Sources Sought: Maintenance, Updates, and Support for wInsight Software

This notice serves as market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. This sources sought synopsis is issued solely for information and planning purposes. The purpose is to improve the Government's understanding of the current marketplace and to identify capable sources. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine if there are any businesses available who are capable of performing the effort described herein. AFLCMC at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH is seeking sources to provide: Maintenance, updates and support for unlimited organizational wInsight software product site licenses currently used byAir Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA). Maintenance, updates and support can be defined as including (but not limited to) hot fixes, service packs, new releases and enhancements, telephone support, web and email support, and chat support. Online support should be available 24x7. Live support for business-as-usual issues should be available 12x5 and for mission critical issues 24x5. Response times, depending on criticality, should vary anywhere from 2 hours to no longer than 24 hours. Training on the use of any of the software products should also be provided at a 10% discount on public classes. There are currently 544 users of the wInsight software products at 12 installations throughout AFMC. wInsight is an earned value management tool suite specifically designed to engage technical, schedule, and financial professionals in proactive management of their projects. The models are applicable to a wide range of systems acquired by the United States Government (such as aircraft, engines, armament, avionics, radar, software, simulators, support equipment, etc.). The wInsight software products perform earned value management calculations and have the ability to be adjusted to specific organizations and technologies. wInsight provides state-of-the-art techniques to quickly locate problem areas, graphically review performance trends, generate statistical estimates at completion, and obtain feedback from team members. wInsight scales from entry level schedule-based earned value systems through complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Data can be viewed in dollars, hours or equivalent persons (EQP). wInsight integrates with a wide range of project management tools including SAP, Microsoft Project, Primavera, Deltek Open Plan/Cobra, Deltek MPM, and Artemis Views. For organizations that currently use a variety of these project management tools, wInsight provides a common data base for analysis and reporting on all projects across the enterprise. If a contractor believes that they have the capability and are qualified to meet the government's requirement, please respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis with a capabilities package. Capabilities Package The capabilities package should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirements. The package shall include the following information: 1. Name of Company 2. Address 3. Point of Contact (to include phone number and email address) 4. Recent, relevant experience in all areas should be provided 5. Firms responding to this announcement should indicate whether they are a large business, other than small business, small business, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), 8(a) certified business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), or Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) 6. Company Size (in accordance with the NAICS code stated below) and CAGE code 7. Is your company domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership) The applicable North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 511210. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. Small businesses should note that FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting will apply. Other than small businesses are encouraged to indicate the extent to which they intend to utilize small businesses. This is an INDUSTRY NOTIFICATION and is for information purposes ONLY. This is NOT A SOLICITATION. In accordance with FAR 15.201, this announcement shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for information solicited. All submissions are requested to be made electronically by 10:00am EST on 18 February 2020 and emailed to AFLCMC/PZIT Attn: Katherine Browning, email: Katherine.Browning@us.af.mil. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties as required, for further clarification on material provided. In addition, the Government will use its assessment of the information and other research to determine which sources appear qualified to perform the work required by the Government. Respondents will not be notified of the assessment results.