Program Assurance and Technical Governance

(i) THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY - NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE This NOTICE is published to gain knowledge of potential firms capable of providing these services. Potential firms with the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the various requirements described in the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) are invited to provide a Capability Statement. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain the necessary contractor support in the areas of (1) program assurance and governance, (2) Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) release planning, (3) enterprise architecture, (4) data management, (5) product delivery, and (6) product development to operations and maintenance transition. Also, in your review of the PWS, please provide comments or suggestions regarding the PWS. Please note that the PWS is in draft form and the Government anticipates revisions to this document prior to its release as a request for quotes (RFQs). The General Services Administration, Region 5 FAS, has received a request from the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) Program Support Office, to provide program assurance and governance in support of the IAE Portfolio. The Government will review the information received to determine the best acquisition strategy to fulfill its requirement. It is expected that there will be labor hour type order issued. Pricing is not needed at this time. Interested firms are to provide a brief capability statement and a letter of interest to Mr. Chris A. Payton at chris.payton@gsa.gov on or before 3:00 pm Central Standard Time, April 28, 2017. As part of your capability statement, please include any current or past contracts you have been awarded or the ability to obtain sufficient proof of capability for these types of services. Release of a solicitation is tentatively planned on or before May 15, 2017. However, this notice does not obligate the Government to solicit for this requirement or award a contract. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Firms who can fulfill this requirement and who would be interested in submitting a quote/proposal, in the event that a solicitation is issued, are requested to provide the following information in response to this request -- 1. Name of Company: 2. Address of Company: 3. Name, phone number and email address of company representative. 4. Company size standard and/or socio-economic standing; i.e., large business, small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. 5. Indication that the support services are or are not available on a GSA Schedule contract or Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) held by your company (e.g. 8(a) STARS II, Alliant or Alliant Small Business). (ii) RFP SOLICITATION NUMBER: ID15170007 (iii) CLAUSE AND PROVISION IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR: 2005-68 Effective 26 June 2013; (iv) SET-ASIDE: NOT YET DETERMINED, NAICS CODE: 541519 SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $27.5 Million; (v) LINE ITEM(S): TBD (vi) DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS: See the attached DRAFT PWS. (vii) DATE(S) AND PLACE(S) OF DELIVERY: Award Date: On or about August 1, 2017, Place of Delivery: Washington D.C. (viii) FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Not yet established; (ix) EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Not yet established; (x) OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION: Not yet established; (xi) FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Not yet established; (xii) FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS, Not yet established; (xiii) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Not yet established; Subcontracting Plan, if required, applies (for large businesses only); (xiv) DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (DPAS): N/A; (xv) NUMBERED NOTES: None; (xvi) OFFERS DUE: Not yet established; (xvii) GOVERNMENT CONTACT: Chris A. Payton, chris.payton@gsa.gov, Contracting Officer, (312) 353-0783.