Area Wide Integration of Wireless System
Area Wide Installation of Wireless Network
This is a Sources Sought Notice. This advertisement is not a solicitation for offers, nor is it a request for quotes. A request for quotes may be issued at a later date.
This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. There is no solicitation available at this time. We are seeking firms who can integrate Wireless Access Points (WAP) throughout the Portland Area Indian Health Services and Service Units in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington States in accordance with 25 USC 14, Buy Indian Act with preference to be given to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEE).
The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of all qualified native small businesses; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification according to the North American Industry Classification System, 334220 code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.
This Sources Sought/Market Survey Notice is being conducted to meet the integration of wireless network systems to its existing CISCO system network infrastructure from Indian Firm small business organizations (NAICS 334210); small business size standard is 1,250 Employees). Portland Area Indian Health Service consists of twelve (12) IHS Healthcare facilities that have the option to participate in this project. No existing wireless infrastructure exists in the Portland Area region with the exception of one guest wireless network in Portland, Oregon Area Office. The solution must be compatible with Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center and Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Microsoft Active Directory to utilize device certificates and user login for identification and access control. The scope of the tasks to be performed under this requirement includes all necessary efforts in the areas of in providing plans, supply, installation, testing and maintenance of a Wireless Access Point System.
Period of Performance: To be determined.
This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a Request for Proposals. The Government DOES NOT intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement. Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for costs associated with preparation of their responses. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Interested organizations presenting a Capability Statement in response to this Small Business Sources Sought Synopsis must identify their size status.
Indian Economic Enterprise Representation.
To be considered for an IHS contract awarded under the Buy Indian Act, an offeror must represent that it meets the definition of “Indian economic enterprise” in response to a specific solicitation set-aside in accordance with this IHM.
Insert the following provision in all written IEE set-aside solicitations for supplies, services, or covered construction, regardless of dollar value:
Indian Economic Enterprise Representation
The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition of Indian economic enterprise as defined in IHM 5-5.6.F.1.
Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the
United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application.
Responses should include: (1) Business Name, GSA contract number and Address (if applicable) (2) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number, and E-mail Address (3) DUNS and NAICS code (4) Business Size SMALL or LARGE (5) Type of Business NATIVE OWNED, SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED, VETERAN OWNED, 8A, HUB Zone, WOMEN-OWNED etc.
All information submissions shall be received no later than 3:00 pm Pacific time on October 19, 2018. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation may be published within 60 days.
All capability statements sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to the Point of Contact below in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The subject line must specify the Sources Sought Number. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Richard Richard, Dandasan, Phone 5034145521, Email richard.dandasan@ihs.gov
