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Instructions U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid Next Generation Financial Services Environment
| RFI: Award Eligibility Determination | | |
| Attachment 02 – Pricing Template | Instructions | | |
| 1.0 Offerors shall use this pricing template to provide their price proposals. | | |
| a | Offerors shall complete blue tabs: "Volume Assumptions" and "Pricing WITH Development" |
| b | Optional Tab: "Proposed Alternative Pricing". |
| 2.0 Pricing WITH Development (REQUIRED) | | |
| Offerors shall propose pricing for Development, Implementation, Integration, and Deployment and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) separately | | |
| PLEASE NOTE: The separate subcomponents under this tab are functions in which FSA is requesting separate pricing. | | |
| a | Offerors shall provide proposed pricing by subcomponent for the Base Period and all Option Years in each 'yellow' box. |
| b | Offerors shall propose prices based on pricing models. |
| c | Offerors shall complete the pricing template for all Pricing Subcomponents in the Pricing WITH Development Tab. |
| 4.0 Volume Assumptions Tab (REQUIRED) | | |
| a | Offerors shall detail all volume/factor assumptions that inform price proposals in the "Volume Assumptions" tab -- add more rows as needed. |
| 5.0 Proposed Alternative Pricing Tab (OPTIONAL) | | |
| PLEASE NOTE: Offerors may provide alternative pricing for the Development and Operation & Maintenance. | | |
| a | Offerors shall provide pricing proposals using alternative pricing in the separately provided "Proposed Alternative Pricing" tab. Offerors may tailor the worksheet as desired, but shall not change the base and option period columns. |
| b | Offerors may propose both price methodologies (e.g., by subcomponent) and pricing model (e.g., per customer, flat price, performance-based). |
| c | Offerors shall provide adequate details about the alternative pricing for the Government to understand the Offeror's rationale for proposing it. |
| 6.0 General Instructions | | |
| Offerors shall submit a Supplemental Price Narrative that includes the following information: | | |
| a | Rationale for all assumptions that inform prices; |
| b | Confirming statement that all prices reflect software licenses as licensed to the Government; |
| c | Potential additional costs that may arise due to needed integration with existing or future state solutions; |
| d | Explanation of value opportunities that are incorporated into quoted prices and ongoing costs and how they shall be captured and/or shared with FSA (i.e., those that result from technology or business process improvements or economies of scale). |
| e | Rationale for alternative pricing, if proposed; and |
| f | Any proposed price escalation, including methodology and rationale. |
Offerors shall note that volume assumptions are provided only as information. They are NOT a guaranty of work or volume in the future.
Volume Assumptions U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid Next Generation Financial Services Environment
| Award Eligibility Determination |
| Attachment 02 – Pricing Template | Volume Assumptions |
| Offerors shall provide additional volume assumptions as relevant. Offerors shall explain how these assumptions were derived and how they factor into pricing approach, price quoted, and cost projections within supplementary narrative. |
| Current state and baseline annual assumptions provided only as information. They are NOT guarantees of work or volume in the future. |
| Assumption | Current / Baseline | Base Period - One (1) year | Option Periods - Nine (9) one (1) year option periods | | | | | | | | | Offeror Comments |
| | | Year 1 | Option Year 1 | Option Year 2 | Option Year 3 | Option Year 4 | Option Year 5 | Option Year 6 | Option Year 7 | Option Year 8 | Option Year 9 | |
| Customers | Total customers | 42,000,000 | 43,260,000 | 44,557,800 | 45,894,534 | 47,271,370 | 48,689,511 | 50,150,196 | 51,654,702 | 53,204,343 | 54,800,474 | 56,444,488 | |
| Customer growth rate | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
Eligibility processing Applications 20,000,000 20,600,000 21,218,000 21,854,540 22,510,176 23,185,481 23,881,046 24,597,477 25,335,402 26,095,464 26,878,328
| Additional assumptions as | N/A |
| provided by Offeror | N/A |
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Pricing WITH Development U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid Next Generation Financial Services Environment
| Optimal Processing Solution |
| Attachment 18 – Pricing Template |
| Pricing Subcomponents | Base Period - Two (2) Years | | Option Period - Eight (8) One Year Options | | | | | | | | Offeror Comments |
| Base Year 1 | Base Year 2 | Option Year 1 | Option Year 2 | Option Year 3 | Option Year 4 | Option Year 5 | Option Year 6 | Option Year 7 | Option Year 8 | |
| Eligibility Processing | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Development, Implementation, Integration and Deployment-System Build | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| Technical Design | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Development of First Iteration of FAFSA Application cycle | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O&M - Hosting | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M - Annual Release of the FAFSA Application (future cycles) | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M - Tier II Technical Help Desk | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M - Support for School Interfaces | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M - FAA Access Support | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M - Middleware/Platform Services | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| O&M- Print, Mail, Image and Application Processing | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O&M Integration with other Systems- Annual i.e. DCC to AED | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O&M Integration into other Systems- Annual i.e. AED to DCC | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O&M - All Other Requirements | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| Operation & Maintenance - Total | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
| Eligibility Processing Total Price | | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | $ - 0 | |
*Note 1: Offerors shall be given up to 12 months for Development, Implementation, Integration and Deployment. Prices after initial 12 months shall reflect ongoing O&M and expected development costs necessary to meet solution operating requirements.
Proposed Alternative Pricing U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid Next Generation Financial Services Environment
| Award Eligibility Determination |
| Attachment 02 – Pricing Template | Proposal Based on Alternative Pricing |
Price proposals on this worksheet may reflect any alternative methodologies or pricing models as desired by the vendor.
| Pricing Model | Base Period - First year | Option Periods - Nine (9) one (1) year option periods | | | | | | | | | Vendor Comments |
| Year 1 | Option Year 1 | Option Year 2 | Option Year 3 | Option Year 4 | Option Year 5 | Option Year 6 | Option Year 7 | Option Year 8 | Option Year 9 | |
TOTAL PRICE PROPOSED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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| With Implementation |
| Combining Implementation and O&M |
| Alternate |
| All Methodologies |
| <Select from dropdown> |