American Sign Language (ASL) Services

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Sources Sought and Advance Notice For American Sign Language (ASL) Services N00178-24-R-4219 The following is being provided to request for capability statements to determine if the requirement will be set-aside to small businesses and is being provided to enhance competition and allow industry adequate time to develop acquisition strategies Background - The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, located in Dahlgren, VA is a center of excellence in regards to the design, development, and integration of technologically superior warfare systems for the 21st century. NSWCDD conducts advanced research in all systems-related areas and pursues scientific disciplines including physics, mathematics, directed energy and digital engineering, modeling and simulation, software, mechanical, electrical and systems engineering. NSWCDD works to provide to Sailors and Marines worldwide with the information and technological capabilities and solutions they need to defend against those who would do them harm. NSWCDD currently employs several Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) professionals who require (onsite and remote) dedicated interpreting services to meet their communication needs in the workplace. These services are required throughout the year for each individual for various meetings. These individuals are employed in the STEM (i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Administrative/Technical Specialist disciplines. It is the intent of the Command to continue to recruit, hire and retain qualified employees with various disabilities including Deaf/HH individuals to meet the mission of the Command. Follow-on - This is a new effort Attachments - A draft Statement of Work (SOW), draft Labor Category Qualifications, draft Level of Effort. Contract Type - The Government contemplates award of a Labor Hour contract. Period of Performance - The resultant order will have a Base Period of twelve (12) months and five (5) Option Years which include a 6-month extension of services, for a total of 66 months, if all options are exercised. Geographical Zone - Opportunity open to all geographical zones. Set-Aside - The Government has not made a set-aside determination. A set-aside determination will be made after the Request for Capability Statements have been received and adjudicated. Mandatory Requirements - The Contractor shall have the following mandatory requirements at time of award and maintain throughout the life of the contract: ? ?(1) Requirement 1: Facility Security Clearance. The Contractor is required to have a Facility Security Clearance at the TOP SECRET level as verified in the National Industrial Security System (NISS). (2) Requirement 2: Personnel Security Clearance. All Contractor personnel providing support under this contract are required to have, as a minimum, a SECRET security clearance or higher. (3) Requirement 3: Personnel Security Clearance. Sign Language Interpreter labor category shall be able to obtain final TOP SECRET Clearances with the potential to be SCI eligible (Tier 5 adjudication) within 18 months after award. OCI - An Organizational Conflict of Interest Clause (OCI) as defined by FAR 9.505 will be included in the resultant Request for Proposal (RFP) and task order. Offerors must certify to OCI or provide an acceptable mitigation plan. Industry Day - There will not be an Industry Day held for this effort. Milestones - It is anticipated that the Solicitation will be available in SAM.gov by September 2024 and will be open for approximately thirty (30) calendar days. Performance is anticipated to begin no later than 18 November 2024. RFP - The RFP number will be N00178-24-R-4219. An RFP release in SAM.gov is anticipated. Request for Capability Statements - At this time, a determination has not been made to set-aside this procurement. Responses to this Sources Sought will be evaluated and used to determine the set-aside status of this requirement. Interested Small and Large Businesses are invited to submit capability statements. Capability statements shall not exceed 15 pages, not including resume summaries and shall include the following items: (1) Sources Sought announcement number you are applying to and a description of the Offeror's capabilities relating specifically to the attached draft SOW, specifically addressing relevant experience and understanding of the work for which this acquisition will support; (2) A company profile including the Cage Code, an active GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract number, and a statement regarding current Small Business status (including all applicable categories of Small Business: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBzone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business or Small Disadvantaged Business). (3) The specific qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the Contractor's personnel available to support this effort, including the personnel's security clearance level. Identify whether individuals are employees of the Offeror or of a planned team member (Sub-contractor) and identify the planned team member; (4) A description of the Offeror's ability to meet each of the mandatory requirements; (5) Specific past performance on same or similar size and scope of work performed by the Offeror as a Prime Contractor within the past five (5) years, including a description of the services provided, the dollar value of the effort, and the contract number; (6) List prospective Sub-contractors and provide a statement with metric that contain sufficient information concerning the ability to meet the Government limitations in FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008). (7) Interested Offeror(s) shall identify any potential - similarly situated entity arrangements being considered. A - similarly situated entity means a first-tier Sub-contractor, including an independent Contractor that has the same Small Business program status as that which qualified the Prime Contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the Prime Contractor assigned to the Sub-contract the Sub-contractor will perform. If - similarly situated entity Sub-contracting is contemplated, the capability statement shall contain detailed information concerning the planned - similarly situated entity Sub-contracting/consulting arrangement(s) (including proposed work share, DUNS number(s), and all applicable categories of Small Business status) to assure the Government that the limitations of FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008), can be met for each contract period. The limitations identified in the aforementioned clause require the Offeror/Contractor to agree that in the performance of the resultant contract it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to Sub-contractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further Sub-contracts will count toward the 50 percent Sub-contract amount that cannot be exceeded. No telephone responses will be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 PM EST on 18 July 2024 via e-mail to jade.a.dodson.civ@us.navy.mil and Sheila.h.ballard.civ@us.navy.mil. Responses should reference - American Sign Language Services Note: The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. 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