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  • Procurement Watch:
    The top 14 set-asides of fiscal 2014

    You asked for it, and here it is: Set-Aside Alert’s list of the top 14 federal small business set-aside opportunities anticipated in fiscal 2014.

    There are big programs here for many small companies. Several are aimed at multiple companies and are valued at $1 billion or more.

    Defense opportunities take up an expanding part of the list, continuing a trend that began last year.

    Large civilian set-asides are expected from the State Department, Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

    Set-Aside Alert has identified 14 of the largest set-aside opportunities for which solicitations are anticipated in fiscal 2014.

    The list was compiled based on our own research as well as separate reports from research groups Deltek and Bloomberg Government as well as federal agency procurement forecasts.

    A few of the Requests for Proposals have just been released or are imminent, while most of the RFPs for the opportunities on the list are expected to be published between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 of 2014.

    Here are the top 14 set-asides:

    1. State Department Global Aviation Program
    Est. value: $10 billion, including small business set-asides (Bloomberg)
    Set-Asides: HUBZone, SDVOSB, and two other set-asides, including for IT services, safety compliance and training (Bloomberg).
    RFP date: Q3 (Bloomberg)
    Solicitation #s SAQMMA13R0044
    SAQMMA13R0393
    Website(s): http://goo.gl/3bSF94 and http://goo.gl/IAbIpd

    2. Army: R—TACOM Strategic Service Solutions (TS3)
    Partial set-aside anticipated (Bloomberg)
    Est. value: $3.2 billion, including set-asides (Bloomberg)
    RFP date: Q1 (Bloomberg)
    Solicitation W56HZV13R0095
    Website: http://goo.gl/mlv519

    3. Defense Intelligence Agency SITE 2- Small Business Track IDIQ contract
    Est. value: $1.5 billion (Source: Bloomberg)
    Anticipate set-asides in six service areas, including command and control assets, top-secret clearances and work in high-risk and conflict areas (Bloomberg).
    RFP date: Q3 (Bloomberg)
    Solicitation DIA-SITE2-RFI
    Website: http://goo.gl/NHn3Gp

    4. Homeland Security Department’s Program Management, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Services (PACTSII) Set-Aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
    Est. value: $1.5B (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q1 (Deltek)
    Solicitation PACTSII_Intent_24
    MAY2013
    Website: http://goo.gl/aPw4j4

    5. General Services Administration - Office Supplies-3 (OS3) Blanket Purchase Agreement/Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative
    Set-Aside: Small business, SDVOSB
    Est. value: $1.25 billion (GSA)
    RFP date: Draft RFP released on Dec. 6
    Solicitation # not available
    Website: http://goo.gl/HGm6Fy

    6. Navy Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Routers, Switches and Related Equipment & Accessories
    Set-Aside: Competitive 8(a)
    Est. value: $990 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q1 (Deltek)
    Solicitation: N65236-13-R-0017
    Website: http://goo.gl/Cmyfhg

    7. Navy Global Business Support
    The requirement is from the Fleet Logistics Center San Diego. The multiple-award contract will provide non-personal contract labor support throughout all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam.
    Set-Aside: 100% small business
    Est. value: $730 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q1 (Deltek)
    Solicitation N00244-13-R-0047
    Website: http://goo.gl/OShVQN

    8. GSA’s Janitorial/Sanitation Supplies (Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative)
    Est. value: $600 million a year (GSA)
    Set-Aside: partial small business
    RFQ date: October 2013
    Website: https://interact.gsa.gov/blog/request-quote-rfq-issued-fssi-jansan

    9. U.S. Agency for International Development, Single Award IQC for a Procurement Service Agent for Laboratory Supplies for Global Health Supply Chain Program
    Set-Aside: 100% small business (Deltek)
    Est. value $500 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q1 (Deltek)
    Solicitation # not available
    Website: not available

    10. Army Space and Missile Defense Command R--Space and Missile Defense Advisory and Assistance Services (SMDA2S) - W92160-13-R-0003
    Partial set-aside anticipated (Deltek)
    Est. value: $496 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q2 (Deltek)
    Solicitation W91260-13-R-0003
    Website: http://goo.gl/Gjijh4

    11. Naval Air Systems Command Corporate Business Office Program and Systems Support Small Business (PASS-SB)
    Set-Aside: 100% small business
    Est. value: $493 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q1 (Deltek)
    Solicitation W15QKN-13-R-0183
    Website: http://goo.gl/fT6FEP

    12. Army Contracting Command D--Unified Field Support Services (UFSS) for Mission Command (MC) Family of Systems (FoS).
    Small business set-aside anticipated (Deltek)
    Est. value: $491 million (Deltek)
    RFP date: Q2 (Deltek)
    Solicitation W15P7T-13-R-0002
    Website: http://goo.gl/aiW11m

    13. Coast Guard IDIQ Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) vehicle
    Encompasses planned and unplanned dry dock and dockside maintenance requirements for US Coast Guard 110’ and 87’ Patrol Boats. (DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast System)
    Set-Aside: 100% small business
    Est. Value: Over $100 million (DHS)
    RFP date: Q1 (DHS)
    Solicitation # not available
    Website: http://apfs.dhs.gov/AAP/ResultAAP.aspx

    14. DHS Headquarters GWAC/MAC contract for infrastructure support services; planning, management, deployment and system maintain services for the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Technology Services Office (ITSO).
    Set-Aside: 100% small business
    Est. value: over $100 million (DHS)
    RFP date: Q1 (DHS)
    Solicitation # not available
    Website: http://apfs.dhs.gov/AAP/ResultAAP.aspx

    (Editor’s note: Also, the GSA’s “OASIS-Small Business track” IDIQ contract for professional services,one of the largest opportunities yet to be awarded, is not included on the list because the solicitation was issued in fiscal 2013.)


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