SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Request for Information - Bank Simulation
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Acquisition Management (AQM), 250 E Street, SW, Mail Stop 4-13, Washington, District of Columbia, 20219
- ZIP Code
- 20219
- Solicitation Number
- CC14RFI0001
- Archive Date
- 2/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Karen A. Green,
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.green@occ.treas.gov
(karen.green@occ.treas.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government reserves the right to determine how it should proceed as a result of this notice. Furthermore, those who respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback with regard to its submission. BACKGROUND The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of all national banks and federal savings associations. The OCC is responsible for promoting the safety and soundness of the country's national banks and federal savings associations and maintaining its competitiveness, efficiency, integrity and stability in the financial marketplace. OBJECTIVE The OCC is seeking to incorporate a bank simulation model into the training curriculum for precommissioned examiners, specialists, and others. The purpose of the bank simulation exercise is to provide targeted employees with a more holistic understanding of the interrelated nature of decisions and how external factors can significantly impact outcomes. This exercise will also be used to evaluate how much the target audience's knowledge has improved. OCC requests vendors submit capability statements based on their product(s) performance by responding to the questions/statements listed below. SCOPE OF PROGRAM/KEY REQUIREMENTS 1) Please explain if and how the complexity of your program can be tailored to meet the knowledge base of four key groups: a. fairly new employees with a limited knowledge base; b. candidates with highly specialized or narrow exposure working in a bank; c. employees who have worked as examiners for 4+ years; d. candidates who were exposed to the program as new employees. 2) Please describe the nature of any pre-work, the time commitment needed to complete this work, and what tools/equipment are required to complete this pre-work. 3) Please describe your instructor/facilitator cadre (to include number of personnel potentially available) should OCC opt to utilize vendor instructors/facilitators in meeting this requirement. Descriptions should include experience and aptitudes in the following areas: a. knowledge of banking; b. knowledge of model operation and outputs; c. experience serving as a bank simulation instructor within the past 3 years; d. ability to provide instruction based on a provided course framework scenario (e.g., a bank on the verge of a problem bank scenario or a bank already in trouble with Canary or Regulatory Ratio issues); e. experience and skills in credit examinations, financial industry Interest Rate Risk (IRR), and investment activities; and f. effective communication and interpersonal skills 4) Please describe the maximum number of participants you are able to accommodate in one training session, and the number of sessions you can deliver in a calendar year. Also, please indicate if there are any restrictions in providing the training in multiple locations across the US (principally NY, Chicago, Dallas, and Washington D.C.) 5) Please describe your capacity to deliver this instruction virtually including specifics about the mechanisms/processes used. If the virtual delivery process differs from the in-person process, please describe those differences. 6) Please identify whether the program is team-based and what is the most optimal team size for your program. If team-based, please include: a. How many teams does your program accommodate in one session? b. How much time do the teams have to make decision inputs? c. How many input decisions are made in a typical three-day program? d. How many input decisions are made in a typical five-day program? 7) Please describe the variety of economic cycles that could be used in the program and how they impact the team results (e.g., severe economic downturn, recession, or significant increase in non-performing loans.) 8) Please describe how your model may or may not incorporate key economic indicators into a yield assumption that would be used to produce investment, loan, and deposit rates within each scenario. (Economic indicators such as Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) projections (change in real gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rate, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate, or core PCE inflation rate); or other market projections (Fed Funds Rate, Prime Rate, or LIBOR.)) 9) Please describe how your program can modulate the aggressiveness of the team's operating decisions (e.g., are there liquidity ramifications if the group decides to sell off their entire investment portfolio because of the positive mark to market position?) 10) Please describe the extent of "what-if" scenarios your program allows the teams to perform or permit, what is the output (e.g., reports charts), and any limitation on the number of scenarios. 11) Please describe the flexibility of the program to add additional complex assets such as mortgage backed securities, corporate debt, construction loans, and/or home equity loans. If your program already includes such components, please note which options are already available. 12) Please describe the flexibility of the program to add complex liabilities. If your program already includes such components, please note which options are already available. 13) Please describe how your program can simulate a problem bank scenario, which would include: a. The ability to introduce significant credit deterioration and/or volatility into the team results. b. The ability to introduce significant interest rate exposures, such as what some thrifts would face in a rapid increase in interest rates. 14) Please indicate how your model measures interest rate risk and the economic value of equity. 15) Please indicate how your model addresses non-maturity deposits and related decay rates. 16) Please explain what specific regulatory guidelines or constraints are built into the model? 17) Please explain how the model specifically addresses concentration risk. Does your model factor in any constraints based on excessive concentrations? If not, is it possible to introduce and discuss concentration implications with your model? 18) Please explain if your model incorporates the BASEL III capital requirements that will be effective in 2015. 19) Please describe the output provided to the team to allow them to make input decisions. 20) Please describe what team and/or individual feedback is provided during the simulation. Please include the various points at which feedback is provided, including end-of-session feedback. 21) Please provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimation of anticipated costs broken down by software licenses (if applicable), instructor support (by session or # of participants as applicable), and other associated contract costs as appropriate (e.g., annual license renewal fees, software upgrades, etc.) FORMAT, DELIVERY DATE, AND POINT OF CONTACT Responses will be submitted using Microsoft Office 2007/2010 or Adobe X PDF format and are due February 6, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET by email to Karen A. Green at Karen.green@occ.treas.gov. Responses will be single-spaced, with one inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, and no longer than 15 pages (page limitation does not include the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimation). All correspondence must be via email; no phone calls. Capability statements will address the questions outlined in the RFI and any relevant information that specifically addresses the company's capabilities to provide services. Corporate Information 1) Name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and e-mail of designated point of contact 2) Corporate Web site address 3) Type of Business a. Large business b. Small business c. Small disadvantaged business d. 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business e. HUB-Zone small business f. Woman-owned small business g. Veteran-owned small business h. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business 4) DUNS number 5) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code classifications 6) List any existing vehicles (i.e. GSA, GWAC and etc.) Failure to provide sufficient documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities. When submitting responses, vendors shall clearly identify any information it considers sensitive or proprietary. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked "proprietary" will be handled accordingly. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in this response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
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- Zip Code: 20219
- Zip Code: 20219
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