GSA - Ascend BPA - Market Research MRAS

GSA - Ascend BPA - Market Research

On behalf of the General Services Administration, GSA is conducting market research to understand capabilities related to providing the below requirement.

Supplemental Special Notice /Request for Information July 27, 2022. This supplemental special notice is being issued to continue our engagement and collaborate with industry and agencies to gather feedback. See attached Supplemental Special Notice/Request for Information

Responses Due: 08/08/2022

Draft Requirements Document; Attachment A PWS

Link To Draft Requirements Document

Table 1 Ascend: Download and include with your file upload in the capability section.

Link To Table 1 Ascend BPA

Market Research Notices

For Schedules Only: Based on the responses submitted to this RFI, the Government reserves the right to issue all future requests for quotes directly to identified sources via email in accordance with FAR 8.405-3(b)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and/or FAR 8.405-2(c)(3)(iii)(B).

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Would your firm submit an offer if this requirement is issued under your GSA Contract?

Yes
No, please provide the reason in the optional feedback section below

Please identify all GSA Contracts your company holds and are relevant to this requirement. If you selected "Other GSA Contract or BPA" please explain in the Optional Feedback section.

Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)
Other GSA Contract or BPA

Please indicate all SINS, Pools or Constellations that are applicable to this requirement. If you selected "Other" please explain in the Optional Feedback section.

518210C
Other

Company Information:

Please complete the information below to the best of your ability. If you have questions about your contract information, you can find your information on the GSA eLibrary page.

Where the Government asks for URLs, please only provide URLs, non URLs will be deleted.

If an email is not provided, your company will not receive a receipt of your response or the Agency POC once this RFI closes.

Company Name:

Contract Number

First Name:

Last Name:

POC Email:

POC Phone #:

Company Website URL:

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) #

CAGE Code:

Please select the NAICS code you believe is most appropriate for this requirement. If you selected "Other" please explain in the Optional Feedback section.

518210
Other

Please indicate the size of your business.

Size Description Key:

s - small business

o - other than small business

s - small
o - other than small

Please select all socio-economic categories that apply to your business.

Please note, your company must be recognized as 1 or more of these designations under your GSA Contract for you to select it. Data is validated prior to reports being issued.

Socio-economic description Key:

w - Woman Owned business.

wo - Women Owned Small business (WOSB)

ew - Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small business

v - Veteran Owned Small business

dv - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small business

d - SBA Certified Small Disadvantaged business

8a - SBA Certified 8(a) Firm

h - SBA Certified HUBZone Firm

Do you provide this service or product commercially?

Yes
No

Technical Yes/No Questions - In the Past 5 years does your firm have relevant experience providing the following:
You can explain your response in the PDF capability document below.

A CSP is defined as an entity responsible for making and operating a Cloud Service Offering (CSO) (i.e., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) that is available to cloud service consumers (e.g., government).

A CSP authorized reseller is defined as an entity that has a formalized business relationship (e.g., Letter of Supply) with a CSP to market and sell the CSP's Cloud Service Offerings (CSOs) to cloud service consumers (e.g., government).

**Technical Yes/No Questions - In the Past 5 years does your firm have relevant experience providing the following:**
You can explain your response in the PDF capability document below.

A CSP is defined as an entity responsible for making and operating a Cloud Service Offering (CSO) (i.e., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) that is available to cloud service consumers (e.g., government).

A CSP authorized reseller is defined as an entity that has a formalized business relationship (e.g., Letter of Supply) with a CSP to market and sell the CSP's Cloud Service Offerings (CSOs) to cloud service consumers (e.g., government).
	Yes	No	N/A
1. Are you a CSP with FedRAMP authorized Cloud Services?	Yes	No	N/A
2. Are you a current GSA contract holder supporting Cloud Service Offerings?	Yes	No	N/A
3. If response to Question 2 was No, do you plan to pursue being added to the GSA Schedules contract in order to respond to the Ascend BPA solicitation?	Yes	No	N/A
4. Are your company's Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) authorized at a FedRAMP Moderate or DoD Impact Level 2 or higher?	Yes	No	N/A
5. If you are a FedRAMP authorized CSP, do you plan to leverage authorized resellers? If Yes, please provide your list of authorized resellers as an attachment to the RFI with your capability file.	Yes	No	N/A
6. If you plan to support through an authorized Reseller(s), will you allow them to submit their reseller agreements in response to the Ascend BPA solicitation?	Yes	No	N/A
7. As a CSP, would you also consider teaming arrangements with identified authorized small business GSA Schedule contractors?	Yes	No	N/A

Technical Questions - Multiple Choice

If you plan to respond to the Ascend BPA solicitation, how would you support proposal submission?

(a) Respond as a stand-alone CSP
(b) Respond through authorized Reseller(s)
Both a & b
Respond as part of a team/partner arrangement

Technical Questions - Short Answer

If NO to # 6 above, what constraints or limitations would prevent submission?
Limited to 300 characters, if more space is needed, please include in your capabilities file.

Technical Questions - Short Answer

If NO to # 7 above, what barriers or go to market limitations/concerns are impacting that decision?
Limited to 300 characters, if more space is needed, please include in your capabilities file.

Optional Feedback: Please provide any feedback or questions you may have related to this requirement and the Draft PWS.

Please do not include capabilities information. Capabilities information will be deleted and not included in the report to the Agency. This section is only for questions or feedback to the Agency about this requirement.

Capability Website Address: Please provide a URL to a capability website for your company. This website may be used instead the file below and/or in combination with the file above.

Optional Capabilities Statement:

Capabilities Statements should include relevant experience, relevant experience are projects that are similar to the described requirements that have occurred in the past 5 years. Please include at most 3 relevant projects and the following information:

1. Customer Name

2. Customer POC/Client Email

3. Total Contract Value

4. Period of Performance

5. Brief Description of Services Provided

6. Is there a CPARS available, yes or no?

Be sure to add provide your list of authorized resellers as an attachment to the RFI if you responded to Q5 as Yes.

Please note: Only one (1) file can be uploaded here. Be sure you stack/combine your documents prior to uploading.

Please do not provide general capabilities statements. Only provide relevant information related to this requirement. This is optional.

AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE:
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