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DRAFT Request for Proposal: HSHQDC-13-R-00026

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Label: Draft Request for Proposal: HSHQDC-13-R-00026

Posted Date: January 25, 2013

Original Synopsis
Presolicitation
Jan 25, 2013
12:42 pm
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1:35 pm
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DRAFT Request for Proposal: HSHQDC-13-R-00026

Type: Other (Draft RFPs/RFIs, Responses to Questions, etc..)

Label: Draft Request for Proposal: HSHQDC-13-R-00026

Posted Date: January 25, 2013

Original Synopsis
Presolicitation
Jan 25, 2013
12:42 pm
Changed
Feb 08, 2013
1:35 pm
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Two-Stage BioWatch Gen-3 Procurement Using Competitive Down-Selection Procedures..

C.1.2. TWO STAGE PROCUREMENT

HSHQDC-13-R-00026 (page 5)

DHS plans to conduct a two-stage procurement for the Gen-3 Phase II acquisition using a competitive down-selection technique between stages.

Stage 1 will be for Performance Testing of candidate systems.

And Stage 2 will be for Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), Detector Production, Deployment, Sustainment and Disposal.

The Government anticipates awarding multiple contracts for Stage 1.

However, only one contract will be awarded under Stage 2 after a competive down selection between stages.

At the conclusion of Stage 1 a separate solicitation will be issued for Stage 2 requirements.

Stage 2 will be a full and open competition.

As in Stage 1, Stage 2 offerors must also demonstrate a design maturity equivalent to that of Technology Readiness Level 7, or greater, as described in Section C.2.5. below.

In addition, they must provide an equivalent third-party data set as was generated during Stage 1.

C.2. PURPOSE

The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain a fully autonomous networked biodetection capability (known as Generation 3 or Gen-3) that will be deployed, operated, and sustained, both indoor and outdoor, in selected US BioWatch jurisdictions throughout the United States to continuously monitor the air for agents of biological concern.

This requirement supports the DHS plan to increase the capability of the BioWatch system by augmenting and ultimately replacing the current collection and biodetection capability with an autonomous biodetection capability that will improve timeliness, time resolution, population coverage, and cost effectiveness while enabling the program to stay within its fiscal constraints.

C.2.1. Scope

Under the Phase II Stage 1 contract, the Contractor shall provide their candidate automated detection system, subsystems, and all technical support to enable the Government to test in laboratory settings to determine the adequacy of the candidate system for future procurement and deployment.
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L.3 Two Stage Procurement Using Down-Selection Procedures. (page 73)

This solicitation is for the BioWatch Gen-3 Phase II, Stage 1 acquisition to provide a fully autonomous network of biodetectors that will continuously monitor the air for biothreat agents of public health concern in designated locations throughout the United States.

The acquisition will be conducted as a two-staged procurement.

(also reference section C.1, Two Stage Procurement) using a competitive down-selection technique between stages.

DHS anticipates making multiple, but no more than three (3) awards under Stage 1.

Only one contract will be awarded under Stage 2 after a competitive down selection between stages.

This current acquisition, Stage 1, is for Performance Testing of candidate systems, and will be a stand-alone cost-reimbursement and firm-fixed-price contract.

Stage 2 will be for Operational Testing & Evaluation (OT&E), Detector Production, Deployment, Sustainment and Disposal.

It will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract.

Its resultant Task Orders will be cost reimbursement, time and materials, and firm fixed-price.

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The full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.acquisition.gov

SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA (page 26)

G.1. CONTRACTING OFFICER

The Contracting Officer for this Contract is identified below:
Name: Carla Davis
Title: Contracting Officer
Agency: DHS - Office of Procurement Operations
Address: 245 Murray Lane, SW
Mailstop 0115
Washington, DC 20528-0115
Voice: TBD
Email: TBD

G.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S AUTHORITY

The Contracting Officer (CO) assigned to this contract has responsibility for ensuring the performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting; ensuring compliance with the terms of the contract and safeguarding the interests of the United States in its contractual relationships.

The Contracting Officer (CO) is the only individual who has the authority to enter into, administer, or terminate this contract and is the only person authorized to approve changes to any of the requirements under this contract, and notwithstanding any provision contained elsewhere in this contract, this authority remains solely with the CO.

It is the Contractor’s responsibility to contact the CO immediately if there is even the appearance of any technical direction that is or may be outside the scope of the contract.

The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any work not authorized by the CO, including work outside the scope of the contract.
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