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99 -- SOURCES SOUGHT -- GPRA SOFTWARE TOOL SOL Unassigned DUE 021898 POC James C. Thieme, 202-606-1570 WEB: OPM Procurement Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: OPM e-mail, jcthieme@opm.gov. 99 -- This is a request for information only. No solicitation will be issued in response to this announcement. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks information from software providers regarding the availability of a commercial, off-the-shelf GPRA strategic planning software tool. OPM is also seeking information from small or disadvantaged business concerns to help support a decision as to whether or not an acquisition for this software tool may be issued as a Small Business Set-aside or as a Small Disadvantaged business set-aside. A separate synopsis will be issued if we determine we will contract for this product. OPM is seeking information from vendors for a software tool to aid program, project and/or operational managers in creating strategic plans and performance measures that align to and support Government Performance and Results Act strategic plans and measures. The software tool should also aid in the creation of annual performance plans and progress reports. This tool will enable managers to create Government Performance and Results Act objectives in a structured, substantive way which can be measured after completion. Consistency in the tool is in the concepts and not form so that the product that results from the use of the tool is unique to the organization. Any software tool proposed should be based on a logic model that asks the user questions that establish linkages to various Government Performance and Results Act requirements such as consultations with Congress, stakeholders and cross agency functions. The logic model should lead to well-formed outcomes but not lead all users to similar plans as stated above. Any software proposed should have the flexibility to be used for the first time by a manager or to have agency plans and measures entered and then following levels of the organization enter and align their plans to the agency plan. The logic model in the software should ask questions to aid managers in this thinking and alignment process through a coaching function. Any tool proposed should maintain the results of the process and provide for updating. The contractor needs to be thoroughly familiar with the Government Performance and Results Act and show how the proposed software will aid managers in complying with the Act, especially Sections 3, Strategic Planning, and Section 4, Annual Performance Plans and Reports. In addition, the tool needs to reflect the Office of Management and Budget's guidance to agencies contained in Circular No. A-11 Part 2 dated May, 1997 (or a later version if revised) and titled "Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans" and the General Accounting Office's publications, "Executive Guide: Effectively Implementing the Government Performance and Results Act", (available for download at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/html/ombhome.html) as well as "Agencies' Strategic Plans Under GPRA: Key Questions to Facilitate Congressional Review". The Office ofPersonnel Management will evaluate responses to this synopsis and make a decision as to whether this requirement can be solicited as a commercial, off-the-shelf RFQ. OPM will also evaluate responses to this synopsis to determine whether or not to limit participation in this acquisition to small business concerns or to competitively award this requirement to firms qualified under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. Responses must be received within 21 days after the date of publication of this synopsis. (0027)

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