SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- RFI - Senior Technical Strategy Services (VA-23-00025922) New
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2023 9:08:52 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER AUSTIN (36C10A) AUSTIN TX 78744 USA
- ZIP Code
- 78744
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10A23Q0034
- Response Due
- 1/5/2023 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 04/06/2023
- Point of Contact
- Terricia Lloyd, Contract Specialist, Phone: 512-981-4453
- E-Mail Address
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Terricia.Lloyd@va.gov
(Terricia.Lloyd@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Request for Information 36C10A23Q0034 Amendment 0001 Page 1 of 3 CONTINUATION PAGES Request for Information 36C10A23Q0034 is amended to remove and replace Section I, Requirement. As a result, the below language was removed from Section I, Requirement: Develop an independent perspective of key priorities OIT should be driving and advocate for practical direction changes that will have an impact sufficient to justify a change in course where one is needed. Section I, Requirement is removed and replaced with the following: REQUIREMENT Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission is to provide excellent benefits and services to the Veterans of the United States. In meeting these goals, the three VA administrations (Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration), as well as staff offices to include the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), continually strive to provide high quality, effective, and efficient business, benefits, cemetery/burial, healthcare and technology processes and services to those responsible for providing care to the Veterans, at the point-of-care as well as throughout all the points of the Veterans care, in an effective, timely and compassionate manner. VA is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective operation of its assets and resources to meet the mission requirements of the VA s Secretary, Under Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, and other key officials. The VA OIT strives to be a world-class organization that provides a seamless, unified Veteran experience through the delivery of state-of-the-art technology. OIT delivers this mission over a vast organizational landscape that provides exceptional Information Technology (IT) services to VA. The Government requests information for senior level technical strategy services in support of OIT s efforts to synchronize organizational plans into consistent unified strategies; identify technical and strategic gaps; and prioritize investments. The Government anticipates support to be provided by one or two technical resources with the capability to deliver services and effectively support a broad spectrum of areas. Senior-level technical strategy consulting service are envisioned to: Leverage technical expertise to act as effective subject matter experts (SME) in support of OIT strategic goals. The contractor shall conduct a thorough analysis of the OIT current state, identify key stakeholders and collaborate across multiple offices and teams to understand and support OIT priorities, roadmaps, and investments. Summarize plans gathered from across OIT and synthesize into a well-articulated and cohesive strategy that builds on OIT existing strategies, documentation, and information of teams and leadership. Support OIT s deployment of a robust strategy that will support continuity, i.e., is resilient to top-down leadership changes. Conduct deep dives on specific technical design and roadmap questions to provide viable recommendations. Develop comprehensive awareness of OIT short-term and long-term service strategies to be able to effectively support OIT s oversight of progress and identify challenges. Understand the demands across key OIT stakeholders and investments that are at risk or are not meeting strategic needs. Use the developed awareness of VA OIT to dive into multiple subject areas and conduct extensive drill downs into technical documentation to identify and prioritize gaps in investments and priorities. Engage with OIT leadership, stakeholders, and teams to support determination in investment alignment and prioritization. Leveraging gained comprehensive awareness, the Contractor shall enable OIT senior leaders and strategy teams to build more comprehensive and articulated technical strategy by becoming fully immersed within OIT with the goal of improving OIT planning, communicating, and synergizing technical strategy over the organization. Assist senior leadership in communicating their technical direction for both internal and external audiences. Maintain continuity of problem resolution to conduct thorough assessments of situations, building comprehensive summaries and recommendations, and tracking progress. The Contractor must retain a cross-org mental map of OIT s technical direction and the top outstanding issues to be resolved and ensure all support will further OIT s progress on solving those issues. Utilizing an independent perspective, the Contractor shall develop recommendations of key priorities and focus areas of prioritization. Act as an advocate for practical direction changes that will have an impact sufficient to justify a change in course where one is needed. The knowledge, skills and experience required to perform the areas identified in this RFI are complex and require experience in large organizations and/or the federal sector. The VA is seeking unique perspectives from industry to revolutionize its strategic and technical oversight within OIT. This capability is unique from traditional strategy services in several ways: The audience is a small set of technical senior-level IT leaders, so the resources brought to bear must be on-par with the capabilities of these leaders. Contractor resources will enhance already existing technical leadership capabilities, not build a capability where one is not already present. This effort does not require or seek market research capabilities. The strategy resources will be engaged on in-depth, technical strategies, issues, and questions. All other requirements remain unchanged.
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