Field and
Installation Readiness Support Team (FIRST)
Contract No:
W911SE-07-D-0032
GENERAL
INFORMATION
A.
OVERVIEW:
SUPPORT FOR AVIATION ASSETS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE
SCOPE OF THE FIRST MAIDIQ.
b.
FIRST
was solicited and awarded as a result of two separate
solicitations; one that was a 100% setaside for
small business (hereafter referred to as the small business or
restricted suite), the other as a full and open competition
(hereafter referred to as the unrestricted suite).
c.
The
scope of the FIRST contracts are separated into clearly defined Task
Areas. Specific task areas are authorized as
EITHER
under the restricted or unrestricted suite. The Task Areas are
set forth below, to include designation of which suite the
areas are included under.
Competition
defined in FAR 16.505(b) as the provisions of fair opportunity
at the task order (TO) level, will occur in one suite or the
other. Competition will not occur between the
suites. The Task Order Contracting Officer will
determine which suite the requirement will be competed
under. The following provides a decision matrix as to
which suite requirements shall be competed under. Estimated task order values
are inclusive of options.
Task
Area Small Business Set Aside/
Full and Open
Competition/
Restricted Suite
Unrestricted Suite
1 TO is estimated at £
5M
TO is estimated at >
$5M
2 All requirements within task area
N/A - not include
3 TO is estimated at £
5M
TO is estimated at >
$5M
4 All requirements within task area
N/A - not included
5 All requirements within task area
N/A – not included
6 All requirements within task area
N/A – not included
Task
Area Small Business Set Aside/
Full and Open
Competition/
Restricted Suite
Unrestricted Suite
7 TO is estimated at £
$5M TO
is estimated at >
$5M
8 All requirements within task area N/A- not included
9
TO is estimated at £
$5M TO
is estimated at >
$5M
10 TO is estimated at £
$5M TO
is estimated at >
$5M
11
N/A - not included
All
requirements within task area
12
N/A - not included
All
requirements within
task area
d.
Services
that are currently performed under an 8(a) setaside, Hubzone setaside or a Service
Disabled-Veteran Owned setaside may not be obtained under the
scope of work and resultant contracts unless the Small
Business Association (SBA) has released the requirement from
the Program and dissolved the specific set
aside.
B.
PURPOSE: The FIRST Ordering Guide contains the
information needed to properly use the FIRST Multiple Award
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (MAIDIQ) to award a
Task Order (TO) responsive to the Ordering Office’s
requirements. The Ordering
Guide also describes the steps for preparing a requirements
package, the roles and responsibilities for managing the FIRST
Task Orders, and guidance, oversight and review and approval
procedures.
C.
APPLICABILITY: The
FIRST Ordering Guide is applicable to all organizations
delegated authority to award and administer Task Orders
against the FIRST MAIDIQ contracts.
D. SCOPE: FIRST provides qualified
personnel, materials, facilities, travel and other
services to provide logistics support and related
administrative in the following task areas. Support may be required: within and external to
the Continental United States; to support missions during
peace time, contingency operations and war; and, on a
full-time, part-time, or project-related basis. The task areas are inclusive
of the total Program support requirements.
Task
Area 1: Logistics Program Management and Operations
Task
Area 2: Logistics Quality Assurance
Support
Task
Area 3: Logistics Information/Technology
Support
Task
Area 4: Logistics Training Support
Task
Area 5: Logistics Army Transformation Logistics
Support
Task
Area 6: Logistics Program Support
Task
Area 7: Logistics Transportation/ Supply
Support
Task
Area 8: Logistics Parts Support – Sets, Kits and
Outfits
Task
Area 9: Support to Directorates of Logistics/Installation
Management Agency
Task
Area 10: Logistics/ Maintenance – All Other
Organizations
Task
Area 11: Comprehensive Support for Centrally Managed
Programs
Task
Area 12: Command Wide
Logistics Enterprise System Program Support
E.
ORDERING
PERIOD: The FIRST MAIDIQ provides for a five year
ordering period, and two one-year option
periods.
The
basic ordering period is February 6, 2007 or date of award,
whichever is later, through February 5, 20012. Two-one year option periods are included as
follows:
1st
Option
period: February 6, 2012 – February 5,
2013
2nd
Option period: February 6, 2013 – February 5, 2014
F.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR
TASK ORDERS:
Performance under task orders or associated
options may extend beyond the ordering period above. However, a task order may not have a
period of performance that extends beyond 10 years from the
date of award of the basic contract. (February 5, 2017)
G.
PROGRAM
CEILING: The
FIRST contract has a collective ceiling of $9.0 billion that
will be measured against all task order awarded over the five
year contract life. The collective ceiling for all
contracts awarded as a result of both RFPs is $9.0 billion for
the five-year base period. In
the event that options are exercised, the ceiling for the
option period will be within the ceiling for the
2nd competition period. Prior to the initiation of a task order,
ordering activities should contact SRCC-E to verify remaining
ceiling capacity.
H.
AUTHORITY TO PLACE TASK ORDERS: All
contracting organizations under the command of the Army
Contracting Agency (ACA) are herewith delegated authority to
award and administer task orders under this contract. All Department of Defense contracting offices
and other federal agencies supporting the requirements of
logistics missions within the scope of this contract may be
delegated authority to place orders against the FIRST
contracts. Request for delegations will be approved by the
FIRST PCO. Requests for delegation shall
include:
a.
Requesting
Organization: List name of organization,
location, points of contact, phone and email
address
b.
Scope
of task order: Provide a brief description of the
services that are required
c.
Period
of performance of task orders: State
d.
Unique
requirements: List if any
e.
Agreement: All contracting officers seeking to place orders
against the FIRST MAIDIQ agree to comply with the terms and
conditions of the FIRST MAIDIQ and this Ordering
Guide.
Questions
regarding organizations authorized to place orders against
these contracts should be directed to the Procuring
Contracting Officer, Mr. Heven Ford Jr., located at the Army
Contracting Agency Southern Region Contracting Center-East,
(ACA-SRCC-E) (404) 464-2736, DSN prefix 367, fordh@forscom.army.mil
I.
FEE FOR USE OF FIRST
MAIDIQ: There is no fee for the use of the contract by
any activity or agency delegated authority to solicit, award
and administer task orders under this contract. This does not prohibit the negotiation of
service fees by ordering offices as
reimbursement
for their services, when this contract is used as a means of
satisfying their client’s requirements.
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