Future Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Services Acquisition ID/IQ Customer Requirements Threshold

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Future Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Services Acquisition

ID/IQ Customer Requirements Threshold

RFI Review Period: November 9 - December 3, 2009

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.0 OBJECTIVE

On August 6, 2009, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced a joint Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA) making use of Federal Supply Schedules and GSA-owned Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to service Government COMSATCOM requirements. (The FCSA Announcement to Industry briefing, and other information can be found at http://www.gsa.gov/fcsa.) GSA and DISA are seeking large and small business inputs on what should comprise the threshold for assigning ID/IQ requirements to one of the two ID/IQ contract vehicles.

2.0 BACKGROUND

Two new ID/IQ contract vehicles will be established to support COMSATCOM End-to-End Solutions requirements: one Small Business Set-Aside and one Full and Open Competition. Companies qualifying under the NAICS code 517410, Satellite Telecommunications, will qualify for the Small Business Set-Aside contract vehicle.

End-to-End Solutions comprise complete, customized engineered solutions to meet customers' unique satellite communications needs. These solutions may include any combination of fixed satellite services or mobile satellite services components, and/or service enabling components such as terminals, teleport, and terrestrial interface tail circuits. End-to-End Solutions may also include integration, network management and engineering services.

3.0 REQUESTED INDUSTRY FEEDBACK ON THE ID/IQ TRESHOLD

GSA and DISA request comments and recommendations from large and small businesses (in accordance with NAICS code 517410) on the design and implementation of clear, measurable size and scope thresholds used to determine the appropriate ID/IQ vehicle for individual End-to-End Solutions requirements. The Full and Open Competition ID/IQ will be used to procure End-to-End Solutions requirements which are determined to be either too large or complex for contractors on the Small Business Set-Aside contract vehicle.

Threshold criteria under consideration include:

(1) Number of transponder equivalents (TPE) of bandwidth (1 TPE = 36 MHz) and/or data rates (Mbps);

(2) Number of coverage regions;

(3) Number of points of presence (terminal, user connection, etc. accessing the satellite or service).

GSA and DISA encourage large and small businesses to propose additional technical threshold considerations, as applicable, and provide rationale for your additions. Please limit your feedback on the ID/IQ threshold to five (5) single-sided, 12-point font, single-spaced pages.

4.0 REQUESTED SMALL BUSINESSES PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Consistent with demonstrated capabilities of small businesses, GSA and DISA intend to direct as many End-to-End Solutions requirements to small businesses as possible. To assist GSA and DISA in determining the right set of threshold parameters, small business contractors qualifying under NAICS code 517410 are requested to describe three (3) recently completed or on-going project(s) demonstrating your capability to satisfy End-to-End Solutions requirements. Please include the following information in your project descriptions:

(1) Background information on the project;

(2) The size, scope, and complexity of the project;

(3) Dollar amount of project;

(4) Project duration, which includes the original estimated completion date and the actual completion date;

(5) Number of transponder equivalents (TPE) of bandwidth (1 TPE = 36 MHz) and/or data rates (Mbps);

(6) Number of coverage regions;

(7) Number of points of presence (terminal, user connection, etc. accessing the satellite or service);

(8) Number of personnel involved.

Your examples may be for services provided to Government or Commercial customers. Please limit your project experience responses to a total of six (6) single-sided, 12-point font, single-spaced pages.

5.0 FEEDBACK SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personnel reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 U.S.C. 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.

E-mail responses shall be submitted by 5:00 PM (EST), Thursday, December 3, 2009 to the following:

futurecomsatcom@gsa.gov

Subject: FCSA ID/IQ Requirements Threshold Feedback

As part of your company's response, please provide a cover letter that includes the following:

Number of years of corporate operations/experience providing COMSATCOM services

Business Size (employees, annual revenue)

Primary type of COMSATCOM services provided

Primary Point of Contact

Address

Telephone Number

Fax Number

E-mail address for POC

Any exchanges of information shall be consistent with procurement integrity requirements (see FAR 3.104). Responses to these notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The responses from this RFI may be used to assist the Government in developing evaluation criteria for a future procurement.