DHS releases 3rd PACTS III Draft Proposal, announces upcoming Industry Day

Notice ID 70SBUR23R00000016

The third PACTS III draft Request for Proposal (RFP) and attachments have been posted and include “3rd Draft RFP” in the naming convention. The Government is not accepting any questions or concerns regarding any aspect of this draft solicitation.

Note: The final RFP for PACTS III will consist of three (3) separate solicitations, one (1) for each Functional Category. This third PACTS III draft RFP is only for Functional Category 1. The solicitations will look similar except for the one sentence under PART I – Continuation of SF 1449 that states which Functional Category the specific solicitation pertains to.

Many aspects of the draft RFP were revised from the second version to the third, so we encourage Industry to read it and all the attachments in its entirety. Some of the major updates include but are not limited to:

1. Offeror’s proposal will be evaluated based on the Functional Category, socioeconomic track and type of Offeror;
2. Projects that meet the definition of relevant and recent as defined in the solicitation that are from the Offeror (Prime Contractor or Small Business Teaming Arrangement (SBTA)) itself or a partner/member of the Offeror’s SBTA will be considered;
3. 40% of projects verified must have been performed by the partner(s) of the joint venture that possess the socioeconomic status associated with the track the Offeror is proposing (52.207-6(a)(1)(i)); Prime Contractor of a Prime/Subcontractor relationship (52.207-6(a)(1)(ii)) or the protégé in a Mentor-Protégé relationship (52.207-6(a)(2);
4. Majority of the attachments were refreshed;
5. The Government intends to use the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite for proposal submission and retrieval;
6. Managing Venturers or Prime Contractors of SBTAs that are Joint Ventures or Prime/Subcontractor(s) as defined in the solicitation may be granted additional points if Partner/Subcontractor agreements are provide that prove the Offeror has managed teams of the same size or larger on other projects.

The DRAFT documents and language within this third draft RFP are subject to change. Should any language in the DRAFT documents conflict with the final issued RFP, the final RFP shall take precedence.

The PACTS III Industry Day will be held on November 9, 2023, from 10:00am to 12:00pm EST. The Government is using Microsoft Teams Live to conduct this Industry Day. To participate, guest should copy and paste the link below in their browser.

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