZip. WinZip software can be downloaded from the Internet at the following URL: http://www.winzip.com/ddchome.htm. If problems are experienced accessing t he IBOP, or questions arise about submitting quotations via the IBOP, please call the toll free Army Integrated Business Opportunities Help Desk for assistance at 1-888-414-2677. Prior to submission of your quotation, it is strongly recommended that offer ors practice using the IBOP through the Demo section. Submitting a file that is approximately the same size as the actual quotation will allow the offeror to ascertain the approximate amount of time that it will take to upload the quotation onto the IBOP. E. Quotations - Technical quotations must contain: Capability Statement: A discussion of the offerors familiarity with Army/Army IT Tr ansformation/Army AKM/AKO/AEIT Projects and a discussion of the offerors technical capability to undertake this project. The quotation shall include a narrative statement that describes the offerors technical capability and familiarity with the project in 30 pages or less. Past performance: The past performance information shall be organized to facilitate the Government's assessment of performance risk in accordance with Section M. The past performance section shall not exceed 20 pages (inclusive of graph ics and illustrations) when printed out as a hard copy. The past performance section shall include a description of all Government and/or Commercial contracts (with prime and major subcontractors performance during the past three [3] years) which are relev ant to the efforts required by this solicitation. (NOTE: If the total number of relevant contracts for the prime or major subcontractor during the past three [3] years is less than five [5], include description of relevant contracts in performance for past five [5] years.) For all prime contracts listed, the Offeror, if a large business concern, will describe its record of meeting small and small disadvantaged business subcontracting goals. Relevant is defined as any contract that is similar in scope to the Statement of Work (Section C). Both independent data and data provided in the quotation will be used to evaluate Offerors Performance Risk. The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems it finds in quotations. The burden of p roving Past Performance remains with the Offeror. Quotations that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph risk rejection by the Government. Each instance of contractual past performance shall be presented as a contiguous description, b ut organized into the following sections: a. Section 1 - Contract Descriptions. This section shall include the following information in the following format: (1) Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, point of contact, CAGE Code, and DUNS number, t elephone numbers and email addresses; (2) Government and Commercial contracting activity, address, telephone number, fax number and email address; (3) Procuring Contracting Officer's name, telephone number, fax number and email address; (4) Government and Commercial technical representative/COR name, telephone number, fax number and email address; (5) Government contract administration activity and the Administrative Contracting Officer's (ACO) name, telephone number, fax number and email address;(6) Contract Number; (7) Contract Type; (8) Awarded price/cost; (9) Final or projected final, price/cost; (10) Original delivery schedule; and (11) Final, or projected final, delivery schedule. b. Section 2 - Performance. Provide a specific narr ative explanation of each contract listed describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is similar to the requirements of the solicitation. For any contracts which did not/do not meet original cost, schedule or technical performance requi rements provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective actions taken to avoid recurrence. If the original delivery schedule was revised provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary. The Offeror shall also p rovide a copy of any cure notices or show cause notices received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action taken. The Offeror shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were (or are being) terminated (in whole or in part) and th e type and reasons for the termination. V. Notice of Non-Government Employees as Evaluators - The Army intends to use the services of Maden Tech Consulting, a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor, in administrative and evaluator roles . The Army contracts with Maden Tech Consulting and its employment contracts with its personnel prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of data to which Maden Tech Consulting or its employees have access under this solicitation. The firm is expressly prohibited from competing on the subject acquisition. The exclusive responsibility for source selection remains with the Government. In accomplishing the duties related to the source s election process, Maden Tech Consulting may require access to proprietary information contained in the offerors' quotations. Therefore, pursuant to FAR 9.505-4, Maden Tech Consulting must execute an agreement with each offeror that states that they will ( 1) protect the offerors information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and (2) refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. To expedite the evaluation process, it is requested that each offeror contact Maden Tech Consulting to effect execution of such agreement prior to submission of quotations. Each offeror shall submit a copy of the agreement as an attachment to the quotation cover letter (Debbie Erickson, Senior Co ntracts Administrator, Maden Tech Consulting, 2110 Washington Blvd, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22204 - 703-769-4579. Due to size limitations, the complete Enterprise Management Announcement cannot be posted here. Please visit the Interactive Business Oppor tunities Page (IBOP) for the complete document. The URL for the IBOP is https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. The Announcement and Statement of Work can be found by accessing the Army Contracting Activity drop down menu, selecting CECOM and then searching for DAAB15-02-Q-0026.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Record
- SN00071120-W 20020505/020503213307 (fbodaily.com)
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