_____ From: Sturdivant, Dan [mailto:Dan.Sturdivant@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:04 PM To: Admin [partnerships_teams_alliances@xxxxxxxxxx] Subject: Importance: High Gentleman - Dan Sturdivant here, DHS/OSDBU & SDVOB Coordinator. I'm begging for interested SDVOB firms that can possibly accomplish this work. Can I possibly impose upon you (once again) to get the word out, regarding this requirement? Thanks much and in advance, Dan. Request for Information Water Treatment This is a Request for Information (RFI) and not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The purpose of this document is to request information supporting the acquisition of services to provide repair, routine maintenance, and as-needed upgrades for a water treatment system installed at a secure location in Washington, DC in order to keep the system operating at peak efficiency for the United States Secret Service. The Government seeks feedback from industry in order to survey the market about available best-commercial practices and/or the number of companies that are capable of providing this service. This is a request for written information only. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. All data received in response to this notice will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Information provided herein is subject to change. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or make an award in response to this announcement. It is the responsibility of industry to monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fedbizopps.gov) for the release of any follow-on information. Firms interested in responding to this announcement are requested to review the attached Statement of Objectives and respond to the following questions and issues. Information shall focus on the capability to provide technical services as defined in the following areas: 1) LEVEL OF EXPERTISE: Provide knowledge and experience with water treatment systems to include design, installation, and maintenance; Technical knowledge of, and familiarity with, various water treatment/purification technologies; Skills and experience in maintaining and calibrating water quality monitoring equipment; Knowledge of water quality parameters to insure optimal performance of the system; Knowledge of new water treatment technologies that may be incorporated into a system. 2) MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS: Provide knowledge and experience of water treatment automation and information control systems to include on-site and remote monitoring; Knowledge of technology used to obtain information on system parameters from the site location and transmit it to remote monitoring stations; Ability to provide clear, concise displays of system parameters. This may include both current information and historical information; Technical expertise to fully integrate inputs that potentially could be in different formats and display them in a common format on a single monitor; Ability to suggest updates to the current monitoring and display capabilities; Technical expertise to implement any suggested upgrades to the system; Ability of the support staff necessary to keep the system fully operational. 3) Ability to review current systems and generate correct as-built drawings documenting the current system configuration. The electronic format used to generate these drawings should also be provided. 4) Describe your ability to possess and maintain a facility clearance and have cleared engineering personnel and technicians at the SECRET level. 5) Provide your capabilities in being able to accomplish the objectives listed in the attachment and how you would anticipate accomplishing these objectives. 6) Are there any areas that are unclear in the Statement of Objectives? If so, state your concerns. 7) What is your business size status? 8) What would be good commercial performance measures for this requirement? 9) What do you feel is the best contract type for this procurement? The responses received from this RFI will be evaluated and are anticipated to be used to determine the proper course of action should a solicitation be issued in the future for this requirement. Thus, it is the USSS preference that any interested party respond to all questions and issues above as thoroughly as possible. All responses to this Request For Information notice shall be received by the Government no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 6 December 2006. Offerors shall either e-mail or mail their responses to the United States Secret Service, 950 H Street NW, Suite 6700, Attn: Kim Trang, Washington, DC 20223. Email responses are highly preferred as information mailed may be delayed due to increased security screening. Email to: Kim.Trang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you have any questions please direct them in writing via email to Kim Trang or Cheryl Bernhard. Phone calls are discouraged. I'm also attaching the draft PWS/SOO which was attached to the Sources Sought notice. Please note, this is really a .zip file. Due to the recent viruses, I have changed the extension so that you can view it. I suggest saving the file to your computer, then renaming to remove the .pdf, leaving a .zip extension. <<...>> Benjamin Senker USSS Procurement Division 202.406.6795 _____________________________________________ From: Benjamin Senker [mailto:Benjamin.Senker@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:29 AM To: 'Dan.Sturdivant@xxxxxxx' Subject: Romem Aqua Systems Company (RASCo) Mr. Sturdivant, I received your name from Jeff Rosenfeld, the USSS HCA, as the cognizant POC for RASCO. The USSS received a letter (Kevin Boshears was cc'd) dated 19 Jul 07 from RASCO. I tried calling you on 205-0129, but no voicemail was active. I do not know if this is a correct number for you. Please call or email so we can discuss the letter, and the USSS' position on the subject. If you are not a correct POC, please accept my apologies for the inconvenience and kindly direct me to the correct individual. Benjamin P. Senker Chief, Protective Research Acquisition Branch Procurement Division United States Secret Service 202.406.6795 (phone) 202.406.6801 (fax) benjamin.senker@xxxxxxxxxxxx