Cadet Logistics And Supply System

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT Notice for market research purposes only in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 for an upcoming acquisition for The United States Air Force Academy. DO NOT submit a quote or proposal in response to this synopsis. The Commodities and Services Flight, 10th Contracting Squadron (10 CONS), USAF Academy (USAFA), Colorado, seeks information concerning firms interested, to include small business socio-economic categories capable and qualified of providing commercial internet service., This Sources Sought notice shall not be construed as a formal solicitation or as an obligation on the part of 10 CONS to acquire any products or services. Information provided to 10 CONS in response to this posting is strictly voluntary and given with no expectation of compensation, and clearly provided at no cost to the Government. A formal solicitation may be executed and posted separately at a future date. 10 CONS is interested only in identifying interested and capable contractors for this service and receiving industry feedback to improve the acquisition process as part of market research. The planned North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 518210 (this NAICS is being used for informational purposes only and may be changed dependent upon the usage of a strategic source). The small business size standard is $32.5M. Any resulting future contract is anticipated to be a performance based acquisition for providing commercial internet service and network management of the USAFA multi-tenancy IT transport infrastructure. Comments and/or suggestions on the below salient characteristics are encouraged and can be included in your responses. The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is seeking information on how an interested contractor can provide a Commercial-off-the-Shelve (COTS) retail management system. This system will replace the custom-coded Cadet Logistics And Supply System (CLASS), an application residing in the Cadet Administrative Management Information System (CAMIS). The proposed solution must provide USAFA with the following eight retail management capabilities for both AFWCF and government-owned O&M assets: Inventory Management Item and Classification Management Warehouse Management Vendor Management Barcode Printing and Scanning Purchase Management Point of Sales Management Customer Management The proposed solution must provide flexible reports supporting audits, accountability, transaction analysis and inventory value. This system must also interface directly with both the Air Force and USAFA Financial Management offices in addition to the Defense Financial Accounting System (DFAS) and future CAMIS replacement systems, to include the Student Information System (SIS), all while meeting DoD IT security policy. Vendors are encouraged to propose industry best practices and solutions that can meet our requirements. The following attachments are provided for reference purpose: - a. Attachment #1: CLASS Contextual Model - b. Attachments 2: CLASS Business Process Maps - c. Attachment #4: CLASS Business Reference Model Interested parties shall provide the following information: a. Company name, address, Cage Code, DUNS Number, NAICS codes, name of point of contact, telephone number and e-mail address; b. Small business status (service disabled veteran owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), minority business enterprise, etc.), if any; Interested parties should also provide feedback concerning the following: Is this the appropriate NAICS code? If not, please identify which code is appropriate? Have you ever performed federal government contracts? - c. Are there any aspects of this requirement which are not consistent with current industry practices? - d. Describe any experience your company has with integrating Logistic systems in the DOD and/or Higher Education domains. - e. Will you need to subcontract any of the components to deliver the necessary capabilities? - f. What is the estimated cost to deliver and sustain this capability? Please provide costing detail for both labor and materials for both an on premise environment and a commercial cloud hosted environment - g. If the government requires a higher secure environment for cloud hosting (FedRAMP+/DoD Impact Level 4), please provide solution and cost associated to meet this requirement. Provide responses not later than 12:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time on 30 Jun 2017. The 10th Contracting Squadron is under no obligation to consider information received after 12:00 pm (MDT), 30 Jun 2017. Submit all of the above information in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the availability of interested parties. Proprietary information should be marked "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION." An electronic email response is the accepted method. Please submit responses by e-mail to the attention of John Keith, Contract Specialist at +1 (555) 000-0000 at email address contact@example.gov. In his absence, please contact Allison Norder, Contracting Officer at +1 (555) 000-0000 and email address contact@example.gov. This is only a Sources Sought Notice and is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ). No solicitation is being issued at this time, and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. In accordance with FAR Part 52.204-7, contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Register at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/ SAM/#1. For information on Small Business Administration programs, please contact the USAFA Director of Small Business, Bill Wolski at +1 (555) 000-0000. 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (Apr 2014) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA ombudsmen, James Anderson 8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103 USAFA, CO 80840 Telephone number +1 (555) 000-0000 FAX +1 (555) 000-0000 Email: contact@example.gov Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number +1 (555) 000-0000, facsimile number +1 (555) 000-0000. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.