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This is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes ONLY which will be used to formulate an acquisition strategy and determine the capability of the vendor community to supply support services for the Corp of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS). This is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP) and no Solicitation will be issued at this time. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this Notice. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.

1. INTRODUCTION

HECSA, in support of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center (UFC), is seeking responses from commercial vendors or integrators that will provide CEFMS support services.

HECSA intends to solicit and negotiate the current CEFMS requirement for services beginning 3 October 2017 with three One-Year Options. Private industry may identify their interest and capability to respond to any future requirements of this nature. This Request for Information (RFI) is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all information received will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government on how to compete future requirements for these services based upon responses to this RFI is solely within the discretion of the Government. This RFI does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a contract will be issued. The Government invites comments.

Interested sources should respond to the questions presented within this announcement to facilitate the Government's market research efforts. The Government will analyze all responses and determine if the pool of qualified and interested small business firms is significant enough for a total set-aside competition restricted to small businesses or for a partial set-aside competition restricted to small businesses. If the determination is made that there are not enough qualified and/or interested small business firms to perform this requirement, the Government may solicit the acquisition as an unrestricted full and open competition. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms.

Submission Requirements: This RFI announcement is unrestricted to allow small and large businesses to respond. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources either singularly, or as part of an assembled team under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services.
Companies are encouraged to respond to this request if they are interested in receiving future Requests for Proposal (RFP) for the requirement described in the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) in Attachment 1.

2. INSTRUCTIONS

Interested companies shall complete the Capabilities Questionnaire in Attachment 2.
Submissions cannot exceed 20 pages, single spaced, 12-point type with at least one-inch margins on 8 1/2" X 11" page size, including all appendices, attachments and title pages. The response should not exceed a 5 MB e-mail limit for all items associated with the RFI response. Responses must specifically describe the contractor's capability to meet the requirements outlined in this RFI. Oral communications are not permissible. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms.

Responses should include the vendor's (1) responses to the capabilities questionnaire (2) business name and address to include any partners; (3) name of company representative and their business title; (4) contract vehicles available to the Government for the procurement of the product and service, to include General Service Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle; (5) business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) based upon North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services.

Limit the technical responses to the central theme of the requirement requested.

3. POINT OF CONTACT

Companies who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses via email no later than 10:00 AM EST on 3 January 2016 to Eric Thor at Eric.P.Thor@usace.army.mil.

4. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1: DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Attachment 2: Capabilities Questionnaire