This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation will not be issued and proposals are not being requested. This is not a small business set-aside. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency intends to negotiate and award a contract for One (1) Base Year and One (1) Option Year on a sole source bases to Pherson Associates, Inc. 9902 Deerfield Pond Lane, Great Falls, VA. 22066-2831. Pherson Associates, Inc. shall provide Analytical Consultation support to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Analysis and Production Directorate (P), Workforce Development and Tradecraft Office (PD), and the GEONIT Quality Assurance Office. The contractor will provide the P Directorate with consulting services and support on IT systems and production processes, particularly as they affect analytic tradecraft and product quality, and assist NGA analysis in the use of analytical tools and techniques in direct support of the Analysis and Production Directorate's Workforce Development and Tradecraft Program. The contractor will also provide support on Geospatial-Intelligence Product Quality Assurance, the by-product of this analysis. Work may be in support of various offices within P. Contractor will provide direct structured analytical technique consultation and overall quality assessments of P's analytic processes and products against defined operational requirements and priorities. Security Requirement: Contractors must be cleared at the TS/SCI level. Project Requirements: See Attachment 1 Statement of Work (SOW) SOLICITATION PROVISIONS: Offerors must include with their quotations: a completed copy of provisions 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial items, obtained from Air Force FAR site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The following clauses and/or provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial items, FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items. Award will be made to the responsive offeror whose offer will result in the lowest price technically acceptable offer to the government. The provisions at 52.212-3 Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items, 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5 Executive Orders-Commercial Items, 252.212-7000 Commercial Item Acquisition apply to this solicitation. Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755), 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2008) (E.O. 13126), 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999), 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (E.O. 11246), 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222.36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 1998) (29 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222-37 Employment Reports on special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222-39 Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees (DEC 2004) (E.O. 13201), 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons, 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign to Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury), 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (OCT 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332), and 252.232.7010 Levies on Contract Payments. RECEIPT OF QUOTES: All responsible sources may submit a Price Quote which shall be considered. The closing date for receipt of quotes is August 18, 2009, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Harriet Saulsbury via email:
[email protected]. Telephone responses will not be accepted. LATE OFFERS: Offerors are reminded that an email transmission of a quote/offer after the closing date and time will not constitute a timely submission of a quote/offer, and will not be accepted. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration http://www.ccr.gov database prior to any contract award. Please submit the following information with each quote: Cage Code, DUNS number, Representation and Certifications, the date offer expires, line item unit price, and total cost.