SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- FORM 5500 ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - DRAFT SOW
- Notice Date
- 3/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Office of Procurement Services, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, S-4307, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210-0001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20210-0001
- Solicitation Number
- DOL141RI21939
- Archive Date
- 4/24/2014
- Point of Contact
- Sheila J. Thompson,
- E-Mail Address
-
thompson.sheila@dol.gov
(thompson.sheila@dol.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; this announcement is not a formal solicitation and not intended as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The Office of Procurement Services, on behalf of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, is seeking qualified and capable vendors to provide economic research and statistical services, with an emphasis on identifying capable HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Small Business concerns. The Government intends to solicit and procure the required services under set-aside or full and open procedures supported by this source sought announcement. If at least two responsible SDVOSB, or HUBZone providers are determined by the Government to be capable of performing this requirement based on an evaluation of the capability packages submitted by April 9, 2014, 12:00 pm, Eastern time, the requirement will be solicited as a 100% for SDVOSB or HUBZone. If two or more SDVOSB or HUBZones are not found capable, and two or more small business have been identified that are capable of providing these services the requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns. If capability packages are not received from at least two responsible small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 by the response date, or if the Government determines that no small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 are capable of performing this requirement based upon an evaluation of the capability packages submitted; this requirement will be solicited under full and open competitive procedures. Only small businesses are to submit capability packages. Interested small business concerns capable of providing services under NAICS code 541720 with a size standard of $19 million are encouraged to submit their capability packages. The capability packages for this sources sought market survey are not proposals, but rather statements regarding the company's existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the Statement of Work Capability packages must not exceed 15 pages and must be submitted electronically. All contractor questions must be submitted no later than April 1, 2014, 10:00 a.m., EDT. Small business concerns are to outline their experiences in the following: 1. Experience in statistical analysis, preparing statistical reports, and generating documentation of underlying statistics. 2. Experience and familiarity with the Form 5500 statistical reports published by EBSA (Private Pension Plan Bulletins Abstract of Form 5500 Annual Reports, Form 5500 Direct Filing Entity Bulletin Abstract of Form 5500 Annual Reports, Schedule C Bulletin Abstract of Form 5500 Annual Reports, Group Health Plans Reports Abstract of Form 5500 Annual Reports). 3. Experience in analyzing data relevant to employer provided pension and health insurance plans in particular self-insured group health plans. 4. Experience in summarizing and analyzing unedited Form 5500 data filings collected by the Department of Labor (which includes the Form 5500-SF and Main Form 5500 filings, along with all accompanying Schedules and Attachments). 5. Experience and knowledge with SAS data sets and the SAS programming language. 6. Quantitative analytical skills and knowledge with advanced mathematical topics in particular matrix algebra. 7. Experience with ERISA laws and regulations, especially relating to Form 5500 and group health plan reporting requirements. 8. Experience in organizing and holding briefing to senior level government executives. Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such. A written Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on or about May 19, 2014. The RFP must be retrieved and downloaded from FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued. All amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. Responses to the RFP must be submitted by email to the POC identified below. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Contractors are responsible for all costs for submitting their capability packages. POC is Sheila Thompson, at Thompson.sheila@dol.gov.
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