R--Draft RFP for Test and Evaluation Technical Support Services (TETSS)

Mission Installation Contracting Command - Fort Hood (MICC-FH) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice on behalf of The United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Operational Test Command (USAOTC) as a means of conducting market research to identify potential 8(a) contractors who may be interested in and have the resources to support this requirement for operational test to support the mission of the Integrated Test and Evaluation Directorate (ITED), and Fires Test Directorates (FTD). The USAOTC welcomes Corporate Capability Statements from all eligible 8(a) participants. USAOTC does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted or USAOTC's use of such information. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of USAOTC's evaluation of the information received. As a result of this notice, the Government may issue a Request for Proposal (RFP). Should such a requirement fail to materialize, no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this notice. Scope: The contract type will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541330, Engineering Services with a size standard of $35.5M. The scope of this requirement is to provide all labor management, supervision, supplies, materials, equipment, training, and tools, not otherwise provided as Government Furnished Property (GFP), to perform the non-personal services required to support the operational tests, data collection, and experimentation to support the missions of ITED and FTD. These services will be in support of combined Developmental and Operational Tests, Joint and Multi-Service tests, training activities, and other Department of Defense (DoD) activities. Primary locations of performance are Fort Bliss, Texas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Other locations will be identified in individual task orders, and may require delivery of test support services at locations both within the continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS), i.e. Alaska, Hawaii, Kwajalein etc. Mission: The FTD's mission is to plan, conduct, and report on the results of the testing of Army materiel, equipment, and doctrine for the Field Artillery and Air Defense systems. In addition, it reports to the Army community on materiel and concepts necessary to maintain and improve the latest weaponry, materiel, and tactics. ITEDs mission is to Plan, coordinate, and conduct integrated operational tests, experiments and rapid acquisition initiative assessments in support of Network Integration Evaluations and other priority Army systems. Any interested 8(a) participants are requested to submit a Corporate Capability Statement which demonstrates the firm's ability and interest in meeting the requirements described above and in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). All proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to indicate its 8(a) eligibility in their response. Interested contractors shall respond to this Sources Sought not later than 22 November 2013, 12:00 noon CST. Per FAR 15.201 (c) Interested offerors may provide feedback on acquisition strategy, including proposed contract type, deemed most appropriate for this requirement. E-mail is the preferred method when receiving responses to this Notice and should be submitted to contact@example.gov and cc'd contact@example.gov.