Pre-Solicitation - Synopsis

**SYNOPSIS: The purpose of this synopsis is to notify interested parties that the The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and Department of Defense (DOD), relative stakeholders (Office of Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Military Services, Defense Agencies, and other Departmental organizations) is seeking Subject Matter Experts, Functional Analysts and additional labor categories who can provide Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) & In-Transit Visibility (ITV) Program Support. The AIT/ITV-related projects and implementations would support both the DOD Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Supply and Distribution and the related DOD AIT Implementation Plan, focused logistics, total asset visibility (TAV), integration within the DOD Supply Chain, and those tasks that assist USTRANSCOM in addressing automatic data capture policies and standards, assessing AIT technology, examining future trends, and recommending Department policies providing the war-fighter the best possible integrated solution. The Government intends to award one Labor-Hour Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract resulting from this solicitation which will include a base year and two one-year option periods. Period of performance will be approximately from 17 March 2014 through 16 March 2017. Task Order 1 and future Task Orders will be issued against the contract. The requirement is managed by the USTRANSCOM, Directorate of Acquisition, Distribution Process Owner Division, Scott AFB, IL. This requirement will be 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541614 - Process, Physical Distribution and Logisitcs Consulting, with a size standard of $14.0 million dollars. Interested parties must be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award of the contract. The solicitation for this acquisition will be released electronically and documents will be available only on the Federal Business Opportunity website at www.fbo.gov. Interested parties are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov. All changes to the solicitation will be made via modifications posted to www.fbo.gov. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the website daily for any posted notices or amendments to the solicitation. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed-paper format; however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Government's best interest. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on www.fbo.gov on or about 31 Oct 2013 under Solicitation Number HTC711-14-R-D003.