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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 23, 2014 FBO #4502
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R -- Office of Performance Management (OPM) Enhanced Automation of Performance Reviews – Linking Performance, Strategy, and Budget - Attachment

Notice Date

3/21/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick;Department of Veterans Affairs;321 Ballenger Center Drive, Suite 125;Frederick MD 21703
 

ZIP Code

21703
 

Solicitation Number

VA119A14I0176
 

Response Due

4/21/2014
 

Archive Date

5/21/2014
 

Point of Contact

Tamara Dean
 

E-Mail Address

.dean@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Sources Sought Notice / Request for Information (RFI) Office of Performance Management (OPM) Enhanced Automation of Performance Reviews - Linking Performance, Strategy, and Budget The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice / Request for Information (RFI) to request responses from qualified businesses capable of providing the requirements below. The responses to this RFI will contribute to determining the method of procurement and identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Those who manage agency strategy, performance and budgets are often not the same people, whether at the headquarters level or in large, diverse components. Automation can significantly help these officials work together by capturing common data elements, their relationship to one another, the workflow they support, and the deliverables they populate - while increasing the speed, accessibility, and accuracy of these efforts. As these management processes operate, dynamic linkages between performance, strategies and budgets simplify coordination challenges and permit a more efficient and effective program to emerge. Moreover, requests and reports that are able to demonstrate dynamic linkages among strategy, performance and budgets are better able to make the agency's case for support. While these benefits have been stated many times, and statutory requirements increasingly compel such linkage, there appear to be few examples of enterprise-spanning success that touches on the disparate offices that would be expected to participate in such efforts. In turn, there seem to be few end-to-end process tools that have been developed by vendors, or supported by implementers, that have shown success across multiple phases of workflow, or with multiple organizational levels supported. VA's Office of Performance Management is responsible for all aspects of collecting and disseminating information and reports about enterprise performance of the VA organization and its major components. In this role, the Office seeks to assist leaders and managers of all phases of the resource claiming, allocating, and reporting processes to better realize the linkages between our strategic objectives, our budgets, and our organizational performance. First, VA seeks to receive information about "success stories" wherein agencies have dynamically linked enterprise-wide performance, strategic objectives and budgets. Alternatively, examples at a level lower than the full enterprise are welcome if they have broader applicability. Second, VA seeks to learn what technical solutions are available in the existing marketplace, whether they have been implemented or not. As VA currently uses every manner of tool for Business Intelligence (BI), from spreadsheets to SharePoint, to standalone BI tools and enterprise resource planning-scale systems, we wish to learn about the full gamut of alternatives, including opportunities that may lay "down the road" on a roadmap of possible alternatives. Third, VA wishes to understand the "lessons learned" regarding the variety of alternatives. Fourth, VA is not only interested in technical solutions, but also opportunities for learning and/or process change which may present themselves. Fifth, VA is interested in learning how these linkages can be maintained and used across all phases of the resource management process, from strategic/performance planning to programming to budget formulation to execution and to performance management. Sixth, VA is interested in understanding how a small office can effectively leverage services over multiple years to develop and execute a road map of maturation of capability that moves from success to success as techniques and tools mature, and as each resource cycle builds on the successes of previous ones. Finally, VA expects to serve as a thought leader in the Federal Government in disseminating information and insights about paths to link strategy, performance and budgets, and seeks to know which other organizations are similarly interested. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This RFI does not constitute a Request for Quotes (RFQ) and/or Request for Proposals (RFP). Submission of any information in response to this RFI is purely voluntary. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please respond to this RFI as follows: Cover Sheet - 1 page Please provide the following information: 1)Organization name, address, DUNS number, and web site. 2)Point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. 3)Business size (large or small). If small, please provide type of small business (SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.). 4)GSA contract number, schedule, and SIN category(s), if applicable. Index - 1 page Please provide an index to assist the Government in identifying where you have addressed each question below in your Capabilities Statement and Market Information. Please provide question number and corresponding page and section heading and/or paragraph number. Capabilities Statement and Market Information - 10 pages (maximum) Please respond to the following questions by providing a Capabilities Statement and Market Information: 1.Please describe your organization's breadth of expertise/competency to respond to or support the above listed requirement to dynamically link strategy, performance and budget. 2.What software solutions are available to assist the Government in meeting the requirement to dynamically link strategy, performance and budget? 3.What process lessons are available to assist the Government in meeting the requirement to dynamically link strategy, performance and budget, both at the enterprise level and for subsidiary organizations? 4.What examples are there of government organizations successfully linking strategy, performance and budget in a dynamic way, and what distinguishes their success from other experiences? 5.What does the maturation path look like for tools and processes, and how would the government know where it is on that path toward dynamically linking strategy, performance and budget? 6.How can the Government effectively demonstrate that it has dynamically linked performance, budget and strategy to external stakeholders and internal leadership? 7.How can a small office implement solutions over a multi-year roadmap when it is already fully busy? What are the critical milestones? How can the work be scoped and phased to achieve the maximum benefit at the lowest cost and risk? 8.What would a well-crafted SOO/SOW/PWS look like? POINT OF CONTACTS The Point of Contacts (POC) for this RFI is as follows: James L. Boughner Contracting Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick Frederick, MD 21703 Phone: 240-772-3434 Email: james.boughner@va.gov Tamara Dean Contract Specialist Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick Phone: 240-772-3485 Email: tamara.dean@va.gov Responses to this RFI shall be submitted via e-mail to tamara.dean@va.gov and james.boughner@va.gov no later than 10:00 a.m. on April 21, 2014. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA119A-14-I-0176 VA119A-14-I-0176.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1266700&FileName=VA119A-14-I-0176-000.docx)

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Record

SN03317222-W 20140323/140321235115-ed3fe81b63f40e8d1e6645088bd28955 (fbodaily.com)
 

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