IDIQ

RFI: Information Technology Solution Integrated Services (ITSIS)

October 5, 2021 Acquisition, BPA, Business Development, Delivery, DUNS, ETC, FSS, IDIQ, Information Technology, IT, NAICS, North American Industry Classification System, Point of Contact, Request for Information, Request for Proposal, RFI, RFP, RFQ, Small Business, SOW AutoDrrive Editor

Summary: Request for Information Information Technology Solution Integrated Services (ITSIS) THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THIS RFI WILL BE USED BY NSF TO FACILITATE DECISION MAKING AND WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” NSF is conducting market research to identify qualified, experienced, and interested sources to support the Division of Information Services (DIS) with NSF’s Information Technology Solution Integrated Services (ITSIS). The acquisition strategy for this procurement has not been determined at this time. ITSIS is considered a high-value, mission critical acquisition. The results of this RFI will be used as one of the determining factors in deciding on the acquisition strategy. The NSF encourages all qualified businesses (large and small), including joint ventures, to respond to this RFI. Additionally, small businesses in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns) are encouraged to respond to help make a final small business set-aside determination, if any. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541511- Custom Computer Programming Services, which has a size standard of $30 million. Interested and qualified vendors should submit a response to this Request for Information. Please follow the instructions and include all content requirements below: a) Instructions: 1. Responses should be concise and compliant with the content requirements 2. Responses must not exceed 7 pages (Group 1 only) or 9 pages (Group 1 & 2) including a cover page with corporate information, 1 page for the table of contents, 3 pages demonstrating your capability, 1 page for contract staffing maturity, contract transition management, and recommendations on contract type and pricing methodology, 1 pages identifying items that would prevent you from responding to this potential RFQ/RFP, and 1 page for applicable and relevant references organizational experience, etc. 3. Responses should be provided in 12-point font 4. Generic sales brochures, videos, and other marketing information materials are not solicited and will not be reviewed 5. Do not submit cost or price information with the response 6. A viable interested party shall demonstrate the company’s capability to successfully perform the NSF’s requirements 7. A viable interested party shall provide relevant, applicable references, including references performed under a joint venture, of previous work or solution implementations that relate to the NSF’s requirements b) Content: 1. Corporate Information: i. Company name and address ii. Name of company representative, business title and email iii. Small business socioeconomic status under NAICS 541511 iv. DUNS Number v. Applicable contract vehicles your company has (e.g., Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts) available for use by NSF vi. Identify interest in Group 1, Group 2, or both (refer to SOW). 2. Organizational Experience (within the past 3 years): i. Provide a summary of your company’s relevant experience in providing services of these types to an organization of similar size and complexity of the NSF ITSIS requirement as defined in the attachment. This requirement is expected to be worth approximately $50 million annually. ii. Provide a summary of your company’s experience in supporting legacy/core agency system iii. Description shall include the period of performance, number of years, awarded dollar value, total obligated dollar amount, contract type, the role of your company on that contract (e.g., prime or sub), and scope of the previous effort 3. Contract Staffing Maturity: Provide a summary of your company’s ability to hire and retain qualified staff, assemble high quality staff to fill urgent/emerging requirements, and provide staff with all the necessary support and oversight. 4. Contract Transition Management: Provide a description of your corporate experience transitioning contracts from incumbent support contractors including lessons learned, if any. 5. Recommendations on Contract Type and Pricing Methodology: Based on the tasks included in the attachment, provide a recommendation on contract type (e.g., Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (BPA, IDIQ), Requirements Contract, Task Order) and pricing structure (e.g., Firm-Fixed Price, hybrid, order dependent) and the rationale for those recommendations. If your firm has the potential capability to perform these contract services, please respond to this RFI with your submission by 10/26/2021. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged. Any questions related to the preparation of a response to this RFI shall be submitted in writing to the point of contact listed below. NSF may contact respondents to this RFI for additional information or one-on-one due diligence sessions as the NSF continues to explore the implementation of DLT in support of its mission. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Request for Information by 10/26/2021 at 11:00AM EST. All responses under this Request for Information must be emailed to Katrina Barry, kbarry@nsf.gov . If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact Katrina Barry, kbarry@nsf.gov.

Vehicle: IT 70

RFP release date: 10/5/2021

Proposal due date: 10/26/2021

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National Transit Database (NTD) Program Support

August 17, 2021 Acquisition, Blanket Purchase Agreement, BPA, CAGE, CLIN, Contracting Officer, Delivery, Department of Transportation, DOT, Each, FAR, Federal Acquisition Regulation, FFP, FSS, General Services Administration, GSA, IDIQ, IT, NAICS, North American Industry Classification System, Package, POC, Point of Contact, RFI, RFP, Small Business, SOW, Statement of Work AutoDrrive Editor

Summary: SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET SURVEY NOTICE FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE PROGRAM SUPPORT The United States (U.S.) Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking vendors to assist FTA’s Office of Budget and Policy in supporting the transit industry in fully implementing the National Transit Database (NTD), as further described in the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). The NTD was created to help meet the needs of individual public transportation systems, all levels of government, and the public for information on which to base public transportation service planning. This Contracting Opportunities (formerly known as Federal Business Opportunities) notice is an announcement seeking market research information concerning businesses that believe they are technically capable of providing the services in the attached SOW. We strongly encourage small businesses to respond concerning their technical capabilities regarding this notice. The technical capability package response for this “Sources Sought/Market Research Survey” is not expected to be a proposal, nor will any award be made, but rather specific, detailed information regarding the company’s existing experience in relation to the contract line item numbers (CLINs) specified in the SOW for information and planning purposes only. The Government will not accept simply a submission of your firm’s standard brochure of capabilities as a response to this Sources Sought/Market Survey Notice. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in responding to this request. There are thirteen CLINs described in the attached SOW. If your firm does not have expertise in all thirteen CLINs, please indicate the CLINs in which you have expertise and provide a technical capability statement response. Technical capability statements should be no more than 6 pages and the complete capability package must not exceed 10 pages. The document can be single or double spaced. Ensure you identify the SOW program area(s) for which you are providing a capabilities package. If a vendor has a recommendation based upon experience, please provide it as a brief response to this notice to the Government. The following questions must be answered and elaborated on as part of the technical capability statement response: (1) Past Performance Does your firm have the relevant past performance within the last three years (include contract number, task order number (if applicable), blanket purchase agreement (BPA) number along with call order number, contract type, total dollar value, technical point of contact (POC) with phone number, email address, name of employer, POC’s role, and a brief description of the work performed; (2) Corporate Experience Does your firm have the work experience similar in nature, scope, complexity, and difficulty of work described in the SOW; and (3) Is your firm providing similar services as stated in our SOW under an existing requirement against your General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract? If so, please briefly describe the contracted services and provide your GSA Schedule IDIQ contract number for which the services are provided against as an order and the Special Item Numbers (SINs) which the relevant work is being performed in relation; (4) For the GSA Schedule IDIQ contract related work which was provided to another federal government entity (ordering agency), please provide which labor categories your firm used for this type of work under a task or call order awarded; (5) Provide a description of services your firm provides similar in program area scope in the SOW under a currently awarded contract in the commercial industry. If your firm has relevant work with another federal government entity that was not awarded as a GSA Schedule buy, please briefly describe it as well. Please provide your company’s name, POC, address, phone number, cage code and your business size under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code along with your capability statement response. If your firm has a specific NAICS code to recommend for each CLIN, please include it in your response to this RFI/Sources Sought notice. Also, when addressing the five questions stated above, please indicate whether your firm performed the work as a prime or subcontractor. If as a subcontractor, please state the prime contractor firm with your question responses. Complete technical capability statement response packages must be submitted electronically to Ms. Shequesha Evans, Contract Specialist at the email address Shequesha.Evans@dot.gov with a copy to Mrs. Stephanie Cooke-Nwadibia, Senior Contracting Officer via email at Stephanie.Cooke-Nwadibia@dot.gov by 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on September 3, 2021. Please note that the Government will not be compiling a bidders list for this Sources Sought/Market Research Survey nor posting one. CONTRACT TYPE The Government anticipates awarding a single Small Business Set-Aside, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and Labor-Hour hybrid contract concerning this requirement if determined to be competed among small businesses utilizing the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15: Contracting by Negotiations procedures with posting to Contract Opportunities. If determined to be procured via GSA eBuy, the Government may award a task order utilizing FAR Subpart 8.4 Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) procedures. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The anticipated period of performance will be one 13-month base period and two 12-month option periods. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE The contractor shall furnish necessary facilities to undertake the scope of work and perform the services specific in this requirement.

Vehicle: PSS

RFP release date: 8/17/2021

Proposal due date: 9/3/2021

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Meeting and Conference Call Facilitation and Support BPA/IDIQ

July 26, 2021 Blanket Purchase Agreement, BPA, Department of the Interior, DOI, IDIQ, No Later Than, RFP, Statement of Work, Year AutoDrrive Editor

Summary: The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to award a single award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the Joint Fire Sciences Program (JFSP) Meeting and Conference Call Facilitation and Support for one base year with the option for 4 additional one year option periods. Please provide the information as detailed in the attached Statement of Work (pages 5-8). This BPA shall be awarded based upon Best Value to the Government. Any questions must be submitted in writing to Kathy Colson, email: kcolson@blm.gov, no later than Close of Business August 3, 2021. Please reference “RFQ1506412 Questions” in the subject line. No questions will be accepted via phone calls.

Vehicle: PSS

RFP release date: 7/26/2021

Proposal due date: 8/19/2021

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OPM Digital Services Support

April 21, 2021 Blanket Purchase Agreement, BPA, Delivery, IDIQ, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity, IT, Office of Personnel Management, OPM, PM, PWS, Request for Information, Request for Quotation, RFI, RFP, RFQ AutoDrrive Editor

Summary: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) issued on behalf of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals, or Request for Quotations. Background and Purpose This RFI is for a tentative OPM requirement to establish an agency-wide multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with vendors experienced in providing digital service support with a strong culture around user experience (UX) design, product management, and agile development. The Government may use the responses to this RFI for information and planning purposes. The Draft PWS (Attachment 01) describes only the currently contemplated possible scope of services and may vary from the work scope in a final PWS. Format for the Submission of Responses: The attached Word document provides a format for response to this RFI (Attachment 02). This response document is intended to minimize the effort of the respondent and structure the responses for ease of analysis by the Government. Information Submission Instructions All information sent in response to this RFI shall be in Word format (Attachment 02) and shall be submitted by email to lucy.tascone@opm.gov by 12:00 pm ET on April 28, 2021. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Additional Information This RFI is only for the purpose of identifying potential sources and supplemental information as part of OPM’s market research. No Request for Quotation (RFQ) exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the RFQ. Responses to this RFI are not quotes on which OPM can issue any contracts or orders. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not itself constitute a RFQ. The Government does not intend to award a contract or order based only on responses to this RFI. Interested parties must not submit proprietary or competition sensitive information within their response. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. OPM will not pay for information received in response to this RFI. There is no commitment by the Government to respond to any questions received, issue a RFQ, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by industry responses to this RFI. Attachment to the RFI: 1. Attachment 01: Draft PWS OPM Digital Services Support 2. Attachment 02: Vendor Response Template

Vehicle: IT 70

RFP release date: 9/15/2021

Proposal due date: 10/8/2021