Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) Data Governance Program Implementation Support

The U.S Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, in support of the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Planning and Analytics (OPA), requires the following services: - Support PHMSA in creating and facilitating a Data Governance Program for the OPA. - Support the PHMSA OPA in defining the roles and responsibilities of the OPA and defining OPA procedures. - Assist PHMSA in collecting information, documentation, previous studies, data base information and other relevant artifacts to define PHMSA's As-Is Planning and Analytics Environment. - Support the OPA in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Under the authority FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b) the Government intends to award a Purchase Order on a sole source basis to Smart1 Management Solutions, LLC. A redacted copy of the sole source justification is attached. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330; the Small Business size standard is $15.0 million. Notice: Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within two (2) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after two (2) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.