Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

NOTE TO INDUSTRY. THE ROUND TWO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW FILE TODAY, 13 JAN 23 ADDING THREE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES. THE THREE NEW QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES ARE HIG... NOTE TO INDUSTRY. THE ROUND TWO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW FILE TODAY, 13 JAN 23 ADDING THREE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES. THE THREE NEW QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES ARE HIGHLIGHTED ORANGE. NO OTHER CHANGES. ------------- NOTE TO INDUSTRY. THE ROUND TWO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW FILE TODAY, 12 JAN 23, ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES. THE TWO NEW RESPONSES ARE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW. NO OTHER CHANGES. ------------- AMENDMENT 0002 HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE BEING PROVIDED AS A PDF ATTACHMENT. THE CONTRACTING TEAM WILL NOW BE READY TO PROVIDE ANY CONTRACTOR THE NDA/COI AND ALSO A REQUEST EMAIL THROUGH THE DOD SAFE WEBSITE SO YOU MAY BEGIN TO UPLOAD ANY PROPOSAL FILES. IMPORTANT: REQUEST YOU SEND YOUR RESPECRTIVE EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEND THE REQUEST EMAIL TO IN THE DOD SAFE SYSTEM SO YOU WILL RECEIVE THE REQUIRED ACCESS CODE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AMENDMENT, YOU CAN STILL REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARRIVE AFTER 12 JAN 23, 1200 HOURS DUE TO THE HOLIDAY MONDAY. REQUEST YOU REFER TO THE UPDATED SOLICITATION AND SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS THEREIN AND THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER POSTED AS AN ATTACHMENT. FINALLY, A NEW ATTACHMENT 0013 HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO REPLACE THE PREVIOUS VERSION BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE INDUSTRY QUESTIONS. ------------- The new due date for proposals is now 18 Jan 2023 by 5 PM EST. ROUND 2 QUESTIONS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES WILL BE POSTED BY 11 JAN 23 OR SOONER. IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS ANNOUCEMENT UNDER SOLICITATION NUMBER W909MY23R0001A REPLACES W909MY23R0001 TO CORRECT THE TYPE FROM SOURCES SOUGHT TO SOLICITATION. THE INFORMATION HEREIN MIMICS THE PREVIOUS ICIDS-VI ANNOUNCEMENT. AN NDA/COI AND A LINK TO DOD SAFE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO FOLLOW SOON IN THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT AT SAM.GOV UNDER W909MY23R0001A. THEY WILL NOT BE PROVIDED UNTIL THE NDA/COI AND Q&A ARE APPROVED BY LEGAL AND POSTED TO THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. PREVIOUS INFORMATION FOLLOWS: ---------- CLARIFICATION. IN THIS AMENDMENT THE GOVERNMENT IS POSTING RESPONSES TO INDUSTRY QUESTIONS AND UPDATING SEVERAL ATTACHMENTS. WITHIN OUR CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM, THE CHANGES REFER TO AMENDMENT 0001 TO THE SOLICITATION. HOWEVER, IN SAM.GOV AT LEAST 3 AMENDMENTS WERE UTILIZED IN UPDATING THIS SOLICITATION POSTING. INDUSTRY SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED BY THE AMENDMENT VERSIONS DUE TO THIS MISMATCH IN SAM.GOV AND OUR CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM. SEE THE AMENDED CHANGES TO SECTION L OF THE SOLICITATION AND ATTACHMENTS UPDATED BASED ON INDUSTRY INPUT. REFER TO THE FILE B08 W909MY23R0001-0001_SIGNED AND B08 ICIDS-VI RFP QA_20221220 BEING UPLOADED TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE RESPECTIVE CHANGES. ----------------------------------------------- UPDATED AND ATTACHED A REVISED PRICE MODEL AS PART OF THE LATEST AMENDMENT. NO OTHER CHANGES AND ALL DUE DATES REMAIN THE SAME. ----------------------------------------------- AMENDMENT 0001 WAS ISSUED ONLY TO ATTACH THE SIGNED AND APPROVED SOLICITATION THAT WAS DELAYED IN OUR CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM. SEE FILE NAMED: B06 W909MY23R0001 Signed Solicitation. ----------------------------------------------- Note: This formal RFP is related to the DRAFT RFP # W909MY-22-R-0007 issued earlier this year in 2022. 1. Description of Supplies/Services: This solicitation is to procure the follow-on effort entitled Integrated Commercial Intrusion Detection System (ICIDS-VI) Production type contract requirements. In relation to this Request for Proposal (RFP), see the attached solicitation that details the contract type, period of performance, etc., plus review the 13 Attachments, and 1 Exhibit for more details and instructions on how to successfully submit your potential offer. 2. The following important dates apply to this formal RFP: 09 Dec 22 - Solicitation Release Date, 1430 Hours EST 16 Dec 22 – Industry Questions Due, 1530 Hours EST 18 Jan 23 – RFP End Date –Final Offers Due to the Government by 5 PM EST. NOTE: The Government has responded to two rounds of questions. We may not have a chance to respond to any further industry questions with proposals due next week. 3. Potential offerors who wish to present questions by the above due date should utilize the excel file attached entitled Format_ICIDS-VI Questions for any and all questions. Be sure to organize your questions under the related document that requires any clarifications or change. 4. All communications, questions, or further inquiries relating to this solicitation # W909MY-23-R-0001 shall go through the Contracting Office, specifically the two POCs listed in this announcement.