SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- VA-20-00014654 OIT IT Program Integration (ITPI) Support Services
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2019 12:03:11 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B) EATONTOWN NJ 07724 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07724
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10B20Q0084
- Response Due
- 12/23/2019 8:59:59 PM
- Archive Date
- 01/22/2020
- Point of Contact
- William KearnsWilliam.KearnsJr@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
heather.paragano@va.gov
(heather.paragano@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Request for InformationIT Program Integration (ITPI) SupportDecember 9, 2019Introduction: This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for the purpose of conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Proposal nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future; furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. Do not submit a Proposal. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not, at this time, seeking proposals or quotes, and therefore, will not accept, review, or evaluate unsolicited proposals or quotes received in response hereto. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of the information being requested or, reimburse expenses incurred for responses to this RFI. The information provided may be used by VA in developing its acquisition strategy and Performance Work Statement. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary; however, any information received shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the respondent. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. This is an RFI and does not obligate the Government in any way, nor does it commit the Government to any specific course of action.VA s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is looking to enable cross-organizational integration of people, programs, and initiatives to make OIT a more effective service delivery organization. In an effort to deliver increasing value to the Veteran, OIT is establishing a Strategic Coordination Council (SCC) to facilitate synergistic collaboration across all OIT Functional areas. The projected VA IT Program Integration (IPTI) will assist VA in establishing and operating the SCC to provide program integrated oversight and management of the entire IT lifecycle (from inception to decommissioning) to; increase reuse, reduce duplication, and advance achievement of strategic goals and objectives. ITPI will be a partnership between VA and the Contractor to define and coordinate standardized, repeatable program integration decision-making processes and capabilities that align with existing VA governance and management processes. The ITPI will:Understand VA s crucial business issues and opportunities; to facilitate timely, data-driven decision making.Identify and propose improvements to framework, processes, and services throughout the performance period of the contract; to improve consistency and efficiency through standardization, reduced redundancies, and increased reuse.Work collaboratively with other contractors, government agencies, and business partners to ensure project success; drive continual improvement of and adherence to IT lifecycle management policies, standards, guidance and directives.Participate in joint implementations and initiatives; to provide proactive management of the interdependencies among large transformation programs to coordinate a secure, integrated environment.Ensure IT products and services deliver tangible and meaningful business benefitsResponses: Please submit the below requested information by 12:00PM EST on December 23, 2019 via email to Contract Specialist, William.KearnsJr@va.gov. VA reserves the right to not respond to any, all, or select responses or materials submitted. All VA current requirements identified herein are subject to change at any time. If you experience any problems or have any questions concerning this announcement, please contact William Kearns at (732) 795-1109. VA appreciates your time and anticipated response.As part of your RFI response, please provide the following information:GeneralInclude the following identification informationCompany NameCAGE/DUNS Number under which the company is registered in SAM/VetBiz.govCompany AddressPoint of contact nameTelephone numberEmail addressVA anticipates that this effort would fall within North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541519, Other Computer Related Services, which has a size standard of $27.5M. Are you a small or large business under NAICS 541519 ($27.5M)? If you believe there is a more appropriate NAICS code, please provide that to the Government with your rationale. Identify existing contract vehicles (GSA, T4NG, SEWP, etc.) in which you are a contract holder that can be utilized to procure these services. If a small business, what type of small business are you? Are you able to comply with FAR 52.219-6 and 52.219-14 in execution of this effort? Are you able to comply with VAAR 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside and with subcontracting limitations in 13 CFR 125.6 in execution of this effort?Has the draft PWS provided sufficient detail to describe the technical requirements that encompass the testing services to be performed under this effort. ______ YES _______ NO (if No, answer question 7)If NO , please provide your technical comments/recommendations on elements of the draft PWS that may contribute to a more accurate proposal submission and efficient, cost effective effort.Capability StatementPlease submit a capability statement describing your company s ability to meet the requirements in the attached draft PWS. The capability statement shall be limited to 30 pages and address the questions below. Do you have experience with both federal and commercial support to Fortune 100 CIO offices across a wide variety of disciplines such as business transformation, technology (design and implementation), organizational strategy (change and design), service delivery, business intelligence, data management and analytics, program management, and cybersecurity?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability in, place of performance and contact information within the last three years.Does your organization have facilities to prepare for and/or host inter-agency exercise (e.g. Eagle Horizon) and/or have sensitive discussions (e.g. SCIF)?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Does your organization have multiple multi-media environments across the US that foster integration through non-traditional facilitation techniques to help solve business challenges?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Does your organization have office locations within 20 miles of each of the VA COOP sites?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Does your organization have proven competencies that demonstrate both domain expertise as well as federal/commercial healthcare experience (i.e. Professional accolades such as SLM, Gartner, IDC, and Forrester?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Does your organization currently have a team of individuals with a varied experience, such as the below?Experience with commercial industries that align with VA s missionExperience developing workforce strategies aligned with NICE frameworkExperience supporting inter-agency cyber workforce development meetingsEducational degrees in industrial and organizational psychology (I/O Psych)If so, please names, description of experience, educational degrees and types of clients supported.Has your organization built and executed against a robust program integration service that has fundamentally changed the cross-organizational culture of an organization of similar size and complexity to that of the VA (or at the VA)?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Has your organization directly supported and successfully implemented government wide cross organizational integration of people, programs, and initiatives enabling creation of an effective service delivery organization?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Does your organization currently provide multi-media communications support to large commercial and federal government agencies, particularly with a global audience (e.g. beneficiaries throughout the world) and/or in conjunction with a large Electronic Health Record (HER) roll-out?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Has your organization conducted war-gaming simulation exercises with fortune 100 clients?If so, include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Has your organization provided CIO support that includes coordination across the breadth of executives serving the number of employees/contractors to that of the VA?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Has your organization increased awareness of cross-organizational collaboration, through proactive engagement, uncovering hidden dependencies and enabling synergies between technical and non-technical initiatives, therefore enabling cost savings and reducing redundancies for an organization of similar size and complexity to that of the VA (or at the VA)?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.Has your organization coordinated across geographically dispersed individuals supporting a IT strategy?If so, please include specific narrative describing the time your organization has demonstrated this capability, place of performance and contact information.
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