SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- PSC PAYROLL AND TAX WITHHOLDING
- Notice Date
- 5/10/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541214
— Payroll Services
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 4360, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20237
- Solicitation Number
- BBG50-I-17-JM001
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2017
- Point of Contact
- James McGuirk,
- E-Mail Address
-
bbgconpolicy@bbg.gov
(bbgconpolicy@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does NOT constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotations (RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB), a promise to issue a formal acquisition or Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Also, the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or Sources Sought Notice, or otherwise pay for information, inquiries, or the Government’s use of such information. Failure to respond to this RFI does NOT preclude participation in any future procurement. In the event a related procurement action is released, it will be released via the Federal Business Opportunities website ( http://www.fbo.gov ). It is the responsibility of interested sources to monitor this website for any information that may pertain to this RFI. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is an Executive Branch Federal Government agency that oversees U.S. broadcasting of news and information to audiences around the world. BBG includes the Voice of America (VOA) and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), as well as grantee entities Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Middle East Broadcasting Network (MBN). Together, VOA and OCB distribute programming in English and 42 other languages to an estimated weekly audience of 175 million people. BBG’s programming is delivered using almost every available platform, including, but not limited to, radio, television, internet, and mobile phone technology. Services within the scope of this RFI are provided by individuals who work as program hosts, researchers, writers, producers, editors, news desk coordinators, production assistants, and more. These individuals primarily work in the Washington, DC or Miami, Florida studios; a number, however, are primarily based in overseas locations. All contractor personnel that have access to VOA’s facilities must successfully complete a background security investigation. These services are currently provided by a large number of contractors, including independent individuals directly contracted with BBG, and also contractors employed by a managing staffing firm. BBG is exploring the possibility of hiring contractors as Personal Services Contractors (PSCs). BBG is conducting market research to ascertain the availability and ability of sources to process payroll and tax withholding for PSCs working for BBG. The information below is provided to help those sources who are interested in responding to this RFI. Interested sources shall submit a comprehensive written “Capabilities Statement” verifiable by the BBG, so that BBG may determine whether the Source’s capabilities would be responsive to this notice. The Capabilities Statement should be no more than 20 pages in length. The total page count DOES NOT include a cover letter, table of contents, or acronym list. The total page count DOES include all other corporate or technical information therein. The Capabilities Statement must be prepared using a Microsoft application. Font size and type must be 12 point, Times New Roman. Additionally, the cover page shall display: 1) Company name; 2) Primary and secondary points of contact; 3) Telephone number, address, city, state, and country; 4) business or organization size (e.g. small, large, etc.) and 2015 (or 2016, if available) annual sales volume in U.S. dollars; and (if applicable), 5) Federal Supply and/or Service Schedule information. All proprietary information must be clearly marked in accordance with the instructions set forth below in “Marking Requirements.” Any information that is not labeled in accordance with these instructions shall be deemed non-proprietary by the BBG. All information submitted in response to this RFI may be disclosed to BBG and other Government personnel, as well as to third parties. BBG will protect properly-marked proprietary information submitted in response to this RFI from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with applicable law and regulation. The BBG reserves the right to challenge proprietary information markings. Notwithstanding any proprietary information marking, BBG shall be able to include any information provided by interested sources, in a subsequent RFP, should one be issued. Marking Requirements. The header and footer of each page containing interested source proprietary information shall be marked with the legend “PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.” Further, the particular paragraph(s), section(s), etc., containing the actual proprietary information shall be clearly highlighted or otherwise marked by the interested source. The Capabilities Statement must address the following matters: CORPORATE CAPABILITIES: (maximum ten pages). The Source shall clearly describe its demonstrated experience in payroll processing and tax withholding for contractors (and specifically Federal Personal Services Contractors). This experience should account for handling payroll and tax withholding for at least 600 full-time individuals. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES: The source must provide full accounting services, capable of accepting work hours electronically, processing withholdings, generating paychecks, remitting tax withholdings, and providing financial data to BBG (to be incorporated into the Momentum accounting system). Any Information Technology system must utilize a FedRAMP “Moderate level” platform or service, or be certified as a “FedRAMP Ready” platform or service such that it may be sponsored by BBG as a FedRAMP Cloud Service Provider (CSP) into the FedRAMP program (details of GSA’s FedRAMP program can be found at https://www.fedramp.gov/ ) PAST CONTRACTS: List three locations and customers where and for whom you have provided the same or similar services. For each, provide: the contract number, type, total amount, and contract start and completion dates; a brief description of the project; and customer contact information (including name, address, telephone number, and email). REFERENCES: Provide the name, title, current address, city, state, country, and email for at least three customers (who may include individuals named in the “Past Contracts” section, immediately above). BUDGET ESTIMATE: Provide a hypothetical budget for handling payroll processing and tax withholding for a set of 600 full-time PSCs, including a lump sum provided to each contractor for fringe benefits. Assume that each contractor is billing $45 per hour. Assume that every full-time PSC provides 2,080 billable hours of labor per year, for an annual total of 1,248,000 billable hours. Provide a second hypothetical budget for handling payroll processing and tax withholding for a set of 200 PSCs, providing 416,000 labor hours per year. Interested sources may submit written questions regarding the RFI to Mr. Mardy Shualy at MShualy@voanews.com. Capability statement shall be submitted to Mr. James McGuirk at bbgconpolicy@bbg.gov no later than June 1, 2017.
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