Management and Technical Services for NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Office

This Sources Sought has been modified to set aside the requirement to 8(a) Small Businesses. The responses to this Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business 8(a) Set-aside opportunities exist. All Small Business Set-aside categories will be considered. In addition, this market research tool is being used to identify potential and eligible firms, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation. A Pre-solicitation Notice with regards to this requirement will be released on the FedBizOpps website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division (AIR-2.5.1.11) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to issue, a contract for Management and Technical Service for the NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Office for a period of 5 years, one base with four option years with an anticipated award date of 1 October 2016. This requirement is to provide non-personnel technical support services required to provide environmental, analytical, engineering, communications, training, management, and administrative services to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Ranges Sustainability Office (SO). This support is currently being provided by HDR Environmental & Construction under N00421-12-C-0006 and is the only known and qualified and responsible source. The existing contract is a Cost plus Fixed Fee Contract. The contract is due to expire 31 October 2016. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible 8(a) Small Business firms capable of providing the support described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. ELIGIBILITY The PSC for this requirement is F999; the NAICS is 541330 with a size standard of $38.5 million. All interested businesses are encouraged to respond. Specifically, the Government is evaluating the possibility of establishing this requirement as a 8(a) Small Business/Other Socio-economic Set-Aside. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The anticipated period of performance is 5 years with an anticipated start date 1 October 2016. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE The effort associated with this requirement is anticipated to be Cost plus Fixed Fee (CPFF). This support shall be at the following locations: on-site at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD, Contractor's facility and other Navy locations as designated by the COR. REQUIREMENTS See attached SOW. In addition to the attached SOW, please note that under a 8(a) Small Business Set-Aside, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of cost of performance. Cost of performance includes direct labor costs, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, and the small business' General & Administrative rate multiplied by the labor cost. The small business prime cannot utilize the cost performance of other small businesses it utilizes as subcontractors in calculating its performance to comply with FAR Clause 52.219-14. If the prime is a joint venture, the cost of performance by both small business concerns is utilized in calculating its performance to comply with FAR 52.219-14. The successful awardees will also be required to have a Government approved accounting system upon contract award. SUBMITTAL INFORMATION It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to provide the software listed in the attached Requirements List. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following: 1. Title of the Requirement you are applying to; 2. Company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location(s), DUNS number, and a statement regarding current small/large business status; 3. Prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last three years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether as a prime or subcontractor, contract values, Government point of contact with current telephone number, and a brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the software described herein; 4. Resources available such as corporate management and currently employed personnel to be assigned to tasks under this effort to include professional qualifications, specific experience of such personnel, and the ability to have personnel located at the city specified; 5. Management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel; 6. Statement regarding capability to obtain the required industrial security clearances for personnel; 7. Company's ability to perform at least 50% of the work; and 8. Company's ability to begin performance upon contract award. The capability statement package shall be sent by mail to AIR-2.5.1 Contracts, Karla Norwood, Code 2.5.1.11.4, Building 441, 21983 Bundy Road, Patuxent River MD 20670 or by facsimile to (301) 995-0278 or by email to karla.norwood1@navy.mil. Submissions must be received at the office cited no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 08 December 2015. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Ken Turing at (301) 995-4213 or via email at kenneth.turing@navy.mil or Karla Norwood at (301) 757-9784 or via email at karla.norwood1@navy.mil. The package should be submitted with the subject line " Management and Technical Services for ATR." All responses must include the following information: Company Name; Company Address; Company Business Size; and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.