SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Retirement and Benefits Management Support Services - Sources Sought Notice
- Notice Date
- 12/6/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541612
— Human Resources Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- National Labor Relations Board, Division of Administration, Acquisitions Management Branch, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20570, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20570
- Solicitation Number
- NLRB6317RFI0002
- Archive Date
- 1/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- Julie F. Yarbrough,
- E-Mail Address
-
julie.yarbrough@nlrb.gov
(julie.yarbrough@nlrb.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice This is a Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The information gained will assist in developing the acquisition for the Agency's Retirement and Benefits Management Support Services requirement. The NLRB's Acquisition Management Branch is issuing this notice to request feedback from industry about capability of accomplishing the general requirement as follows. This requirement encompasses many aspects of Retirement and Benefits support with a focus in the following areas: i.Providing pre-retirement counseling and retirement functions (for all Federal retirement systems), including determination of retirement eligibility; FERCCA cases; determination and calculation of creditable service; and, calculation of complex estimated annuity. ii.Providing eligibility information concerning survivor benefits; health benefits; life insurance coverage in retirement; flexible spending accounts; long term care insurance; and provide information on other benefits such as workers' compensation, social security, Medicare, taxes and reemployment after retirement to federal employees. iii.Providing information on disability retirement and assist in processing applications. iv.Providing information concerning deposit and redeposit to the retirement fund for civilian and military service credit, voluntary contributions, refunds, and designation of beneficiaries. v.Completing retirement application packages in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations and guidelines. vi.Researching laws, regulations, policies, and guidance governing Federal benefits programs, including but not limited to, health and life insurance, and Thrift Savings Plan in order to assist in completing retirement case files. The objectives of this requirement must be met by professional personnel who are highly skilled and that are keenly aware of the sensitivity associated with the information and areas in which they are performing these services in support of the highest levels of the Agency. The anticipated period of performance for this requirement is five (5) years; a 12-month base period, and four (4) 12-month option periods. Service is anticipated to commence on approximately March 1, 2017, to allow for up to a 30 calendar day transition period. To this end, the NLRB Acquisition Management Branch is seeking the following information from small business concerns, to include SBA 8(a) Business Development Program participants and concerns owned by an Indian tribe or an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). 1)Briefly identify your firm's capability to perform the task areas as listed above (i - vi). Provide information that demonstrates the extent of your corporate experience performing the same or similar work during the last three (3) years. 2)Describe your approach to operating in an environment with tight timelines and sometimes unrealistic expectations with respect to delivery schedules. 3)Describe your approach to the simultaneous management of multiple high priority projects. 4)How would you build (or how have you built) a culture of continuous improvement in a diverse organization? What are the keys to success? This Sources Sought Notice is being issued under NAICS Code 541611 - Human Resources Consulting Services. Considering the nature of the work specified in the general requirement areas listed above, the Government welcomes comments as to which NAICS Code is most appropriate for this action. INFORMATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: The response to this notice is limited to five (5) single sided pages (including all attachments, charts, etc.) and should also include an indication of socio-economic business status, current Indian tribe or ANC business status (if applicable), and SBA 8(a) exit date (if applicable), any applicable Federal Supply Schedule; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of the response, as well as the eligible business concern's name, point of contact, address, and cage code. All responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via e-mail) to Julie Yarbrough, Contracting Officer, at julie.yarbrough@nlrb.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Facsimile responses will not be accepted. COMMON CUT-OFF TIME/DATE: Capability statements with respect to the information above are due no later than 10:00 AM (EST) on December 20, 2016. Capability statements received after this date and time may not be considered. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided by the vendor in this response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any concern responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the concern'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. As a result of this notice, the Government MAY issue a Request for Proposal (RFP). There is no solicitation available at this time. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought Notice or the Government's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. The Government will NOT accept requests for meetings or briefings. No phone solicitations or email with regards to questions or the status of the RFP will be accepted prior to its release. Information and materials submitted in response to this notice WILL NOT be returned. CONFIDENTIALITY: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). POINTS OF CONTACT: Julie Yarbrough, Contracting Officer, Email: julie.yarbrough@nlrb.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United States
- Zip Code: 20003
- Zip Code: 20003
- Record
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