FAA Market Survey: One-Year Subscriptions to Online Access to the Latest Industry Standards for Engineering and Construction

In accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.1.2.1 Market Analysis, this announcement is a Market Survey / Sources Sought for the purpose of soliciting statements of interest and capabilities from interested vendors. Responses to this announcement will be used for informational purposes only to support the development of an acquisition strategy for the contemplated online access to the latest industry standards for engineering and construction. The information received will not be released, except as required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); proprietary information will be protected if appropriately marked. This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposal. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Technical Operations Services (TOS) in AJW has a requirement for three, one-year subscriptions to online access to the latest industry standards for engineering and construction for all of the Engineering Services Group. In order to meet FAA mission requirements, it is necessary for Engineering Services to have on-line access to the latest industry standards for use in design and construction of FAA facilities, and installation of FAA electronic equipment. At a minimum, the FAA requires the capability to view and download standards from the following organizations: FAA Standards and Orders National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) American Society for Quality (ASQ) International Code Council (ICC) 2009 Architectural/Engineering/Construction Collection Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) In order for the FAA to ensure compliance with Military and Federal policies and other requirements as stated above, ATO-W Engineering Services Group requires a product which can meet the following minimum requirements: A. Provide a bibliographic records search - The ability to search existing industry standards and specifications whether or not the documents are part of a FAA paid access subscription. - Online search capability and indexing of at least 90% of the industry standards development organizations (estimated to be over 450 such organizations). - Online search capability and indexing of over 350,000 military and federal standardization documents. - Keyword searches made using words found in the document titles and abstracts. - Document number searches using the full document number or part of a number. - The name, address, and contact numbers for all originating organizations will be included. Organizations can be identified by either their acronym or full name. - Document summaries (bibliographic records) will provide full document titles including revision, supplement, addenda, errata indication, and cross referencing to superseded material, document number, number of document pages, publication date, indication of ANSI approval, DoD adoption, whether the document is new or has been revised since the previous update, abstracts (where available), and any additional information available. - Provide priority document lists that can be generated by the user for quick document access and automatic update notification. B. Provide a paid-access subscription - A subset of the most often used industry standards and specifications of which the FAA has paid for full access to and allows qualified users to: - Use the same bibliographic records search as stated in section A. - Open the full text of the document on line from the search results. - Download a copy of the document to the user's local hard drive. - Print the document from the online version or the local hard drive copy. - All document files are printable at a minimum of 300 d.p.i. (dots per inch) resolution. These images can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat Reader through a standard Internet browser. Adobe's Page handling capabilities when viewing will include: - The ability to enlarge (zoom), multiple times if required, any portion of the page. - The ability to turn a page through 360 degrees in 90 degree increments. - The ability to print an enlarged portion of a page, single page, range of pages, or the entire document to paper. - The printed page will include the name of the copyrighting organization. The index will use the search and retrieval software to facilitate access to document summaries or document pages via a number of different search paths including: - Document Number - Keywords from document titles and abstracts - Organization name or acronym - ANSI Approved documents - DOD Adopted documents - Documents recently new or revised - Federal Supply Class - Document Type (Military Drawings, NATO documents, etc.) C. Provide a custom collection of industry standards and specifications - In order for the FAA to effectively use available funding, the vendor must provide the ability to create custom standard collections based on individual standards from various standards developing organizations and not wholesale access to entire sets of standards from any specific standards developing organization. a. Capability Statement: The FAA requests responses from industry to address their capability to meet all of the requirements in this market survey. The Capability Statement pages must not exceed ten (10) pages and must be written in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.0 inch top, bottom, and side margins. This page limit does not apply to any optional marketing materials. b. Interested Party Information. Interested vendors should complete and submit Attachment B: Business Declaration Form in order to provide their Company Information, Business Size, and Type Category. This market survey is also being conducted in order to obtain the information necessary to determine whether adequate competition exists to set-aside any competition among small businesses, service- disabled veteran-owned small businesses, or 8(a) certified firms. The NAICS code for this requirement has not been determined at this time. Responses to this market survey will assist the FAA in making decisions about any acquisition that may follow. This Market Survey must not be construed as an obligation on the part of the FAA to acquire these items. Since this is not a Screening Information Request or Request For Proposal, no results will be issued to the responding firms. No solicitation for these items exists at this time. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on www.betaSAM.gov. It is the vendor's responsibility to monitor the website for release of the solicitation. The FAA will not entertain or accept unsolicited proposals for this work. The FAA will not be liable for any costs associated with the preparation of responses to this Market Survey, nor reimburse or otherwise pay any costs incurred by any party responding to this announcement. Any costs associated with the Market Survey submissions will be solely at the interested party's expense. The FAA may request that one, some, all, or none of the respondents to the Market Survey / Sources Sought provide additional information. No evaluation of vendors will occur based on this additional information, and vendor participation in any informational session is not a promise for future business with the FAA. Interested parties' responses must be submitted by email no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time on May 8, 2020. Responses to this Market Survey are limited to 10 pages and must be in writing, on company letterhead, and must include respondent point of contact information including name, telephone number, e-mail address, and mailing address. The Business Declaration Form (Attachment B) is not included in the page limitation. Any proprietary information submitted must be properly identified. Information from vendor submissions may be used in future acquisition activities on a non-vendor specific basis.