SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES

Responses to Questions have been posted, question period is closed. The deadline for proposal submissions have been extended to November 16, 2021. The Government will allow questions until 3:00 pm EDT on 05 October 2021.and will respond by 08 October 2021 but does not intend to extend the deadline for proposal submissions. U.S. Army ACC-APG, Edgewood Contracting Division, on behalf of US Army CombatCapabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) has arequirement for The Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Program Support Services (STEPSS)contract, a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle that will service the needs of DEVCOM CBC and other CBRNE defense agencies withcomplementary missions, by providing acquisition life-cycle research, development, and test andevaluation services. A.2 The STEPSS activities to be performed under this contract are technical support services for:research, development, test and evaluation; engineering; acquisition (product development,fielding and administration); and chemical and biological demilitarization operations. DEVCOMCBC activities span the life cycle from chemical and biological defense research to product development. A.3 The Government anticipates this solicitation will result in the award of multiple STEPSSIDIQ contracts. Individual STEPSS task/delivery orders will be competed among and awarded toSTEPSS IDIQ contract holders. The Government will award IDIQ contracts to all qualifying Offerors. The Government intends to use Best Value-Trade Offs for the majority of STEPSStask/delivery orders but reserves the right to use Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA)should circumstances prove advantageous to the Government. The Government anticipates themajority of task/delivery orders will be issued under Cost-type contracting approaches. It is alsoanticipated that Fixed Price type contracting approaches will be required. All task/delivery order efforts accommodating the nature of the STEPSS activities will be tailored with Statement ofObjectives (SOOs), Statements of Work (SOWs), or Performance Work Statements (PWSs).STEPSS IDIQ contract holders may subcontract with other vendors, to include STEPSS IDIQcontract holders and outside vendors, in order to compete for STEPSS task/delivery orders. A.4 The maximum total contract value (ceiling) of all STEPSS task/delivery orders to be issuedunder the STEPSS IDIQ contracts is $869,061,571. The ordering period is one (1) five year baseperiod and one (1) five year option period. Performance of any order must be completed withinwithin 36 months of the expiration of the base ordering period, or 12 months of the expiration of the option ordering period. A.5 IDIQ contract awards resulting from this solicitation are subject to availability of funds.However, if an IDIQ contract resulting from this solicitation is awarded, either a fundedtask/delivery order will be issued simultaneously, or the guaranteed minimum for the baseordering period will be obligated. A.6 All proposals should be directed to [email protected] and [email protected] no later than 12:00 PM EDT 16 November 2021.