SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Office of Transition and Economic Development Specialized and Strategic Services
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2020 7:42:19 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- SAC FREDERICK (36C10X) FREDERICK MD 21703 USA
- ZIP Code
- 21703
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10X20Q0108
- Response Due
- 5/11/2020 12:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 07/10/2020
- Point of Contact
- Chontelle Borden chontelle.borden@va.gov Tara Flores Tara.Flores@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Chontelle.Borden@va.gov
(Chontelle.Borden@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SDVOSBC Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: The Government is seeking responses to the questions in the document entitled RFI Questions. Please see the Performance Work Statement to create answers to the RFI Questions and provide answers in the excel spreadsheet, along with PDFs of any associated attachments. Although we are reaching out to all business sizes, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is targeting Service-Disabled Veterans-Owned Small Business (SDVOSBs) for this action to their determine capability in providing the required services. Vendor responses to this RFI are due no later than 2:00 PM EST Monday May 11, 2020 to Tara Flores at Tara.Flores@va.gov and Chontelle Borden at Chontelle.Borden@va.gov. Introduction The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Transition and Economic Development (TED) office is seeking Contractor for a broad range of general management and business support services, including program and project management; governance and strategic integration; policy analysis; curriculum and training; and data analytics and evaluation Background TED promotes, advances, and instills a culture of civilian readiness for service members, Veterans, and their families by providing early access to VA benefits and resources as well as access to a network of partner organizations working together to accelerate their economic empowerment and well-being. TED accomplishes this by serving as VA s policy and program lead for preparing service members to become civilian ready through its services provided during the Transition Assistance Program (TAP); serving as VA s authority on Veteran economic development policies and initiatives, including Chapter 36 Educational and Career Counseling; and orchestrating public and private partnerships which support the total well-being of service members, Veterans, and their families before, during, and after their transition from military life. TED is a business line within the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and is led by an Executive Director who reports directly to the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits. In order to accomplish its mission of easing the Veteran transition, TED functions and activities incorporate connecting transitioning service members, Veterans, and their families, throughout their military careers and into civilian life, about the wide-range of available benefits, services, and resources through its core services: TAP; VA Solid Start Program (VASS); and Personalized Career Planning and Guidance (PCPG). The number of Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard service members is estimated to be approximately 2.2 million each year. VA expects over 200,000 of these service members to transition from military to civilian life each year over the next four years. TED is leading the charge to change the paradigm that VA is predominately a resource to provide end-of-service support; the goal is to connect with service members while they are still on active duty and partner earlier in their military life cycle to help them and their families proactively prepare for civilian life. Moreover, as the only VA entity that reaches 100 percent of transitioning service members before they leave the military service, TED is positioned to ensure the seamless and continuous support provided during the 365 days pre-separation through the critical first year post-separation where transition stress may exacerbate risk for mental health issues. As such, TED incorporates post-separation outreach and connectivity with Veterans and their families. To aid in that transition, Congress has passed various laws which have been intended to prepare eligible service members and their families to face the many challenges of transitioning from active duty back to civilian life. In response, VA, and its interagency partners at the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Education (DOE), Office of Personnel and Management (OPM), and Small Business Administration (SBA) have implemented a governance structure that provides policy and direction to various programs that carry out these requirements and ensure that service members are provided with the tools and information necessary to transition into civilian life. One of these programs is TAP, which is an overarching program implemented by each of the military services (U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Coast Guard) in order to provide transition assistance, information, training, counseling, and services to eligible service members in order for them to be career ready upon separation, retirement, or release from active duty, thus enabling them to pursue additional education, seek or return to employment in the public or private sector, start their own business, pursue vocational training, or other activities that meets the need of that service member and their family. TAP consists of all related TAP activities, curriculum, resources, and services provided to enable eligible service members to attain the career readiness standards (CRS) established by the respective military services. The criterion for eligibility is for all service members who serve for a period of 180 continuous days or more on active duty, pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) � 1142(a)(4)(C), must go through transition assistance. Transition assistance must start no later than 365 days prior to the anticipated date of separation, unless otherwise excused. For anticipated retirements, transition assistance must start no later than 720 days. All eligible service members must participate in TAP, utilizing the services and briefings provided in order to meet CRS that are specific to their post-transition goals. Scope of Work This Performance Work Statement (PWS) describes the requirements for support to TED in order to accomplish its mission and strategic priorities and initiatives. This work encompasses: program and project management; governance and strategic integration; policy analysis; curriculum and training; data analytics and evaluation; and strategic communications. TAP Operations, Personalized Career Planning and Guidance and their associated training, administrative, or clerical tasks which are not identified in these requirements are outside the scope of this contract. Type of Contract This contract is anticipated to be an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity Single Award contract with firm-fixed-priced task orders. NAICS The potential North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for this requirement are: 541611, Administrative Management & General Management Consulting Services, size standard $15M; �611430, Professional and Management Development Training, size standard $11M.
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