The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC)-New Jersey located at Fort Dix, NJ 08640, on behalf of the Biometrics Identity Management Activity (BIMA) is conducting market research for an appropriate contract vehicle for the acquisition of EXAMINATION SERVICES to support biometric submissions through biometric examinations and quality assurance checks using latent, ten-print, and facial examination expertise. The Government anticipates soliciting offerors for award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for a basic period of 12-months and two 12-month option terms. The NAICS code for this requirement will likely be 561611. Biometrics examination services are required at the BIMA facility in Clarksburg, WV for modalities which include latent to known palm and fingerprint comparisons, latent to latent palm and fingerprint comparisons, tenprint comparisons, facial recognition comparisons, known palm print comparisons, tenprint comparisons, facial recognition comparisons, known palm print comparisons, and iris comparisons. Examination services will include the encoding, processing, submitting and verifying services crucial to meeting current and future identification management requirements to support worldwide mission sets. Interested parties are invited to respond to this Sources Sought announcement by submitting via email a CAPABILITY STATEMENT to Brad Borek, Contract Specialist at
contact@example.gov by 06 February 2017, 3:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Information to be provided SHALL include, but not limited to the following: 1) Contractor's Information: Provide your firms contact information, such as, name and address of firm, phone number and e-mail address; 2) Type of Business: Identify whether Small, Small Disadvantaged, or Large. 3) Experience: Provide the number of years in business. Eligible Contractors shall demonstrate specific past performance regarding Biometrics type contracts especially in the past THREE YEARS. 4) Certifications: Service Provider shall provide personnel with the appropriate and up-to-date certifications and licenses required to perform. This market survey is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the U.S. Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. All information submitted will be held as contractor propriety data. The information gained will be used to determine potential qualified contractors, preliminary planning and the method of acquisition. A decision will be made whether to issue the proposed solicitation as a competitive set-aside for qualified Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business or whether to issue the requirement as full and open competition (Unrestricted). THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS; therefore no contract will be awarded from this announcement.
