SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- STDO PMO Support
- Notice Date
- 10/15/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Border and Transportation Security, Transportation Security Administration, Headquarters TSA, 601 S. 12th Street TSA-25, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA, 22202
- ZIP Code
- 22202
- Solicitation Number
- HSTS04-05-R-DEP976
- Response Due
- 10/29/2004
- Point of Contact
- Elwyn Thompson, Contracting Officer, Phone 571 227-1877, Fax 571 227-2913,
- E-Mail Address
-
jamie.thompson@dhs.gov
- Description
- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Technology Deployment Office (STDO) has a requirement for on-site and off-site Program Management Office (PMO) support. STDO is responsible for procurement, deployment and integration, and life cycle management of security equipment for all modes of transportation for passenger and cargo systems, including but not limited to air, rail, water, urban mass transit, and highway transportation systems. STDO anticipates competitive of award of one or multiple contracts to fulfill its PMO support requirements. TSA intends to compete its STDO PMO support requirements among contractors on a qualified vendors list (QVL) who are or will be General Service Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) holders by the time of contract award. TSA intends to award one or more Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract(s) with a base of one-year and six one-year options to fulfill its STDO PMO requirements. TSA intends to issue both time and material, and/or firm fixed-price task orders against the resulting ID/IQ contract to satisfy its requirements. Selection of time and material, or firm fixed-price task orders will be based upon the scope, complexity and underlying risk of the work. TSA anticipates that the majority of tasks will be performed at contractor’s facilities. A few select contractor tasks may be performed at Government facilities. Due to the nature of the support services, Contractor support must be readily available to participate in meetings at TSA Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia. Contractors must have an office space that includes conference facilities, reproduction facilities, network connectivity (voice and data), audio-visual and other typical business infrastructure. STDO PMO support requirements, corresponding GSA FSS Number, and description of anticipated high-level requirements (listed in random order of importance) are: (1) Management Services – contract award restricted to GSA FSS 874 holders – Program Management Office support services; Management/Process Improvement Support Services; Financial/Budget Analysis Support Services; Acquisition Planning/Analysis Support Services; Strategic Planning Analysis Support Services; Government Property Administration Support Services; Production/Installation Schedule Coordination Support Services; Quality Assurance (QA) Support Services; Configuration Management (CM) Support Services; and Data Management Support Services. (2) Security Equipment Integration and Installation Design Support Services – contract award restricted to GSA FSS 871-3 holders – Site Management Support Services; Site Surveys; Integration and Installation Requirements Assessment and Definition; Assistance with Development of the Independent Government Cost Estimate; and Monitoring progress of TSA’s Integration and Installation efforts. (3) Technical Support Services – contract award restricted to GSA FSS 871-3 holders – Identify and track trends in cost, schedule and performance across OEM contracts; Review and assessment of documents and data delivered by OEMs; Review, assess and recommend improvements to OEM designs, products, processes and procedures; Review and assess emerging technology; Review test results and other data; Witness/conduct testing as directed; Prepare, review and assess acquisition documents including SOWs, specifications, CDRLs, DIDs, and deliverable schedules; Review and assess ECPs, RFDs, RFWs and other CM documentation; and Review OEM and other contractor proposals. (4) Integrated Logistics Support Services – contract award restricted to GSA FSS 871-5 holders – ILS Management Support Services; Develop and Evaluate Government ILS plans, processes, and procedures; Assist STDO with development of ILS requirements for future Government procurements; Perform cost (budget) analysis of the Government ILS program and recommend cost reduction/management improvement opportunities; Perform life-cycle analysis for individual security equipment end items; Generate reports indicating the status of the ILS program, ILS performance, Security Equipment performance; and Recommend, Define and Support implementation of metrics (high level and low level) to manage the ILS program and equipment. (5) Independent Verification and Validation Testing Services – contract award restricted to GSA FSS 871-4 holders –System Engineering Management program for the definition, development, verification, integration, and testing of the required test equipment/articles; Maintain a Government security equipment database; Maintain the Government’s Test Article/Test Kit/Equipment database; Witness original equipment manufacture (OEM) conducted Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) and Site Acceptance Tests (SATs); Develop, test, validate, manufacture, control, and maintain test articles and test kits required during Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests, Integrated Site Acceptance Tests, and Security Equipment Performance Tests; Conduct both constructive and virtual (visual) modeling and simulation; Provide support for independent verification and validation of models, simulations, control architectures, and software systems using both GFI and commercially licensed applications and tools (6) Data Collection and Analysis Services – contract award restricted to FSS 871-5 holders – Development of effectiveness, suitability and other performance metrics, conducting independent testing, data collection, evaluation, and analyses related to a broad range of transportation security issues, performance issues, security equipment, and acquisition programs; Formulate data collection methodologies and collect the data elements necessary to successfully complete assigned evaluations, analyses, and support tasks; Collect raw data elements, reduce the raw data elements, and enter them into appropriate databases; Generate a variety of reports from the databases; and Plan and conduct special studies and analysis efforts to address specific areas of concern. TSA intends to issue a competitive solicitation during October 2004. Items (1) Management Services, (3) Technical Support Services and (4) Integrated Logistics Support Services are 100% small-business set-aside procurements. Items (2) Installation and Integration Management Services, (5) Independent Verification and Validation, and (6) Data Collection and Analysis Services will be full and open competitions that will require a mandatory 25% small business participation (defined as a percentage of total contract dollars). The TSA goal for Items (2), (5) and (6) is 40% small business participation. All responsible GSA FSS sources interested in being considered for this competition must submit a one-page notice of interest expressing their interest in competing for any of the sections of this requirement or all the sections to Mr. Jamie Thompson (address provided below) no later than fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice. The one-page notice of interest shall identify company name, address, Point of Contact (POC), POC phone number, POC e-mail, GSA Federal Supply Schedule, identify section of interest, and summarize relevant past performance qualifications (including value of cited contracts) that demonstrate an ability to perform the requirements identified herein. Format for the one-page notice of interest shall be Times Roman 12 point character with 1” margins – top, bottom, left and right. Notice of interests that exceed one (1) page per section of this requirement will not be considered. Offerors interested in competing for multiple sections shall submit a one-page notice of interest for each section that they are interested in. TSA will evaluate one-page notice of interest responses based upon its understanding of the CTO requirements and select a maximum of four respondents per section to establish the QVL for each section. Each of the selected respondents will be sent a copy of the solicitation (a copy of the draft SOW may be provided for review and comment to the qualified vendors’ list prior to release of the final solicitation). Notices of interest received after fifteen (15) calendar days from this announcement will not be considered. TSA will evaluate the one-page notice of interest responses according to the following criteria: Outstanding Past performance submitted: · Strongly matches and demonstrates direct performance application to PMO requirements · Matches or exceeds the anticipated scope (personnel and price) of PMO requirements Acceptable Past performance submitted: · Matches and demonstrates reasonable performance application to PMO requirements · Approaches the anticipated scope (personnel and price) of PMO requirements Unacceptable Past performance submitted: · Does not match or demonstrate performance application to PMO requirements · Does not approach the anticipated scope (personnel and price) of PMO requirements TSA reserves the right to contact the customer point of contact for submitted past performance and may consider customer satisfaction in the qualification of bidders. This notice should not be construed as a commitment or authorization to incur any costs in anticipation of a contract award. This information is subject to modification and in no way binds the Government to award a contract. Address all inquires to: Transportation Security Administration, Attn: Mr. Jamie Thompson (Contracting Officer), STDO PMO Support, HSTS04-05-R-DEP976, 590 Herndon Parkway, Suite 120, Herndon, VA 20170. Mr. Thompson may also be reached at (571) 227-1877. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (15-OCT-2004). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 27-JAN-2005, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Arlington, VA
- Zip Code: 22202
- Country: United States of America
- Zip Code: 22202
- Record
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