U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division Of Contracts, M/S T-7I2 Washington, D.C. 20555

B -- TECHNICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR FY 1999 SOL RS-RQ-70785031 DUE 121896 POC Joanna Lilley, Contract Specialist, (301) 415-6743 This is Part I of Part II -- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation prepared in accordance with FAR, Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This synopsis/solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-42. This procurement is restricted to small business concerns located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The standard industrial code (SIC) is 8742. Small business size standard: Average annual receipt for each of the three preceding fiscal years do not exceed $5 million. I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Under the terms of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the U.S. NRC is required to develop a Strategic Plan and an Annual Performance Plan for FY 1999. The NRC's Strategic Plan is currently under development as part of the Agency's Strategic Planning and Rebaselining Initiative, and that plan is scheduled to be submitted to the Commission for approval in late December 1996. The Performance Plan will implement the proposed Strategic Plan and the Direction Setting Issues Papers developed as part of the Strategic Planning and Rebaselining Initiative. The proposed Performance Plan will be developed by a Performance Plan Working Group (PPWG), comprised of representatives from the major NRC offices. The contractor shall provide assistance to the NRC in developing its FY 1999 Annual Performance Plan. II. REQUIREMENTS: (a) The contractor shall examine performance plans from other agencies which OMB has recommended as good samples, and based on that examination, make recommendations on the format and general content for the Performance Plan in a letter report to the NRC Project Manager on or about 1/17/97. (b) The contractor shall provide expert advice to the PPWG as they develop one or more performance goals for each of the three major NRC mission areas (referred to in the Strategic Plan as "mission- critical strategic arena") and determine if performance goals should be developed for the other (7) strategic arenas. The contractor shall facilitate separate one-day performance goal development sessions for each of the three mission-critical strategic arenas and a one-day discussion session to determine if performance goals should be developed for the other (7) strategic arenas. The contractor shall document the results of the facilitated sessions and make a recommendation regarding the performance goals to be included in the Performance Plan in a letter report to the NRC Project Manager on or about 1/17/97. (c) The contractor shall provide expert advice to the PPWG as they develop one or more performance indicators for each performance goal delineated in the FY 1999 NRC Annual Performance Plan. The contractor shall facilitate separate one-day performance indicator development sessions for each of the three mission- critical strategic arenas, provide the results of the facilitated sessions, and recommend performance indicators to be included in the Performance Plan in a letter report to the NRC Project Manager on or about 2/14/97. (d) The contractor shall conduct an analysis and make a recommendation regarding the techniques to be used to verify and validate the data used to measure NRC progress in achieving its performance goals. The recommendations will be provided in a letter report to the NRC Project Manager on or about 3/7/97. (e) The contractor shall provide assistance to the PPWG in revising the Performance Plan as a result of BRG, EDO, Commission or OMB comments. Option: At the option of the NRC, the contractor shall facilitate additional performance goal and performance indicator development sessions for up to seven of the remaining strategic arenas. The estimated level of effort for this requirement, inclusive of the option, is 3.25 person months. The period of performance will be from date of award through February 28, 1998. Offerors must provide a list of up to five contracts performed by the firm/individual which are relevant to the proposed NRC work. Information shall include contract number, brief description of the project, dollar value, period of performance, and two contacts at the organization which awarded each contract. Resumes for proposed key personnel shall also be submitted. Offerors must also submit a detailed cost proposal that breaks out the basic requirement and optional requirement. EVALUATION FACTORS: Offeror proposals will be evaluated based on the extent to which past performance of the firm and experience of key personnel demonstrate the contractor's capability to successfully perform NRC's requirements. NRC may require oral presentations by key personnel of the five firms who are determined to be technically superior based on their submission, within five days after proposal submission. NRC reserves the right to make award based solely on review of the initial written submissions. Award will be based on best value to the Government. (0338)

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