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FEDBIZOPPS: FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 4,2006 FBO#1620
Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, HQ AFSPC/LGC, 150
Vandenberg Street STE 1105, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-4350
R -- CLARIFICATION OF 1FEB 2006 INDUSTRY DAY (SNOTE) POC Rick Myers,
Command Administrator (Location Administration), Phone 719-554-5782,
Fax 719-554-5299, - Rick Myers, Command Administrator (Location
Administration), Phone 719-554-5782, Fax 719-554-5299, WEB: Link to
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E-MAIL: rick.myers@peterson.af.mil, rick.myers@peterson.af.mil NAICS:
517110 During the 1 February 2006, Industry Day briefing, the Air Force
Space Command (AFSPC) A4A6 Director identified several potential
contract requirements that will need contractor suppor and provided the
status of the UNI-Comm acquisition. The briefing also identified 21
CONS and the Air Force as having already awarded some Indefinite
Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts that may meet the
identified needs. In accordance with Air Force and AFSPC policy, if the
new requirement fits the scope of any of the below identified
contracts, then 21 CONS will follow the mandate and use the existing
contracts to obtain the support rather than establish a new contract.
For reference purposes, please see the following contract descriptions
of the existing Air Force and AFSPC contracts and acquisitions:
CAASETA (Contract Advisory and Assistance, Scientific, Engineering, and
Technical Assistance Services) – Consists of four IDIQ contracts that
were awarded in Nov 2004 by 21 CONS to provide AFSPC with technical and
analytical tools; support or improve policy development, management and
administration and improve the operation of systems supporting the
AFSPC Mission. The prime contractors are bd Systems, Booz Allen
Hamilton, Scitor Inc, and SI International. The period of performance
is Nov 2004 – 31 Oct 2009. Task Orders awarded are either
Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee or Firm-Fixed Price. The program has $610 Million
Ceiling. The small businesses contractors (bd Systems and Scitor) are
guaranteed a minimum of 40% of the task order dollars. POCs are as
follows: AFSPC/A7Z, Mr Russ Ogrinz (719) 554-3589, 21 CONS/LGCCB, Ms
LeAunna Ingram (719) 556-8351, AFSPC/A4A6XX, Mr Gene Boedigheimer,
(719) 554-3319 C4I2TSR (Command, Control, Communications, Computer,
Intelligence, Information Technology, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Services) – The C4I2TSR contract was awarded by 21 CONS in Apr 2004 for
the capability to engineer, integrate, furnish equipment and materials,
install and test (EFI&T) and provide operations and maintenance, and
allied support for a wide range of current and future C4I2TSR systems
world-wide. It is a single award IDIQ contract to SI International. The
period of performance is Apr 2004 – 30 Sep 2013 if all options are
exercised and the ceiling is $800 million. It is a 100% small business
set-aside. POCs are as follows: 21 CONS/LGCCA, Ms Tracie O’Donovan,
(719) 556-8775; AFSPC/A6NX, Mr Dave Horaz, (719) 554-5175; AFSPC/A6NXC,
Maj Gary Elliott, (719) 554-5054 NETCENTS – The Air Force awarded eight
IDIQ contracts designed to support Standards enforcement, e-Commerce
capability, technology refresh, purchase integrated solutions; COTS
products; engineering services; life cycle management support. The
prime contract holders are The Centech Group, MultiMax, Northrop
Grumman, NCI Information Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Telos Group,
Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. Four contracts are awarded to
small businesses. The period of performance is five years. Please refer
to the NETCENTS website for ordering procedures. POCs are as follows:
AFSPC/A4A6XX, Mr. Gene Boedigheimer, (719) 554-3319 UNI-Comm Status –
Currently in the pre-acquisition stage. The Uni-Comm program will
establish and manage a single AFSPC command-wide communications and IT
operations and maintenance contract for core services, providing same
or improved level of service for the main operating bases (MOBs) in
AFSPC. This is because of the challenge faced by AFSPC. Eight of the
nine AFSPC Wings have contracted base communications services resulting
in: varying types of service; reduced flexibility in applying new
tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) because of the many
contractual stipulations that must be followed; non-standard
performance criteria; and non-standard evaluation of performance.
Additionally, the Uni-Comm program will support the single designated
approval authority (DAA) concept, prepare for possible integration into
the AFNETOPS and Integrated Network Operations and Security Center
(I-NOSC) concept, and to the extent possible influence AF/DoD IT policy
from our lessons learned. The Uni-Comm program will also provide a
means of unity-of-command of the contracted communications and IT
efforts in AFSPC in order to follow evaluate and assess compliance with
AFSPC-led efforts. Uni-Comm support will span all of the AFSPC
Enterprise Network (AEN), including all Main Operating Bases (MOBs) and
select GSUs. The Uni-Comm Program continues to move forward. Uni-Comm
has enjoyed much input from NAFs / Centers / Wings and continues to
accept this input, including: - February – April 2005: Site surveys:
Included meetings with Wing Commanders who provided program comments
and risks. These inputs were used to initiate Risk Assessment and Risk
Mitigation Planning. - May – July 2005: Senior Level Review Board:
Over three meetings the team briefed the program scope, schedule and
budget and received approval from Lt Gen Leaf, AFSPC/CV. - September –
November 2005: First Government review of the Statement of Work. -
November 2005 – January 2006: First Industry review of the Statement of
Work. - January – March 2006: Second Government review of the Statement
of Work. - March – May 2006: Request for Proposal data collection from
the Wings. The Uni-Comm Program Management Office has announced its
NETCENTS Recommendation - 11 Jan 2006: Met with AFPEO/CM, Mr Poussard.
One of the topics was our evaluation of NETCENTS as a contract vehicle
for this effort. Our evaluation came to the conclusion that NETCENTS
did not provide adequately for the program requirements while
mitigating sufficient risk. We proposed that either Small Business or
Full-and-Open competition be used for this effort. - Mr Poussard agreed
that that this was a viable way ahead. - 1 February 2006. During
AFSPC/LC Industry Day, Lt Col Stanko briefed all contractors present
that NETCENTS would not be the contracting vehicle used. - 50 CONS has
published on FedBizOps the fact that NETCENTS contracting vehicle will
not be used. All contractor companies are aware of our intent. The
Uni-Comm Program Management Office is in the process of making a Small
Business / Full-and-Open Competition recommendation - Team is
performing a rigorous Market Research evaluation to collect information
from Small Business and make a recommendation on their capability to
perform this work. - The team has collected adequate information from
Small Business to make this recommendation utilizing this two-month
process. The decision is being coordinated through 50 CONS, Legal, and
the Small Business Administration. - This recommendation will be heard
by Mr Poussard during the Acquisition Strategy Panel in late April, a
decision is expected at that time and when the decision is released to
industry the contractors may perform proper proposal teaming. POCs are
as follows: 50 CONS/LGCZW, (719) 567-3831 and Ms. Kathryn Bernstein,
Contract Specialist, (719) 567-3441; AFSPC/A6NJ, Lt Col Joseph Stanko,
(719) 554-6012; AFSPC/A4A6XX, Mr Gene Boedigheimer, (719) 554-3319 The
following paragraphs are excerpts from Air Force and AFSPC policy
documents providing the guidance 21 CONS is required to follow for use
of the existing contracts. The Air Force NETCENTS policy states the
NETCENTS contract is the mandatory source for communication
capabilities procured to satisfy Air Force Appropriated fund
requirements for products and services associated with the design,
engineering, integration, installation and configuration of the Air
Force Networks and networked infrastructure. Since the C4I2TSR contract
is a small business set-aside that supports the achievement of Air
Force small business goals, it is exempt from the mandatory use policy
of NETCENTS and all options can be exercised. AFSPC has supplemented
the Air Force NETCENTS policy stating: The AF-CIO has mandated NETCENTS
as the source for obtaining products and services associated with an
integrated project that may include design, engineering, integration,
installation and configuration of AFSPC networks and networked
infrastructure. However, the AFSPC Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, Intelligence, Information Technology, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (C4I2TSR) contract is a small business set aside
specifically designed for these contract categories and is the
preferred AFSPC vehicle for these products/services. AFSPC
organizations shall consider the C4I2TSR contract first; if unable to
use this vehicle, organizations are then mandated to use NETCENTS. The
AFSPC CAASETA policy is: This contract will be the primary provider of
all A&AS and E&TA support for HQ AFSPC. By implementing the CAASETA
contract, we will have a single point of contact for all A&AS and E&TA
contracts which will help us more effectively use our resources in HQ
AFSPC. To ensure the success of this effort, we have established the
CAASETA Program Management Office (PMO), HQ AFSPC/MSZ. MSZ must be
aware of all A&AS and E&TA efforts currently on contract and those
being planned, including contracts with any remaining option years.
Effective immediately, no A&AS or E&TA contract actions or
modifications will be executed in HQ AFSPC without coordination with
the CAASETA PMO. This includes, but is not limited to, putting efforts
or funding on any task orders or contracts with General Services
Administration (GSA) contracts, or on a Contract Line Item Number
(CLIN) of another organization’s contract, or spending any HQ AFSPC TOA
or spending another organization’s or agency’s TOA. Exemption from the
CAASETA contract is by waiver only. As of 15 Mar 2006, only two firm
requirements have been identified and provided to 21 CONS. Both of
these requirements will be awarded against the existing AFSPC IDIQ
contracts. Even though the existing contracts will be used, there still
may be some subcontracting possibilities. The above contract holder
names are provided for reference so those companies not already
affiliated with the any of these prime contractors may explore any
possible subcontracting opportunities. Not all requirements have been
fully developed or even identified, so the potential does still exist
for additional contractor support. For those efforts that do not fit
any of those existing contracts, 21 CONS will work with AFSPC A4/A6 and
A7 to determine an acquisition strategy at the appropriate time:
whether that is a GSA vehicle or some other type of acquisition, full
and open, set-aside etc… as appropriate for the circumstances. NOTE:
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