This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. The 42nd Contracting Squadron is conducting market research to determine the existence of potential business sources to provide an enterprise-level multimedia hosting environment to support the various resident, non-resident, and hybrid programs being offered by our higher education organizations. This will enable our schools/organizations to store audio, video, and other types of rich media content on a commercially hosted service. A Commercial Off the Shelf(COTS) product is desired since Maxwell Air Force Base does not have the bandwidth, manpower, or hardware infrastructure in place to provide 24/7/365 support of this capability. This is a proposed enterprise solution would be used in conjunction with our Blackboard (Bb)learning management system to streamline access to our multimedia course content.

The information in this notice is based on the best and most current information available to date. This information is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Any updated information will be provided in future announcements and posted electronically on the Federal Business Opportunities homepage at www.fbo.gov, as available.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing infrastructure for hosting or data processing services. These establishments may provide specialized hosting activities, such as web hosting, streaming services or application hosting, provide application service provisioning, or may provide general time-share mainframe facilities to clients. Data processing establishments provide complete processing and specialized reports from data supplied by clients or provide automated data processing and data entry services.

Dependent upon responses to this Sources Sought announcement, it is anticipated that a firm fixed price contract may be solicited.

The contractor needs to be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). (Register via the CCR website http://www.ccr.gov), also be eligible to process invoices through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)(Register via the WAWF website https://wawf.eb.mil), and be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA)(Register via the ORCA website at http://www.orca.bpn.gov).

Responses to this market survey are requested not later than close of business 12 Aug 2011. Direct questions to Patrick J. Kennerson at 334-953-6569 or Kevin Williams at 334-953-3086. Fax responses are acceptable; fax to 334-953-3341 or 334-953-3527. Please send electronic responses to [email protected] and [email protected] in PDF or Microsoft Word Format. Written responses can be mailed to: 42nd Contracting Squadron, Attn: Patrick J Kennerson, Contracting Officer, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-5948.

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