Request for Information: Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS)

Introduction This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) for industry comment. Please note this notice is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). The 764th Specialized Contracting Squadron (SCONS) is United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) centralized organization for executing enterprise-wide strategic sourcing. Strategic sourcing best practices are utilized to continually improve and reevaluate organizational purchasing activities, improve quality, and reduce costs. This RFI is in consideration of a potential solicitation for engineering development, design, procurement, fabrication, configuration, integration, installation, logistics, maintenance, and life cycle support solutions for electronic security and emergency management deliverable products. These deliverable products will support the operational requirements of the USAFE where electronic security and emergency management are of high or vital interest. The attached SOO provides the general guidelines and specific requirements to develop, deliver, and sustain electronic security and emergency management deliverable products that protect our Nation's critical infrastructure, personnel, assets, and resources in the United States European Command (USEUCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). Disclaimer This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes to obtain information related to general programmatic topics, price, delivery, product line capabilities analyses, and demographic/other market information. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. Responses will be treated as information only and will not be used as a proposal. Any information provided by industry to the Government, as a result of this RFI, is strictly voluntarily. Vendors will not be reimbursed for any cost related to this RFI. The information obtained from industry responses to this notice may be used in the development of an acquisition strategy and future RFP. Please, do NOT submit actual proposals, prices, marketing materials, or any other deliverables in your company's RFI response. DO NOT submit item prices or product information at this time. Submission Instructions All responses should be submitted via electronic email format to Ms. Janette Cappel (janette.cappel.de@us.af.mil), and Mr. Tom Collins (thomas.collins.16.de@us.af.mil), NLT 1400 Central European Time 26 Apr 2019. All emails submissions must be less than 5MB. If larger files are required please contact the aforementioned via email to set up an alternative submission method. Questions Interested vendors may provide responses to the following questions with respect to interest, unique capabilities and the proposed contract/acquisition strategy. - Has the company ever (or currently) performed this type of technical work for the DOD? If so, please identify the period of performance and provide contract number(s) for contracts over $5M. - Does the company with deploying personnel and materials to overseas locations? If so, please provide historical examples. - Does the company have experience with German TESA/Article 73 compliance, if the contractor chooses to retain personnel within Germany after a three-month period? If so, please provide historical examples. - Does the company currently have (on-hand) adequate physical resources such as tools, facilities and electronic test/repair equipment to perform the work stated in the SOO? - Has the company ever had an awarded contract terminated by the DOD or other government agency for failure to perform? - Does the company currently employ personnel with security clearance to access DOD facilities and classified areas who also possess the technical expertise in electronic security systems to adequately perform the tasks required? - Does the company have experience with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 installations of Electronics Security Systems? - Does the company intend to employ the use of sub-contractors to accomplish tasks or will the work be done solely by the company awarded the contract? - Does the company have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously? - Are there any questions or concerns?