Advisory and Assistance Services for Distributed Mission Operations

1. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY; THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The purpose of this Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is to assist Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in determining the potential level of interest, adequacy of competition, and technical capabilities within industry, especially the small business community, to provide manpower support to the AFRC's Air, Space and Information Director, Training & Tactics Division. The contractor shall provide advisory and assistance services (A&AS) in support of the Reserve Distributed Mission Operations program. This is a follow-on to a previously awarded General Services Administration (GSA) task order GS35F-4357D/FA6643-08-F-0001. The period of performance is anticipated to be a twelve-month basic period and four annual option periods. The place of performance is at HQ AFRC Robins AFB GA. 2. A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is Attachment 1 to this notice. Industry comments on the PWS requirements are encouraged in your response. The Government will consider your inputs in the final PWS requirements. 3. Respondents are requested to provide a narrative addressing knowledge and experience in the areas included in Section 3.0 of the draft PWS attached to this notice. 4. Respondents also are requested to address availability of personnel with Top Secret clearances and current facility clearance for access to classified information. 5. Respondents are also directed to the draft Organizational Conflict of Interest and Associate Contractor Agreement clause that will be included in the solicitation and resultant contract and attached to this notice. Comments from industry are requested to assist the Government in formalizing these clauses. 6. Respondents are requested to indicate the potential level of interest in responding to the solicitation as a prime or subcontractor/team member. 7. This SSS is solely intended to obtain Market Research information in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 and its supplements to assist the government in formulating an acquisition strategy for procurement of these critical services. The NAICS for this procurement is 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services with a sized standard of $14.0M. 8. This SSS does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), a commitment to issue an RFP in the future, or award a contract for these services. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay or reimburse costs for any information provided in response to this SSS. 9. Responses to this SSS and survey are to be submitted by email only no later than Monday, 13 Aug 2012 to diane.sharpe@us.af.mil. All responses from prospective offerors should include the return email address, firm name, CAGE code, DUNS number, mailing address, telephone number and point of contact within the body of the response.