e-Discovery II

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSAL AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. The Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is posting the DRAFT E-Discovery and Litigation Processing and Review Tool Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel for technical comments, feedback, or questions. This purpose of this acquisition is to seek litigation support in the form of a vendor-hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to meet the agency's needs for an e-discovery, tax and general litigation support processing and review tool(s), together with associated support services. This solution allows the IRS to effectively handle the Electronically Stored Information (ESI) generated by the aforementioned business processes by following the Electronically Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) process. If multiple tools are deployed within the SaaS solution, they must be integrated into a common end-user workflow and user interface. The Government is seeking to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of qualified vendors and various members of the Small Business Community to include Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The PWS is provided for information and planning purposes only and shall not be considered as a solicitation or as an obligation. No award will be made as a result of this posting of the Draft PWS. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The Government will not pay for information and materials received in response to this Draft PWS. All responses to this request become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. The response should reference the following items: 1) The vendor's name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address and business size. 2) A description of the vendor's capabilities and timeframe of latest experience. 3) List of any GSA schedules or GWACs (i.e., Alliant, NITAAC, NASA SEWP, etc.) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this future acquisition is 518210. Submissions of comments, feedback, or questions from vendors shall be submitted via email to Bianca Betancourt at Bianca.betancourt@irs.gov by December 21, 2018 at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Questions or comments received after the closing date and time WILL NOT be accepted. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.