GVSC Technical and Engineering Services (continuation of W56HZV_GVSC_TES)

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3/1/2022 - One-on-One Sessions Questions and Answers

A PDF with a list of Questions and Answers asked during the One-on-One Sessions following Industry Day has been added to the list of Attachments for this Special Notice.

2/18/2022 - Update Posting Draft Sections L & M except Cost-Price

SUBJECT: Market research for Technical and Engineering Services (TES) supporting Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)

DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND: The United States Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA), is contemplating the conduct of a best value competitive source selection resulting in the award of a single five-year Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. This requirement is in support of the DEVCOM GVSC for Technical and Engineering Services (TES) supporting Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 through 2028.

INFORMATION SOUGHT: Interested offerors are invited to submit a white paper in response to this notice providing feedback on the draft RFP Sections L & M.

RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS:

The RFI response shall not have a font size smaller than 12 point. Submittal should be in text .pdf format.

Electronic responses shall be submitted to the TES Correspondence Mailbox (usarmy.detroit.acc.mbx.technical-engineering-services-correspond@army.mil) using the email addresses listed for the primary and alternate POCs at the end of this notice. If a more secure submittal form is necessary, contact the TES Correspondence Mailbox for a DoD SAFE drop link.

Please include the following administrative information:

Company Name:

Cage Code:

Mailing Address:

Company Website:

Location of Facilities:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Fax Number:

Email:

Responses are due no later than close of business 11 March 2022.

GENERAL INFORMATION: This Special Notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive proposals. Contractors should submit White Paper Capability Statements in response to this notice. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this notice or any follow-up information requests. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation. All interested sources must respond to any future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this request for the submission of White Papers.

Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. Respondents will not be notified regarding information obtained related to this RFI. Responses will not be returned nor will detailed feedback be provided by the Government. The Government does not intend to answer questions related to this RFI.

If and when a solicitation is issued, the Government will post on beta.Sam.gov. It is the respondent’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the releases of any additional market surveys, synopses, or solicitations.

It is not necessary to respond to this market survey in order to be eligible for future contract awards, nor will responses result in preferential consideration for future award.

Proprietary Information. The United States Government (USG) acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (18 U.S.C. §1905) to protect confidential information provided to the Government. Proprietary information will be handled in accordance with the paragraph entitled PROPRIETARY INFORMATION below.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

The USG appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The USG acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as PROPRIETARY under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) PROPRIETARY with any explanatory text, so that the USG is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as PROPRIETARY may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response. Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

The USG is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the USG or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the USG will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the USG will be protected in accordance with the USG rights in the data.

2/7/2022 - Update Posting Industry Day material and Draft RFP Sections A-H

This is a continuation of the prior special notice for the GVSC Technical and Engineering Services, notice ID W56HZV_GVSC_TES. The prior notification will continue to be open until the previously indicated closing date of 26 April 2022.

This notice includes the material from the Technical and Engineering Services Industry Day event held on 1 February 2022. The presentation slides, Q&A slides, a list of registered vendors, and draft RFP language for Sections A-H can be found in the Attachments. In addition, links to the video recordings of the sessions can be found in the Word document entitled "Links." Please note the break in session 2 lasts for approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes.

SUBJECT: Market research for Technical and Engineering Services (TES) supporting Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)

DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND: The United States Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA), is contemplating the conduct of a best value competitive source selection resulting in the award of a single five-year Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. This requirement is in support of the DEVCOM GVSC for Technical and Engineering Services (TES) supporting Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 through 2028.

INFORMATION SOUGHT: Interested offerors are invited to submit a white paper in response to this notice providing feedback on the draft RFP Sections A-H. Requirements have been updated based on feedback received from previous RFI’s, Industry Day, and revised Government requirements.

RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS:

The RFI response shall not have a font size smaller than 12 point. Submittal should be in text .pdf format.

Electronic responses shall be submitted to the TES Correspondence Mailbox (usarmy.detroit.acc.mbx.technical-engineering-services-correspond@army.mil) using the email addresses listed for the primary and alternate POCs at the end of this notice. If a more secure submittal form is necessary, contact the TES Correspondence Mailbox for a DoD SAFE drop link.

Please include the following administrative information:

Company Name:

Cage Code:

Mailing Address:

Company Website:

Location of Facilities:

Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Fax Number:

Email:

Responses are due no later than close of business 25 February 2022.

GENERAL INFORMATION: This Special Notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive proposals. Contractors should submit White Paper Capability Statements in response to this notice. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this notice or any follow-up information requests. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation. All interested sources must respond to any future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this request for the submission of White Papers.

Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. Respondents will not be notified regarding information obtained related to this RFI. Responses will not be returned nor will detailed feedback be provided by the Government. The Government does not intend to answer questions related to this RFI.

If and when a solicitation is issued, the Government will post on beta.Sam.gov. It is the respondent’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the releases of any additional market surveys, synopses, or solicitations.

It is not necessary to respond to this market survey in order to be eligible for future contract awards, nor will responses result in preferential consideration for future award.

Proprietary Information. The United States Government (USG) acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (18 U.S.C. §1905) to protect confidential information provided to the Government. Proprietary information will be handled in accordance with the paragraph entitled PROPRIETARY INFORMATION below.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

The USG appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The USG acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as PROPRIETARY under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) PROPRIETARY with any explanatory text, so that the USG is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as PROPRIETARY may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response. Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

The USG is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the USG or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the USG will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the USG will be protected in accordance with the USG rights in the data.

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