Sources Sought Notice

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY.  The Department of the Army (Army) seeks a partner to support Army Command and the newly formed Army Recruiting and Retention Task Force (ARTF) in the discovery, documentation, and possible implementation of a new strategy for recruiting and retention operations. This transformation fulfills a long-recognized need for a modernized approach to recruiting efforts, data collection, and marketing. The review will include an understanding of available digital tools providing the Army with a Department-wide technology blueprint for recruiting data and process across contributing organizations and leadership reporting functions.

Desired outcomes:

1. Understanding of the stakeholders within the recruiting program and associated roles and responsibilities for clear alignment.

2. Understanding of what the problems are for consideration by Army senior leaders.

3. Consensus on the vision inclusive of objectives and measures to meet that vision.

4. Identification of tangible activities for working groups to address – ideas to address the friction points.

5. Lead a minimum of two Design Thinking workshops to support this effort.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.  This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.  Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.  The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice.  Submittals will not be returned to the responder.  A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.  However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry.  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.  The NAICS code(s) is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, size standard $21.5 million.

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

In response to this sources sought, please email the below information to Mr. Clarence Jones, Purchasing Agent at clarence.a.jones6.civ@army.mil  and Ms. Barbara Jeffries, Contracting Officer, at Barbara.j.jeffries5.civ@mail.mil no later than 30 Sep 2022 at 8:00 am, Eastern Time.  All responses shall include the sources sought notice number in the subject line.

1.  Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions.  Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition.  Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis.  Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

2.  Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, SAM Unique Entity ID number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

3.  Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not.  Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

4.  Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 

5.  Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

6.  Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.