SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- A-76 SEAT MANAGEMENT PARTNERING OPPORTUNITY SOURCES SOUGHT
- Notice Date
- 4/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, MD, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SeatManagementPartneringOpportunity
- Response Due
- 5/1/2006
- Archive Date
- 5/16/2006
- Description
- The Internal Revenue Service is conducting a public/private competition under OMB circular A-76 to provide Seat Management services to IRS? employees. The objective of this RFI is to obtain statements of capabilities, based on the requirements outlined below from all businesses interested in establishing a partnering relationship with the Seat Management MEO (Pre-planning) Team. The Seat Management MEO (Pre-planning) Team will be crafting and submitting the Agency?s proposal in support of the Seat Management competition. Responses to this RFI will work collaboratively with the Seat Management MEO (Pre-planning) Team in determining its proposal strategy. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. Seat management services will be provided to approximately 103,000 normalized employees at approximately 728 facilities across the United States and 17 International locations. Workload will fluctuate from 90,000 to 120,000 users depending on the time of year. Seat management includes hardware and software acquisition and deployment, voice services, local area network services, account administration, server infrastructure and non-corporate application server administration for the Wintel environment, asset management, help desk services, customer support, installation services, training, and relocations. Seat management will encompass Wintel platforms including desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and other peripheral components. The scope includes support for the IRS? Common Operating Environment (COE). It is anticipated that desktop, server, and LAN support will include performance of technical activities for computers and peripherals including desk-side support and problem resolution, user administration (moves, adds, and changes), operating system support, and maintenance labor. Application management includes software metering of enterprise licenses, software deployment, configuration management, and access management. Asset Management will involve activities such as recording acquisition/deletion/moves/changes of IT components including asset identification and tracking, asset database management, change recording, and reconciliation. Help Desk services will include activities such as responding to calls and tickets, diagnosis of customer problems and problem resolution including assignment to service provider or utilization of other assets such as warranty or maintenance contracts. Help desk also includes escalation services and tracking for unscheduled service interruptions impacting Information Technology Services (ITS) operations unrelated to the Seat Management function. All interested businesses are hereby invited to submit a capabilities statement of no more than 6 pages. The capabilities statement should be tailored to this request and specifically address the company?s capabilities to provide the services outlined above. The statement should also include information on corporate experience, as well as key staff experience, with Seat Management programs of similar size, scope and complexity. The response should include past performance information on Seat Management programs of similar size, scope, and complexity including (1) Contract Name & Number; (2) Point of Contact (POC); (3) Phone Number; (4) email address; and, (5) Description of Services Provided. The response should address basic corporate information including annual gross revenue, number of employees in the company, number of years in business, and the primary focus of the business and associated NAICS code(s). The cover letter submitted in response to this request should include the following information: (1) Company Name; (2) Primary Point of Contact; (3) Address; (4) Telephone Number; (5) Fax Number; (6) E-mail address for POC; and, (7) Interest as Prime Contractor or Subcontractor and any GSA schedule contract numbers. The cover letter should also indicate the Socioeconomic status of the company as one or more of the following: (1) small business; (2) 8(a) business; (3) HUBZone small business; (4) small disadvantaged business; (5) woman-owned small business; (6) veteran-owned small business; (7) service-disabled veteran-owned small business; or (8) large business. Please Note: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, to ultimately award a contract, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited herein. Response to this request will not serve as a proposal, bid, or offer, and will not be used by the Government to form a binding contract. Interested parties shall respond with one hard copy of their capabilities statement. The preferred method of responses to this notice is via email to: Theressa.C.Mitchell@irs.gov and Mark.L.Propost@irs.gov Any general questions should be directed to Murieta.A.Beverly@irs.gov. All responses must be received by Noon., EST, May 1, 2006. Interested Service Providers are encouraged to check the IRS.Gov, Business Opportunities web page and select Competitive Sourcing Business Opportunities. All information concerning the Seat Management Competitive Sourcing Study will be posted to this site.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
- Record
- SN01027754-W 20060415/060413221916 (fbodaily.com)
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