Integration Engineering Support Services

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY AND NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). THE RFP/SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME. CONTRACTORS SHOULD FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. The Department of Labor, Office of Procurement Services intends to procure IT Engineering Support Services using a mix of small and large businesses. The objective of this IT Engineering Support Services Contract is to acquire expertise and services in broadly-defined disciplines of Information Technology and Systems Engineering. The DOL OCIO will apply these expertise and services to its mission to transform and optimize the IT systems it manages. As an organization entrusted with developing cost effective and flexible IT solutions, the OCIO is seeking support contractors with capabilities, processes and a proven record of introducing innovative and practical solutions. These solutions should encompass a full range of traditional, premise-based systems along with internally and externally hosted (managed) solutions and services. The critical objective is to quickly develop cost-effective and flexible solutions that meet customer needs while easily integrating into the agreed-upon IT architecture. The Government anticipates award of a Labor Hour (LH) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) with fixed hourly rates. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541512 with a small business size standard of $27.5 million. There will be two award types for this IDIQ MAC vehicle- Small Business and Unrestricted. Acquisition Screening and Review will be conducted for all task order competitions under this IDIQ MAC to ensure maximum opportunity for small business participation. At a minimum 30 percent of the total dollars awarded annually under this MAC will be awarded to the MAC small business awardees. No other synopsis will be posted for this requirement. The period of performance will be a base period of twelve months with six (6) twelve month options. A written Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on or about September 4, 2015. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued; all amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from the Federal Business Opportunities website www.fbo.gov. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up to date information concerning this acquisition.