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W15QKN-21-X-06ZP – SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE The U.S. Army Contracting Command – New Jersey, on behalf of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (CCDC AC), Life Cycle Support... W15QKN-21-X-06ZP – SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE The U.S. Army Contracting Command – New Jersey, on behalf of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (CCDC AC), Life Cycle Supportability Division (LCSD) at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is conducting market research to determine the capability of businesses to provide a content management system (CMS), a software application and a set of related programs, to create and manage digital content. The required CMS shall be used for authoring, reviewing, collaborating, storing, electronically publishing, and overall enterprise content management (ECM) of LCSD documentation. This documentation is developed in XML compliant to MIL-STD-40051 and binary/proprietary (e.g. FrameMaker, Word, etc.) formats and is updated and edited regularly after initial publication. The commercial CMS shall integrate the Army XMetaL application (configure the data ingest for Army custom eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) and Document Type Definitions (DTDs)). DISCLAIMER “THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.” BACKGROUND: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 511210 with a Small Business Size Standard of $41.5M. The Product Service Code is 7030. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. SUBMISSION DETAILS: Each potential source is requested to provide the contract number(s), dollar value(s) and brief description of work previously or currently being performed, which specifically demonstrates the contractor's ability to successfully satisfy the requirements of the Technical Services, and, any open and existing government wide acquisition vehicles in place that could be utilized. Firms shall also provide point of contact information, where available, for the efforts cited above. All data should be sent at no cost to the US Government by EMAIL to the US Army CCDC AC. ATTN: Ray Gelpke and Elizabeth Horak, edward.r.gelpke.civ@mail.mil and Elizabeth.a.horak2.civ@mail.mil. In addition, please provide the firm’s name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, CAGE Code and DUNS number, and size of business (i.e. large, small, disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.). The vendor shall provide a 5-page written response (excluding Cover Page and Table of Contents) that includes: Cover Page (DUNS, CAGE Code, and Points of Contact) Table of Contents Executive Overview CMS Solution Overview CMS Integration Overview CMS Service Desk Overview Past Performance: A minimum of three relevant past performance, to include DoD contracts and a list of contract vehicles available to the Army. Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. If you are an interested small business for this NAICS, provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods. Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. This is a market survey for information only, and shall not be construed as a request for a proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government. The US Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited. The official response must be electronically to Email: edward.r.gelpke.civ@mail.mil and Elizabeth.a.horak2.civ@mail.mil. Phone inquiries will not be addressed; all requests should be submitted in writing via email. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the survey. AMENDMENT 1 - QUESTIONS & ANSWERSQuestion 1 - "Are there any insights you can provide as to who the end customer would be for this opportunity?" The end customer is Life Cycle Supportability Division, Publications Group. Question 2 - “Can companies from Outside USA can apply for this? (India or Canada)?” For the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall utilize only employees who are U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted and employed non-citizens. Non-US Citizens will not be allowed to perform work on contracts or subcontracts involving access (or possible access) to sensitive data, software, or equipment. Based on this foreign companies are not eligible to perform. Question 3 - “Do we need to come over there for meetings?” No meetings are required for this requirement. Question 4 - “Can we perform the tasks (related to RFP) outside USA? (India or Canada)? “ For the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall utilize only employees who are U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted and employed non-citizens. Non-US Citizens will not be allowed to perform work on contracts or subcontracts involving access (or possible access) to sensitive data, software, or equipment. Based on this foreign companies are not eligible to perform. Question 5 – “Can we submit the proposals via email?” Yes, email replies are acceptable. Question 6 - “What are the Fedramp requirements for this application?” The purpose of the sources sought is to determine if there is commercial of the shelf (COTS) software available that support the functionality requirements. Based on the findings from the sources sought the Government shall determine the hosting approach for the COTS Software and if FedRAMP is applicable. Question 7 - “Is there a draft PWS you would be able to share so we could start preparing the best solution for our Soldiers?” The attached Item Purchase Description describes the requirements and functionalities required from commercial of the shelf software to support a Content Management System. Question 8 - “ I noticed that the sources sought is for a CMS to store 40051 files. We have extensive experience if converting any format to 40051 XML files. We also supply tools for content reuse analysis and sustainment. Is conversion to XML part of this sources sought?” No conversion of files to XML is not part of this requirement. AMENDMENT 2 DATE 5/20/2021 THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE SUBMITTALS FROM 5/14/2021 NOON / EST TO 5/21/2021 NOON EST. AMENDMENT 3 DATE 5/14/2021 The purpose of this amendment is to answer industry questions. 9. I am hoping to find out if there is an incumbent contractor currently performing these services. If so, could I please find out the contractor name and contract number? ANSWER - The current CMS Software being utilized was built by SiberSafe over 20 years ago. Historically, SiberSafe provided support through a yearly maintenance contract, but currently there is no contract with SiberSafe. 10. What is the current environment and how is the government currently doing this now? ANSWER- The current CMS software being used is from SiberSafe and is over 20 years old. 11. What are the toolsets? ANSWER- The required functions are storing, indexing, search and retrieval, format management, revision control, access control, publishing and reporting. 12. Is the government looking for authoring, reviewing and publishing tool only and then integrate with an existing CMS? Or are you seeking an elaborate content management system that works with the authoring/editing tools? ANSWER- The requirement is for a new CMS, that works with authorizing/editing tools, that performs the required functions. The required functions are storing, indexing, search and retrieval, format management, revision control, access control, publishing, and reporting. 13. What kind of integration do you currently have with a CMS or are you using a file server? ANSWER- A file server is currently used. An XSLT processor is used to customize an output to a standard. 14. What is your timeframe for implementation / transition from old system? ANSWER- Implementation/Transition time requires will be defined in the final solicitation. 15. If you are looking at a traditional CMS, is there enterprise license that can be leveraged? ANSWER- If there is an enterprise license on a product or system, then it will be considered. 16. Would you consider an open source CMS? ANSWER- If the open source CMS has the functionality that is required, it will be considered. 17. Would you be interested in a proof of concept - is there any available funding for that? ANSWER- The requirement is for commercial off the shelf CMS Software and a proof of concept is not needed. 18. We have implemented our software at other Army organizations, would you be interested in a demo? ANSWER- As part of the final solicitation demonstrations of the software are being consider as part of the selection process. At this time a demo is not required. 19. How many users are there for the CMS system? ANSWER- 77 Users THIS NOTICE CLOSES 5/21/2021.