Pre-Solicitation Conference - Systems Support Directorate (SSD), Operations Support Directorate (OSD), Policy, Plans, and Analysis (PPA) Advisory & Assistance Services (A&AS)

Pre-Solicitation Conference for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) for Systems Support Directorate (SSD), Operations Support Directorate (OSD), and Policy, Plans, and Analysis (PPA) Task Orders. *********************UPDATE******************* September 14, 2020 The estimated award date for all three A&AS requirements (SSD, OSD, and PPA) is September 21 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* July 13, 2020 The estimated award date for all three A&AS requirements (SSD, OSD, and PPA) is the beginning of September 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* April 28, 2020 DHS/CWMD/OPO does not intend to extend the solicitation due date for the SSD RFQ beyond May 7, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* April 24, 2020 DHS/CWMD/OPO released amendment P00004 to OSD RFQ 70RWMD20Q00000012 which provides a response to additional questions from industry, provide a revised page from Attachment 2 Submission Instructions (1 page), and provide a revised version of Attachment 3- SSD Pricing Template P00004. Attachment 2 - Submission Instructions is hereby revised to include "Quoters must submit evidence of the prime contractor's facility clearance at the Top Secret level in their response to this solicitation." In addition, the compliance/reference document Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office Operating Instruction-1: Test and Evaluation has been provided. *********************UPDATE******************* April 16, 2020 DHS/CWMD/OPO released amendment 00002 to PPA RFP 70RWMD20R00000001 which provides a conformed RFP and SOW and amendment 00002 to OSD RFP 70RWMD20R00000002 which provides a conformed RFP. *********************UPDATE******************* April 15, 2020 Government responses to industry questions were submitted via email for the OSD, PPA, and SSD solicitations on Wednesday April 15, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* April 14, 2020 The govenment intends to submit responses to industry questions via email for the SSD, PPA, and OSD requirements by the end of the week of April 17, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* April 10, 2020 The govenment intends to submit responses to industry questions via email for the SSD, PPA, and OSD requirements on Monday April 13, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* April 2, 2020 (CWMD SSD A&AS Amendment P00002) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), issued amendment P00002 to Request for Quote (RFQ) number 70RWMD20Q00000004 via email to small business contract holders under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 00CORP Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Special Item Numbers (SIN) 871-1 through 871-6 to incorporate changes to the GSA Legacy SIN crosswalk chart. The changes were highlighted in red ink. *********************UPDATE******************* April 1, 2020 (CWMD SSD A&AS Amendment P00001) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), issued amendment P00001 to Request for Quote (RFQ) number 70RWMD20Q00000004 via email to small business contract holders under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 00CORP Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Special Item Numbers (SIN) 871-1 through 871-6 to incorporate a revised version of Attachment 3 - SSD Pricing Table P00001, dated April 1, 2020. Changes are highlighted in yellow. This revised version of the pricing table shall be used when responding to the RFQ. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. *********************UPDATE******************* March 30, 2020 The government released the PPA, OSD, and SSD solicitations via email on March 30, 2020. Industry questions are due no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time on April 6, 2020. The government will provide responses by 2:00 PM on April 10, 2020. All proposals are due no later than 10:00 AM on April 30, 2020. For questions regarding the solicitations please reach out to the listed POCs for each effort listed below: Policy, Plans, and Analysis (PPA) RFP number 70RWMD20R00000001 was issued via email to GSA OASIS Pool 1 Unrestriced vendors. Vendors under GSA OASIS Pool 1 - Unrestricted, will be the only vendors receiving a copy of the solicitation. Contracting Officer: Frank Douglass Frank.Douglass@hq.dhs.gov Contract Specialist Cheri Redding Cheri.Redding@hq.dhs.gov Operations Support Directorate (OSD) RFP number 70RWMD20R00000002 was issued via email to GSA OASIS Pool 1 Unrestriced vendors. Vendors under GSA OASIS Pool 1 - Unrestricted, will be the only vendors receiving a copy of the solicitation. Contracting Officer: Chiara Best Chiara.Best@hq.dhs.gov Contract Specialist: William Grimm William.Grimm@hq.dhs.gov Systems Support Directorate (SSD) RFQ number 70RWMD20Q00000004 was issued via email to vendors under the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 00CORP Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Special Item Numbers (SIN) 871-1 through 871-6 under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541330 - Engineering Services as a total small business set-aside. Small business vendors under these SINs only will receieve a copy of the solicitation. Contracting Officer: Jennifer D'Addio Jennifer.Daddio@hq.dhs.gov Contract Specialist: Marcus Datcher Marcus.Datcher@hq.dhs.gov March 16, 2020 The government's intent is to release the final solicitations for A&AS SSD/OSD/PPA on/or about March 31, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* The government's intent is to release the final solicitations for A&AS SSD/OSD/PPA on/or about March 6, 2020. *********************UPDATE******************* January 27, 2020 We estimate releasing the final solicitations for A&AS SSD/OSD/PPA in the next few weeks. *********************UPDATE******************* January 9, 2020 At this time, the government will not release the RFP/RFQ on January 6, 2020 and the subsequent proposals/quotations will not be due on February 6, 2020. Please continue to visit the posting at beta.sam.gov for updates on the estimated RFP/RFQ release date and estimated proposal/quotation due date. *********************UPDATE******************* December 19, 2019 Please see attached DRAFT Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Criteria for SSD, OSD, and PPA A&AS. These documents serve as draft instructions and are subject to changes. *********************UPDATE******************* The estimated RFP/RFQ Release Date has been changed to January 6, 2020. The estimated Proposal/Quotation Due Date has been changed to February 6, 2020. The Pre-Solicitation Conference Slides have been revised to incoporate updated responses to industry comments in red ink. For access to the Pre-Solicitation Conference slides uploaded on Nov 27, 2019 please click on the "Nov 27, 2019 03:47 pm EST Presolicitation (Updated)" link at the bottom of this notice. The document was unable to be pulled into the latest amendment.