The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) is the Armys premier integrator of space and missile defense capabilities and, as such, has been directed to deliver assigned Army capabilities acro ss the full spectrum of warfare from concept to warfighter. In support of air, space, and missile defense, the USASMDC/ARSTRAT executes a requirement to fulfill advisory and assistance services under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contr acts (SETAC) program. The contractor will be expected to provide non-personal services for systems engineering and technical assistance in support of the Mission and Function Statements for the USASMDC/ARSTRAT and Other Government Agencies related to air, space, and/or missile defense. This support is both broad ranging and ever changing. The SETAC scope of work (SOW) is anticipated to have ten (10) functional areas: (1) Requirements Definition, Integration, and Planning; (2) Technology Development, Sys tem Development, Assessment, and Validation; (3) Threat Estimation/Projections; (4) Weapons Lethality and Effects Estimation; (5) Modeling, Simulation and Interfacing; (6) Program/Project Analysis, Evaluation, Experimentation, and Support; (7) Production a nd Fielding Support; (8) Homeland Defense and Homeland Security; (9) Warfighter Support; and 10) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear. The anticipated competition will allow for seven (7) Full and Open Awards: 2 Reserved for Woman-Owned Small Business; 1 Reserved for Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; 1 Reserved for 8(a) Business; 2 Reserved for Small Business; and 1 Full and Open without Reservation. This acquisition will result in multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts with identical SOWs and numbers of Direct Productive Person-Hours (DPPHs). The contracts will consist of fixed-price labor categories and cost reimbur sable travel and materials line items. The period of performance for the resultant acquisition will be five(5)-year Basic contract and there will be an option provision for the possibility of five (5) one-year extensions to the basic period of performance. The Government is planning to include the five (5) one-year options in the event that the statutory language preventing advisory and assistance services (A&AS) contracts from exceeding five years is revised within the basic contract period of performance. It is anticipated that the requiremen ts will be executed via task orders issued, based on actual customer requirements. The resultant contract will contain an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) clause that could limit a successful proposer from participating in any other SMDC contract. To the greatest extent possible, while still protecting the Governments interests , the OCI clause will be applied only for the supported technology areas of the contractors actual performance. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541710/1000 employees. This acquisition will not be open to participation by foreign firms at either the prime or subcontract level. The expected release date of the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about 1 5 Feb 2007. Schedule, OCI clauses, draft RFP, and any other draft documents/information will be posted and updated on the USASMDC SETAC07 website http://www.smdc.army.mil/Contracts/SETAC07.html. NO PAPER COPIES OF THE DRAFT RFP WILL BE PROVIDED NOR IS A MAILING LIST BEING MAINTAINED FOR THIS ACQUISITION AS THE DRAFT RFP WILL BE POSTED ON THE ABOVE WEBSITE ADDRESS. A post draft RFP industry day is planned on or about 28 Feb 07. Synopsis for this industry day will be posted to the FedBizzOpps and the website above. Questions or correspondence should be directed to Ms. Melissa Mitchell, Contracting Officer, via email
[email protected] or via fax (256) 955-4240. Correspondence concerni ng questions/issues that you would like ad dressed at SETAC Industry Day shall be provided no later than 23 Feb 07. Correspondence should reference SETAC 07.