The purpose of this solicitation is to provide qualified, experienced, certified, subject-matter and technical expertise and management support within Information Technology, System and Data Governance, Analytics, Human Resource Information Systems, and Equal Employment Opportunity to facilitate the overall objectives of the Department of the Navy, M&RA impacting the entire DON Total Force workforce and ultimately support the warfighter. The work effort is to provide experienced technical specialists, business analysts, and experts to maintain HR/IT governance, systems and database administration, MAHRS’ migration of infrastructure into the Navy’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud solution, Business Intelligence (BI), Oracle’s Enterprise Business Systems, and DON’s Jupiter data architecture and tools. Key tasks will align to:
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\n(a) Human Capital Solutions Management: Oversee, support the development of, and maintain policy and governance on Total Force Manpower, HR-Information Technology Systems and HR Data while ensuring compliance with DoW and DON policies for HR system and data operations, certifications, and modernization;
\n(b) Human Capital Systems Operations: Oversee, manage, implement and sustain HC/HR-IT systems infrastructure, systems and applications, portals, and help desk operations in compliance with DoW and DON policies for HR systems; and modernize towards new and innovative systems enabling high performing day-to-day operations across the DON;
\n(c) Total Force & HR Business Intelligence: Design, develop, deliver and sustain HC business analytics, tools, dashboards, reports, metrics, and models to improve and support data-driven decision making with the DON; and
\n(d) EEO: Support senior leaders and management officials on any systems issues, creation of policy and guidance, investigation, analysis and recommendations for adjudication, and develop training.
This solicitation is issued under the authority of FAR 16.5 under the Seaport program of multiple award IDIQ
\ncontracts as a small business set-aside. Only small business SeaPort MAC holders are eligible to participate in
\nthis solicitation process. To the extent that the words "offer" or "proposal" appear in this solicitation, they shall be construed to mean
\n"quote" (or "quotation"), and to the extent that the word "offeror" appears in this solicitation, it shall be
\nconstrued to mean "quoter".
FAIR OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION FOR AWARD
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\nThe Navy will provide interested sources with a fair opportunity IAW FAR 16.507-4 using the procedures and
\nevaluation factors described in this provision. It is emphasized that this is a FAR 16.507 fair opportunity process
\nintended to streamline the source selection and be minimally burdensome for both the Navy and Indefinite
\nDelivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) awardees interested in competing for this requirement. The policies and
\nprocedures of FAR Part 15 do not apply to the source selection. While not an all-inclusive list, some examples
\nof FAR Part 15 requirements that do not apply are the late is late rule, competitive range determinations, and the
\nrules for negotiations, formal evaluation plans, and formal evaluation documentation.
\nThe Contracting Officer will make the source selection using the following two-step process.
\nSTEP ONE: No later than 12:00 PM EST, 31 August 2026, interested sources must submit, on no more than two
\n(2) (single sided) pages, a description of their experience on prior contracts they consider most similar to the
\nPerformance Work Statement (PWS). Interested sources should use their judgement on how to best demonstrate
\nthrough their two-page submission that they are a viable competitor. For example, a source with relatively
\nlimited experience related to the PWS could address how it has the commitment of key personnel or other
\ncontractors with more relevant experience.
\nStep One submissions must also attest that the interested vendor is a Small Business SeaPort NxG Prime
\nContract Holder, and the SeaPort contract number must be provided within the submission. Submissions that do
\nnot provide such attestation may be determined ineligible to participate in Step Two.
\nThe Contracting Officer will evaluate each submission and determine which sources are viable competitors for
\naward. The Contracting Officer may communicate with competitors, without regard to the rules of FAR Part 15
\nconcerning competitive range determinations and negotiations, if such communications will enhance the
\nContracting Officer’s determination of whether the interested sources is a viable competitor for award. A
\ndetermination that an interested source is nonviable does not necessarily mean the Contracting Officer believes
\nthe interested source cannot successfully perform the requirement. An interested source could be determined
\nnonviable because of their experience relative to other competitors. The Contracting Officer will notify those
\nsources determined nonviable that they are eliminated from further consideration, and invite sources determined
\nviable to submit a quote in response to Step-Two.
\nStep One submissions shall be emailed to kristen.m.dunlow.civ@us.navy.mil (CC: martyn.t.piggott.civ@us.
\nnavy.mil) in .PDF format. The deadline for Step One submissions is 31 August 2026 at 12:00 PM EST.
\nSTEP TWO: Upon the completion of Step One, the Contracting Officer will request the information detailed in
\nSections L and M of the Request for Quotations from the viable competitors. Refer to Section L for entirety of
\ninstructions and Section M for evaluation criteria. In addition to the information submitted by competitors, the
\nContracting Officer may consider other information reasonably related to the evaluation factors, to include the
\npersonal knowledge of the competitor’s commercial and Government customers, and past performance
\ndatabases. The Contracting Officer is not obligated to evaluate all information submitted from each competitor.
\nFor example, the Contracting Officer may curtail evaluation of a competitor’s submission if at any point the
\nContracting Officer determines the competitor’s quote is unlikely to represent the best value.
\nThe Contracting Officer may communicate with a competitor at any time during Steps One and Two without
\nregard to the FAR Part 15 rules concerning competitive range determinations and discussions. The Contracting
\nOfficer may also identify the competitor whose quote is likely to represent the best value and hold interchanges
\nsolely with that firm to finalize the order and/or obtain more favorable terms for the Government. Any
\nquotations received from firms that were determined not viable during Step One and not invited to submit a
\nquotation based on the review conducted during Step One will not be evaluated and will be immediately
\ndisqualified from consideration in this requirement.
The purpose of this solicitation is to provide qualified, experienced, certified, subject-matter and technical expertise and management support within Information Technology, System and Data Governance, Analytics, Human Resource Information Systems, and Equal Employment Opportunity to facilitate the overall objectives of the Department of the Navy, M&RA impacting the entire DON Total Force workforce and ultimately support the warfighter. The work effort is to provide experienced technical specialists, business analysts, and experts to maintain HR/IT governance, systems and database administration, MAHRS’ migration of infrastructure into the Navy’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud solution, Business Intelligence (BI), Oracle’s Enterprise Business Systems, and DON’s Jupiter data architecture and tools. Key tasks will align to:
\n\n
\n(a) Human Capital Solutions Management: Oversee, support the development of, and maintain policy and governance on Total Force Manpower, HR-Information Technology Systems and HR Data while ensuring compliance with DoW and DON policies for HR system and data operations, certifications, and modernization;
\n(b) Human Capital Systems Operations: Oversee, manage, implement and sustain HC/HR-IT systems infrastructure, systems and applications, portals, and help desk operations in compliance with DoW and DON policies for HR systems; and modernize towards new and innovative systems enabling high performing day-to-day operations across the DON;
\n(c) Total Force & HR Business Intelligence: Design, develop, deliver and sustain HC business analytics, tools, dashboards, reports, metrics, and models to improve and support data-driven decision making with the DON; and
\n(d) EEO: Support senior leaders and management officials on any systems issues, creation of policy and guidance, investigation, analysis and recommendations for adjudication, and develop training.
This solicitation is issued under the authority of FAR 16.5 under the Seaport program of multiple award IDIQ
\ncontracts as a small business set-aside. Only small business SeaPort MAC holders are eligible to participate in
\nthis solicitation process. To the extent that the words "offer" or "proposal" appear in this solicitation, they shall be construed to mean
\n"quote" (or "quotation"), and to the extent that the word "offeror" appears in this solicitation, it shall be
\nconstrued to mean "quoter".
FAIR OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION FOR AWARD
\n\n
\nThe Navy will provide interested sources with a fair opportunity IAW FAR 16.507-4 using the procedures and
\nevaluation factors described in this provision. It is emphasized that this is a FAR 16.507 fair opportunity process
\nintended to streamline the source selection and be minimally burdensome for both the Navy and Indefinite
\nDelivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) awardees interested in competing for this requirement. The policies and
\nprocedures of FAR Part 15 do not apply to the source selection. While not an all-inclusive list, some examples
\nof FAR Part 15 requirements that do not apply are the late is late rule, competitive range determinations, and the
\nrules for negotiations, formal evaluation plans, and formal evaluation documentation.
\nThe Contracting Officer will make the source selection using the following two-step process.
\nSTEP ONE: No later than 12:00 PM EST, 31 August 2026, interested sources must submit, on no more than two
\n(2) (single sided) pages, a description of their experience on prior contracts they consider most similar to the
\nPerformance Work Statement (PWS). Interested sources should use their judgement on how to best demonstrate
\nthrough their two-page submission that they are a viable competitor. For example, a source with relatively
\nlimited experience related to the PWS could address how it has the commitment of key personnel or other
\ncontractors with more relevant experience.
\nStep One submissions must also attest that the interested vendor is a Small Business SeaPort NxG Prime
\nContract Holder, and the SeaPort contract number must be provided within the submission. Submissions that do
\nnot provide such attestation may be determined ineligible to participate in Step Two.
\nThe Contracting Officer will evaluate each submission and determine which sources are viable competitors for
\naward. The Contracting Officer may communicate with competitors, without regard to the rules of FAR Part 15
\nconcerning competitive range determinations and negotiations, if such communications will enhance the
\nContracting Officer’s determination of whether the interested sources is a viable competitor for award. A
\ndetermination that an interested source is nonviable does not necessarily mean the Contracting Officer believes
\nthe interested source cannot successfully perform the requirement. An interested source could be determined
\nnonviable because of their experience relative to other competitors. The Contracting Officer will notify those
\nsources determined nonviable that they are eliminated from further consideration, and invite sources determined
\nviable to submit a quote in response to Step-Two.
\nStep One submissions shall be emailed to kristen.m.dunlow.civ@us.navy.mil (CC: martyn.t.piggott.civ@us.
\nnavy.mil) in .PDF format. The deadline for Step One submissions is 31 August 2026 at 12:00 PM EST.
\nSTEP TWO: Upon the completion of Step One, the Contracting Officer will request the information detailed in
\nSections L and M of the Request for Quotations from the viable competitors. Refer to Section L for entirety of
\ninstructions and Section M for evaluation criteria. In addition to the information submitted by competitors, the
\nContracting Officer may consider other information reasonably related to the evaluation factors, to include the
\npersonal knowledge of the competitor’s commercial and Government customers, and past performance
\ndatabases. The Contracting Officer is not obligated to evaluate all information submitted from each competitor.
\nFor example, the Contracting Officer may curtail evaluation of a competitor’s submission if at any point the
\nContracting Officer determines the competitor’s quote is unlikely to represent the best value.
\nThe Contracting Officer may communicate with a competitor at any time during Steps One and Two without
\nregard to the FAR Part 15 rules concerning competitive range determinations and discussions. The Contracting
\nOfficer may also identify the competitor whose quote is likely to represent the best value and hold interchanges
\nsolely with that firm to finalize the order and/or obtain more favorable terms for the Government. Any
\nquotations received from firms that were determined not viable during Step One and not invited to submit a
\nquotation based on the review conducted during Step One will not be evaluated and will be immediately
\ndisqualified from consideration in this requirement.