SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- iFAMS IV&V Support - Request for Information (RFI) (VA-21-00024098)
- Notice Date
- 1/11/2021 11:42:43 AM
- 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
- 36C10B21R0008
- Response Due
- 1/19/2021 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 03/20/2021
- Point of Contact
- contract specialist: robert robinson, Contract Specialist, Phone: Contracting officer: christopher minetti, Fax: christopher.minetti@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
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robert.robinson@va.gov
(robert.robinson@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- 1 Request for Information (RFI) Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) Program VA-21-00024098 Introduction This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Task Execution Plan, Request for Quotation or a Request for Proposal. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541512 with a size standard of $30 million. 2. Submittal Information: All responsible sources may submit a response in accordance with the below information. There is a page limitation for this RFI of 10 pages. The Government will not review any other information or attachments included, that are in excess of the (#) page limit. NO MARKETING MATERIALS ARE ALLOWED AS PART OF THIS RFI. Generic capability statements will not be accepted or reviewed. Your response must address capabilities specific to the services required in the attached PWS and must include the following: Interested Vendors shall at a minimum, provide the following information in the initial paragraph of the submission: Name of Company Address Point of Contact Phone Number Fax Number Email address Company Business Size and Status For VOSB and SDVOSBs, proof of verification in VIP. NAICS code(s) Socioeconomic data Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number Existing Contractual Vehicles (GWAC, FSS, or MAC) Provide a summary of your capability to meet the requirements contained within the draft PWS for the following areas: List any existing contracting vehicles that you would recommend for this requirement to be solicited against. Detail your company s capability and experience developing verification and validation approaches, risk and assessment criteria, quality assurance and program health assessments for programs similar to Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) ensuring consistency with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) verification and validation standards and compliance with applicable law and policy. Detail your company s capability and experience developing verification and validation methods for independent testing, to include development and execution of manual and automated test scripts for coverage of business functional and technical requirements, business processes and interfaces for similar systems to the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS), software and configurations ensuring consistency with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) verification and validation standards and compliance with applicable law and policy. Detail your company s capability and certified Momentum federal financial management application subject matter expertise with regard to testing, configuring or supporting Momentum software or Momentum system implementations or enterprise federal financial management efforts. Detail your company s capability and experience with Agile Scrum methodology and/or Scaled Agile Framework (or SAFe methodology) and managing IV&V work utilizing Agile or other industry best practices. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Any vendors that are currently providing any services (program management, development, sustainment, testing, etc.) for VA FMBT program or iFAMS will likely have an OCI that will preclude it from bidding on this effort as the scope of this work includes performance analysis of current work being performed by and within each portfolio, re-prioritization/investment recommendations for portfolios/programs/projects, and budget recommendations for the portfolios current states. In addition, any vendors that intend to bid on future work associated with these portfolios should consider that the successful awardee of the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services for Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) procurement will likely be excluded from bidding on that work as part of the scope of this effort is requirements analysis, strategic planning, and budget formulation for the portfolios future states. Therefore, detail if your company engaged in any VA contracted services directly or indirectly supporting the VA FMBT program or iFAMS in any capacity? If so, please describe the contracted services being provided. Corporate experience or expertise in performing these types of services and specific examples or references. Specific examples or references provided must include the agency, point of contact, dollar value, and contract number. Your company s intent and ability to meet the set aside requirement in accordance with VAAR 852.219-10 (JUL 2016) (DEVIATION) VA Notice of Total SDVOSB and 13 CFR §125.6, which states the contractor will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government to it to firms that are not SDVOSBs. Your response shall include information as to available personnel and financial resources; full names of proposed team members and the PWS requirements planned to be subcontracted to them, which must include the prime planned percentage or the names of the potential team members that may be used to fulfill the set aside requirement. Has the draft PWS provided sufficient detail to describe the technical requirements that encompass the software development and production operations support services to be performed under this effort. ______ YES _______ NO (if No, answer question f) 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. Responses are due no later than 11am EST, January 19, 2021 via email to Robert Robinson, Contract Specialist at Robert.robinson@va.gov and Christopher Minetti, Contracting Officer at Christopher.minetti@va.gov. Please note Independent Verification and Validation IV&V Services in the subject line of your response. Mark your response as Proprietary Information if the information is considered business sensitive. The email file size shall not exceed 5 MB.
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