SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- ExPRESS - DRAFT ExPRESS Section M - DRAFT ExPRESS Section H - Document Repository 2 - DRAFT ExPRESS Section I - DRAFT ExPRESS Section F - DRAFT ExPRESS Section J - DRAFT ExPRESS Section C - Section J Attachments - Document Repository 1 - DRAFT ExPRESS Section G - Document Repository 0 - DRAFT ExPRESS Section K - DRAFT ExPRESS Section E - Document Repository 3 - DRAFT ExPRESS Section B - Document Repository 5 - DRAFT ExPRESS Section D - Document Repository 6 - Document Repository 4 - Section L Attachments - DRAFT ExPRESS Section L
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561422
— Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
- Contracting Office
- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Office of Financial Service, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 77 K Street NE, Suite 1000, Washington, District of Columbia, 20002, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20002
- Solicitation Number
- TIB-2016-RFP-0002
- Point of Contact
- Linda K. Bethke-Cyr,
- E-Mail Address
-
ExPRESS@tsp.gov
(ExPRESS@tsp.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Section L - Instructions, Conditions, and Notice to Offerors L.6 Significant Subcontractor Proposal L.5 Proposed Subcontractor Proposal DRAFT L.4 Prime Contractor Work Transfer DRAFT L.3 Prime Contractor Proposal DRAFT L.2 CLIN Pricing Summary DRAFT L.1 Past Performance Questionnaire Section D - Packaging and Marking Section B - Supplies or Services & Prices or Cost Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Section K - Representation, Certifications, and Other Statements Section G - Contract Administration Data J.2(p) J.2(o) J.2(n) J.2(m) J.2(j) J.2(h) J.2(g) J.2(f) J.2(c) J.2(b) J.2(a) J.1 CDRLs Section C - Service Center PWS Section J - List of Attachments Section F - Deliverables Section I - Contract Clauses Section H - Special Contract Requirements Section M - Evaluation Factors For Award The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) will be soliciting for a qualified and experienced Contractor to provide state-of-the-art technology and participant operations services to the Thrift Savings Plan. THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Do not use this draft Request for Proposal (RFP) as the basis for your proposal. The documents enclosed are a "DRAFT" product and the formal RFP may change substantially from this draft based on feedback from Industry on this draft. A draft RFP is now available for viewing. The draft RFP is located at this FBO site and access to the ExPRESS Document Library will require Explicit Access (see FBO.GOV Vendor Guide). Once FRTIB receives an Explicit Access request from vendors through FBO.GOV, vendors will be directly contacted by FRTIB to complete a required Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to Explicit Access being granted. If you have a completed Non-Disclosure Agreement on file with FRTIB from the ExPRESS Draft PWS site, access will be granted once a request has been received. Prospective Offerors who have been granted Explicit Access to the documents are reminded to ensure that before they share the documents with either team members or potential sub-contractors/teammates that they submit a completed NDA for each individual who will be viewing the documents. Any individual desiring direct access to the documents via FBO must submit to the FBO Explicit Access process. The authorization to view Explicit Access documents process is managed by FBO, not by FRTIB. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the final RFP and all attachments. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps web page for the release of the solicitation and any amendments that may follow. Solicitation TIB-2016-RFP-0002 is tentatively scheduled to be available on the World Wide Web at https://www.fbo.gov. in August 2016. The tentative scheduled date and time for submission of proposals for TIB-2016-RFP-0002 will be on or about 30 business days from the date of publicizing the solicitation. Offerors are cautioned to include the Solicitation Number TIB-2016-RFP-0002 on all documentation submitted in response to this requirement with strict adherence to Section L of the solicitation. This procurement will be a full and open competition. Vendors are encouraged to provide comments and response to questions at ExPRESS@tsp.gov with the subject title: ExPRESS Draft RFP Response. Responses are due NLT 03 June 2016, 1:00PM Eastern. FRTIB will not respond to or post any questions/comments from Industry. At 1:00PM ET on 03 June 2016, all Explicit Accesses will be revoked. ExPRESS Draft RFP The FRTIB requests industry comments to inform its overall ExPRESS requirements, acceptance criteria, pricing methodologies, and evaluation methodologies. Industry comments received in response to this draft RFP will help the FRTIB evaluate the feasibility of all aspects of the RFP and minimize changes to the final RFP. The FRTIB welcomes comments on all aspects of the draft RFP and Documents Library. The FRTIB is especially interested in obtaining input and feedback on the areas of focus listed below. 1. Evaluation Sub-Factor 1 - In accordance with Sub-Factor 1, a "knock-out" sub-factor where Offeror responses receiving a rating of Fair or Poor will eliminate their proposal from evaluation and eliminated Offeror will be notified upon approval of the Competitive Range. 2. Pricing methodology is to have Phase-In Firm Fixed-Price, and Base and Option periods Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF) with the potential of converting Option period CPFF structure to a performance based contract structure, e.g. Cost-Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF), Cost-Plus Award Fee (CPAF), etc. 3. ExPRESS procurement is strictly for Services. It is the Offeror's responsibility to procure Participant Engagement Hub (PEH) equipment/material for their solution, and then to maintain all components/piece parts of their PEH solution, i.e. Technical Refresh, COTS/CAS integrity, licenses, and maintenance through contract performance. Note that any PEH updates as a result of Transformational requirements will be handled through the Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order (TO) process. 4. FRTIB is undergoing a conversion of its IT environment in order to establish a Service Oriented Architecture to support ExPRESS interfaces with its Record Keeping system. However, there is a possibility that this architecture will not be in place by contract award. Given this potential constraint, please provide feedback on any foreseeable challenges to interfacing with legacy systems while relying on documentation of the nature provided in the document library. See H. 44 and Document library 4.1 Current State and Desired Future Interaction Patterns, 4.2.1 Functional Design Document - Agency Payroll - Data Submission (DSUB), and 4.2.2 Functional Design Document - Agency Payroll Interface. 5. FRTIB has established a minimum Go-Live timeframe of 9-months. See Section C.1.8 - Phase-In Operational Outcomes on Go-Live minimum timeframe, and provide comments on any concerns or issues that this constraint might impose for Offerors Phase-In. 6. FRTIB has established a rigorous acceptance process throughout Phase-In from Evaluation Sub-factor 2 and Section E.8 Acceptance Criteria. This acceptance approach is critical to FRTIB to assure success at Go-Live. 7. Section C has been significantly revised since the draft PWS was released. For example, the Special Processing services and functions are no longer in scope, the web site is not in scope until the Transformation phase, and phases have been consolidated. Also at FRTIB's discretion, transformation planning, analysis, and development activities may be authorized during the Steady State phase. 8. Information, Personnel, and Physical Security is a critical piece of ExPRESS, see Section H for specific clauses and provide any comments or concerns. Specifically, how do the Security requirements in H.1 affect Phase-In, and how does meeting a FISMA medium or high categorization affect the Phase-In timeframe? Current ExPRESS Procurement Schedule • Fourth Quarter FY2016 - ExPRESS RFP posting • Fourth Quarter FY2017 - Contract Award
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
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