(4559,4,'2011-09-01 22:16:18','2011-09-02 02:16:18','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers. Key features and benefits of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>Q1:  What does HUBZone stand for?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A1:  </strong>Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q2:  What is the underlying regulation covering the HUBZone program?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A2. </strong>FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q3:  Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A3:  </strong>No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation timeline from HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q4:  What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A4:  </strong>HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q5:  What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A5:  </strong>As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 22:16:18','2011-09-02 02:16:18','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4559',0,'revision','',0),(4562,4,'2011-09-01 22:22:04','2011-09-02 02:22:04','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong></li>\r\n	<li>Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li></sp>\r\n\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong></li>\r\n	<li>FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong></li>\r\n	<li>No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong></li>\r\n	<li>HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong></li>\r\n	<li>As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 22:22:04','2011-09-02 02:22:04','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4562',0,'revision','',0),(4560,4,'2011-09-01 22:16:44','2011-09-02 02:16:44','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>Q1:  What does HUBZone stand for?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A1:  </strong>Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q2:  What is the underlying regulation covering the HUBZone program?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A2. </strong>FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q3:  Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A3:  </strong>No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation timeline from HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q4:  What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A4:  </strong>HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Q5:  What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>A5:  </strong>As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. 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Then, based on that understanding, we tailor and apply decision frameworks, methodologies, and tools that are <strong><span style=\"color: 000000;\">data-driven, stakeholder-informed, operationally-relevant, analytically-sound, technically-feasible, and cost-effective</span></strong>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"color: #3f5410; font-size: 99%; line-height: 18px;\">Our people, processes, tools, and experience position us to partner with you to deliver lasting solutions.</p>','Apply Powerful Analytics','','inherit','open','open','','3319-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 22:50:34','2011-09-02 02:50:34','',3319,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4573',0,'revision','',0),(4574,7,'2011-08-01 12:50:50','2011-08-01 16:50:50','These featured capabilities are examples of how we combine related services in an integrated, mutually-reinforcing approach, to provide decision support across the range of planning, resourcing, and management challenges faced by today’s organizations. Our methods have been honed through years of experience helping decision makers see the benefits, costs, and risks of alternatives. Consider “what if” excursions in real time. Understand not only direct impacts, but second order effects and unintended consequences. Spend your time assessing the information that matters, and on using it to build the best solutions. 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Even if a new small business has minimal direct experience, it may still receive past performance credit for the key employees it proposes to use in the performance of a contract. Our Decision Forge staff – both individually and collectively - have deep experience of central relevance to each of our featured capability areas.</em></p>\r\n&nbsp;','Our Capabilities','','inherit','open','open','','3437-revision-v1','','','2011-08-01 12:50:50','2011-08-01 16:50:50','',3437,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4574',0,'revision','',0),(4575,4,'2011-09-01 22:24:27','2011-09-02 02:24:27','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li></sp>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li></sp>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li></sp>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li></sp>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. 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Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 22:24:27','2011-09-02 02:24:27','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4575',0,'revision','',0),(4577,4,'2011-09-01 23:01:09','2011-09-02 03:01:09','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 23:01:09','2011-09-02 03:01:09','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4577',0,'revision','',0),(4578,4,'2011-09-01 23:01:36','2011-09-02 03:01:36','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 23:01:36','2011-09-02 03:01:36','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4578',0,'revision','',0),(4580,6,'2011-07-29 15:47:45','2011-07-29 19:47:45','<h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 170% !important; padding-bottom: 15px !important;\"><strong>Decision Forge skills and experience address government advisory and assistance service areas:</strong></h2>\r\n[one_third]\r\n\r\n<strong>Program Management and Support Services</strong>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: -14px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><span style=\"color: #3f5410;\">Assistance, advice, or training for the efficient and effective management and operation of organizations, activities, or systems. 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Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the STARS II GWAC</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. 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Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-01 23:03:22','2011-09-02 03:03:22','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4582',0,'revision','',0),(4583,4,'2011-09-02 09:57:52','2011-09-02 13:57:52','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 09:57:52','2011-09-02 13:57:52','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4583',0,'revision','',0),(4584,4,'2011-09-02 09:58:29','2011-09-02 13:58:29','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 09:58:29','2011-09-02 13:58:29','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4584',0,'revision','',0),(4585,4,'2011-09-02 09:59:30','2011-09-02 13:59:30','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 09:59:30','2011-09-02 13:59:30','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4585',0,'revision','',0),(4586,4,'2011-09-02 10:00:00','2011-09-02 14:00:00','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 10:00:00','2011-09-02 14:00:00','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4586',0,'revision','',0),(4588,4,'2011-09-02 10:01:44','2011-09-02 14:01:44','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 10:01:44','2011-09-02 14:01:44','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4588',0,'revision','',0),(4587,4,'2011-09-02 10:01:14','2011-09-02 14:01:14','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 10:01:14','2011-09-02 14:01:14','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4587',0,'revision','',0),(4589,4,'2011-09-02 10:14:42','2011-09-02 14:14:42','<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>','SDVOSB Procurement Program','','publish','open','open','','sdvosb-procurement-program','','','2011-09-02 10:15:51','2011-09-02 14:15:51','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?page_id=4589',0,'page','',0),(4590,4,'2011-09-02 10:14:38','2011-09-02 14:14:38','<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\n\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\n</ul>','SDVOSB Procurement Program','','inherit','open','open','','4589-revision','','','2011-09-02 10:14:38','2011-09-02 14:14:38','',4589,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4590',0,'revision','',0),(4591,4,'2011-09-02 10:14:42','2011-09-02 14:14:42','<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>','SDVOSB Procurement Program','','inherit','open','open','','4589-revision-2','','','2011-09-02 10:14:42','2011-09-02 14:14:42','',4589,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4591',0,'revision','',0),(4592,4,'2011-09-02 10:11:58','2011-09-02 14:11:58','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. (Please visit the <a title=\"DISA\" href=\"http://www.disa.mil/contracts/guide/idiq/idiq_encore2.html\" target=\"_blank\">DISA</a> website for more information.)\r\n\r\nEncore II supports Services and Solutions across a broad scope of 20 Task Areas:\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 1:   </strong>Enterprise IT Policy and Planning\r\n<strong>TA 2:   </strong>Integrated Solutions Management\r\n<strong>TA 3:   </strong>Performance Benchmarking\r\n<strong>TA 4:   </strong>Business Process Reengineering\r\n<strong>TA 5:   </strong>Requirements Analysis</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 6:   </strong>Market Research and Prototyping\r\n<strong>TA 7:   </strong>Info/Knowledge Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 8:   </strong>Custom Application Development\r\n<strong>TA 9:   </strong>Product Integration\r\n<strong>TA 10: </strong>Test and Evaluation</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 11: </strong>Asset Management\r\n<strong>TA 12: </strong>Communications Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 13: </strong>Security Engineering\r\n<strong>TA 14: </strong>Telecommunications Support\r\n<strong>TA 15: </strong>Computer-Telephony Integration</p>\r\n[/one_fourth]\r\n[one_fourth_last]\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: -40px; line-height: 15px;\"><strong>TA 16: </strong>Web Services\r\n<strong>TA 17: </strong>Operations Support\r\n<strong>TA 18: </strong>Hardware\r\n<strong>TA 19: </strong>Software\r\n<strong>TA 20: </strong>Managed Services[/one_fourth_last]</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">The ENCORE vehicle offers numerous benefits to Government Agency customers, including these:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Broad Scope: </em></strong> Ability to support requirements across 20 broad Task Areas</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>GWAC/MAC: </em></strong> Can be used across the Federal space – by DISA, the Military Services, Defense Agencies, DHS, Intelligence Community, and Civil Agencies</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>High Ceiling: </em></strong> $12.225 billion over the period Jun 08 – May 13, with 5 one-year follow-on options. Only $2B of ceiling used, to date</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Long PoP: </em></strong> The full Encore II period of performance is 10 years: 7 years remaining</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Flexible: </em></strong> Multiple contract types, including both FFP and CR Task Orders</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Low Administrative Costs: </em></strong> A low 1% usage fee, and competitive labor rates (2% if DITCO serves as KO)</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Streamlined Procurement Process: </strong></em> Approximately two month turnaround for TOs, with a 70 day Procurement Average Lead Time.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Customer Friendly: </em></strong> The end customer makes the final decision for the award – not the Encore II KO or another third party.</li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Standardized: </strong></em> Well-documented and standardized processes for the end customer, and a nearly fixed proposal template and structure</li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Advocacy: </em></strong> The Contracting Officer at DITCO is a helpful advocate for the use of the vehicle</li>\r\n</ul></sp>\r\n<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>\r\n\r\nSeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy\'s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through STARS II</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">STARS II is a multiple-award IDIQ GWAC contract designed to give federal agencies access to what the GSA describes as \"an elite group of small information technology businesses,\" providing access across four functional areas ranging from simple to complex services:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Custom Computer Programming Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Design Services</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Facilities Management Services</li>\r\n	<li>Other Computer Related Services</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSTARS allows agencies to directly access best-in-class service through an established vehicle, as an alternative to using open-market methods, saving time and money. The contract allows for directed task orders up to $4 million each for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner). This $10-billion ceiling IDIQ carries a five-year base period (through 2016) and a single five-year option period that follows. It also features a low user access fee (0.75 percent), built into the contractor\'s ceiling prices. For ease of use, it provides a pre-completed format with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505, and provides for no protests on orders under $10M.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through eFAST</strong>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">eFAST is the Electronic FAA Accelerated &amp; Simplified Tasks Program, and is the FAA’s Preferred Acquisition Vehicle for Achieving Small Business Goals. eFAST provides the following benefits:</p><ul>\r\n	<li>A $2 billion ceiling, with a 5 year base period (2011-2016) and 2 one-year options</li>\r\n	<li>Contract types include Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Time and Materials, and Labor Hours</li>\r\n	<li>Low access fee: 1 to 3%</li>\r\n	<li>Master Ordering Agreements (MOA) for a broad range of comprehensive professional, technical, and support services and solutions for the FAA, and in some cases, other Government Agencies</li>\r\n	<li>Direct awards allowed up to a $4 Million limit (through LinTech Global, our 8a partner)</li>\r\n	<li>Set-asides allowed for 8(a) competition with no dollar limit</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\">Supported Functional Areas include</p><ul>\r\n	<li>Business Administration &amp; Management (BAM)</li>\r\n	<li>Engineering Services (ES)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)</li>\r\n	<li>Computer Systems Support (CSS)</li>\r\n	<li>Documentation &amp; Training (D&amp;T)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Professional Engineering Services (PES) schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through GSA IT-70</strong>\r\n\r\nGSA\'s Information Technology (IT) schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers\' information technology support requirements.','Vehicles and Contractual Access','','inherit','open','open','','3542-revision-v1','','','2011-09-02 10:11:58','2011-09-02 14:11:58','',3542,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4592',0,'revision','',0),(4593,4,'2011-09-02 10:18:08','2011-09-02 14:18:08','For ease of access, Decision Forge offers a range of contract vehicles and purchase agreements in place with our industry teaming partners and our government customers.  Key features and benefits of each of these vehicles are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 10px;\">\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>\r\n	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px;\">\r\n	<li><strong>What does HUBZone stand for?</strong> Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What regulation governs the HUBZone program?</strong> FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong> No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation or termination timeline for HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong> HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong> As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li></sp>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Reach us through ENCORE II</strong>\r\n\r\nThis IDIQ GWAC provides a single source procurement vehicle for the DoD and other Federal Agencies to obtain a full range of Information Technology solutions, including but not limited to Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, and other Business and Technology Support Services. The contract provides a streamlined and comprehensive ordering process to facilitate transformation to a net-centric environment. Under the administration of <a title=\"DITCO\" href=\"http://www.ditco.disa.mil/hq/contracts/encorIIchar.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DITCO</a>, Federal clients including DISA, DoD, and the entire Federal Government can access Decision Forge services through <a title=\"American Systems\" href=\"http://encoreii.americansystems.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AMERICAN SYSTEMS</a> Prime Contract number: HC1028-08-D-2011. 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padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3f5410;\">We help predict future energy use drivers, and<br>optimize across a set of potential project investments</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\">\r\n	<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Apply proven analytics and optimization models</li>\r\n	<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Track and forecast energy needs and trends</li>\r\n	<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Identify optimal project investments, sensitive to conditions and risks</li>\r\n	<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Assess plans for ability to meet policy goals</li>\r\n	<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Plan and fund the right projects with confidence</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3f5410;\">Plan and manage future energy requirements, and\r\nselect energy infrastructure projects for maximum impact</span></strong></p>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><a href=\"http://thedecisionforge.com/wptest/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Energy_Analytics.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4291\" title=\"Energy_Analytics\" src=\"http://thedecisionforge.com/wptest/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Energy_Analytics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"215\" /></a><strong><span style=\"color: #3f5410;\">Example: US Navy and US Air Force\r\nFuel Use Predictive Modeling</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Challenge</strong>: Understand the potential risks and benefits of procurement and upgrade decisions on a range of operational energy expenditures</p>\r\n<strong>Solution</strong>: Our staff partnered with the Navy and Air Force to model and visualize aggregate fuel consumption over time, with scenario-based \"what if\'s\" for individual platforms and across the fleet\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[hr]','Energy Decision Analysis','','inherit','open','open','','3629-revision-33','','','2011-07-29 15:45:24','2011-07-29 19:45:24','',3629,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4614',0,'revision','',0),(4615,4,'2011-08-19 10:11:46','2011-08-19 14:11:46','<h2 style=\"text-align: center; 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Our clients turn to us for counsel on projects and technologies that impact their missions and deliver value where it matters most. To support them, we draw on a family of customized, mutually-supporting problem-solving approaches and tools. We help organizations define their critical goals and objectives; identify and develop measures of success; determine deficiencies or deviations from needed performance levels; assess the potential impacts of alternative investments in people, process, and technology; and recommend appropriate decisions, resourcing strategies, and implementation plans. In this way, our work serves as a key means by which <em>our clients\' visions and concepts are made real - </em>by linking strategies to implementation.\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">To provide these services, we seek an eclectic combination of skills, provided by individual experts that work together on project-matrixed teams. 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Recognizing that, we strive to take great care of our team, offering outstanding benefits, an exciting work environment, and ample opportunities for growth. Our culture and mindset promote easy access to leadership and management, and foster a spirit of continuous improvement and a “no problem is too big or too small for collaborative review” attitude. This philosophy, combined with our emphasis on staff development and transparent communication, promote an environment and an organization wholly committed to our employees and their success.</p>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4365\" title=\"Careers At Decision Forge. 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Given the nature of our work, applicants may be subject to a security investigation, and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other class protected by law (EE/AA M/F/D/V).</em></p>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Careers at Decision Forge','','inherit','open','open','','3534-revision-v1','','','2013-08-02 10:27:14','2013-08-02 14:27:14','',3534,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4653',0,'revision','',0),(4654,4,'2013-08-02 10:25:56','2013-08-02 14:25:56','[two_thirds]Decision Forge values the opportunity to partner with large and small businesses alike, working to add value to teams that can meet the challenges of the organizations in our markets. 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We also seek to be regarded as a capable and reliable small business partner committed to strong delivery, from bid and proposal efforts through project execution. We possess the experience, competence, drive, and entrepreneurial spirit to help teams make successful bids and form lasting relationships.\r\n\r\nDecision Forge would welcome an opportunity to talk with you about general or specific teaming opportunities if you are looking for a Small Business partner, with SDVOSB and/or HUBZone status, that can provide differentiating capabilities and experience, and do so at competitive rates.\r\n\r\nIf you find us to be of potential interest, please <a title=\"contact us\" href=\"mailto:info@thedecisionforge.com\">contact us</a> at your convenience. 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padding-top: 0px; font-size: 125%;\"><strong>Kevin Bair</strong></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://decforge.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Bair-picture.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4650\" title=\"Bair picture\" src=\"http://decforge.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Bair-picture-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" /></a>• More than a decade of consulting experience in the Defense, Civil, and Security markets providing capability and portfolio analysis and program management\r\n\r\n• Former senior manager at a Top 10 government contractor leading strategic planning, program analysis, and enterprise management efforts\r\n\r\n• Led the development and application of program evaluation processes and tools adopted and mandated for enterprise-wide use by the Navy and elsewhere within DoD and DHS\r\n\r\n• Led US and multinational assessments of force structure and operational capabilities, helping drive policies, budgets, and operations\r\n\r\n• Created and implemented portfolio optimization tools and processes that enabled DoD to redirect hundreds of millions of investment dollars toward priority capabilities\r\n\r\n• Successful in developing winning capture teams and leading integrated cross-contractor proposals\r\n\r\n• Experienced author and color team lead of technical, price, and management volumes for large IDIQ and stand-alone contracts\r\n\r\n• BA, Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington\r\n\r\n• University-trained Six-Sigma Blackbelt (UT Austin)\r\n\r\n[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Leadership Team','','inherit','closed','closed','','4624-revision-v1','','','2017-01-08 21:29:31','2017-01-09 02:29:31','',4624,'http://decforge.com/site/?p=4729',0,'revision','',0),(4730,4,'2017-01-08 21:29:54','2017-01-09 02:29:54','[one_half]\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 15px; padding-top: 0px; font-size: 125%;\"><strong>Robert Penna</strong></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://decforge.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/penna-picture.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4647\" title=\"penna picture\" src=\"http://decforge.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/penna-picture-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" /></a> <ul>25 years experience providing Defense, Intelligence, and Civil Government Agencies with decision analysis and program execution leadership\r\n\r\n• Led enterprise-level Defense and Homeland Security studies and analyses chartered by senior leaders\r\n\r\n• Led the development of approaches, models, and tools that have impacted DoD, DHS, and multinational organizations, capabilities, missions, and budgets\r\n\r\n• Founded, led, and grew a business unit of 150 staff and $20M in annual revenue, as an executive manager for a top defense contractor.  Led numerous market development and proposal efforts, including large scale IDIQ and A&amp;AS contracts.\r\n\r\n• Led strong cross-contractor teaming relationships, from bid and proposal stage through successful project execution and delivery\r\n\r\n• Former West Point Economics Assistant Professor, Infantry Brigade Combat Support Company Commander, and Army Intelligence Officer\r\n\r\n• MPA, Economics, Princeton University\r\n\r\n• MS, Operations Research/Systems Mgmt, University of Southern California\r\n\r\n• BS, International Relations/Engineering Mgmt, US Military Academy\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robert-penna-4634576\" target=\"_blank\">https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robert-penna-4634576</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half_last]\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 15px; 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