Response_to_Vendor_Questions_-_ADP_-_RFP_12314419R0003.xlsx
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Vendor Questions
| USDA SSLoBS RFP #12314419R0003 Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees | |
| Vendor Submitted Questions Matrix | |
| Vendor Name: | Consolidated List |
| Question # | Document Reference | Page Number | Section | Vendor Question | Government's Response |
| 1 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 2 | 4. Scope | What is USDA's current system of record for payroll? Is the it consistent across all entities? If no, please describe which systems are utilized and corresponding agencies and emplolyee counts. Are there any plans to change system(s) this in the next year? | NFC has built and maintains its own payroll system. The system runs on a mainframe. We use feeder syterms for T&A or other payroll related functions that interface to this system. All of our customers use the same system. The US Government is involved in building a new payroll system for all agencies to use. We are unsure of the implications of this event. |
| 2 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 6 | B. Claims Processing | Does your payroll system(s) track employees by sub-unit? | Yes |
| 3 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 2 | 4. Scope | Is the scope of this Unemployment Claims project to include all 170 USDA and Government agencies or just a subset? Please describe. | Currently 49 agencies utilize UC services. |
| 4 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 2 | 4. Scope | How many agencies serviced by the NFC use the incumbent for unemployment claims? How many agencies use the incumbent employment verification solution today? | See response to question 3. |
| 5 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 24 | Attachment B | IT was noted the number of Annual Unemployment Claims for all agencies is 130K per year. The FY'17 report on p.24 does appear to be a subset of the USDA group of agencies. Does this report reflect the annual activity for the project in scope? | Attachment A reflects the average numbers for each category for the prior five years. Attachment B was the most current data available and reflected the actual numbers for FY17. |
| 6 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 24 | Attachment B | The report on p.24 provides the total annual separations, but does not provide the number of unemployment claims. Please provide. the number of unemployment claims. | Please use Attachment A for computational purposes. This is best information we have at this time and is to be used by all agencies competing for this award. |
| 7 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 24 | Attachment B | Can you provide a 12 month summary report from your current Unemployment vendor so we can better understand your current environment? | Please use Attachment A for computational purposes. This is best information we have at this time and is to be used by all agencies competing for this award. |
| 8 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 24 | Attachment B | Would it be correct to assume 25% of claims are protestable in nature? | Please use Attachment A for computational purposes. |
| 9 | NA | NA | NA | What is the historic average employee Turnover Percentage for agencies included in this project? | Data is not currently available |
| 10 | NA | 24 | Attachment B | Are some of the agenicies seasonal employers or do they have regularly scheduled shutdowns? If yes, please describe how many and specifics. | Yes. Two. Numbers vary annually but that data is not currently available. |
| 11 | NA | NA | NA | Do you project that your unemployment claims will change within the next 12 months? If yes, what do you project your total claims volume will be? If yes, what will cause the change? | No. |
| 12 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 6 | B. Claims Processing | Our Company is fully integrated with the State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) to electronically receive and respond to unemployment claims. Please confirm this will meet the requirements within the Claims Processing section. | Federal agencies utilize the ICON system only. There is no current interface that we know of between ICON and SIDES. To the best of our knowledge all federal transmissions to the states have to be done through ICON. Our current service provider uses ICON to send information to the states. It is incumbent on the offeror to ensure this can be assumed. |
| 13 | NA | NA | NA | What challenges is your organization looking to solve based on the current unemployment process? | This has been described in the RFP in terms of Scope, Tasks, & Deliverables. |
| 14 | NA | NA | NA | What unemployment claims program features are most important? | See Item 3, OBJECTIVE, pg 1-2 of SOW. |
| 15 | Solicitation_(incl.SF1449) | 2 | 4. Scope | Is the scope of this Employment Verification project to include all 170 USDA and Government agencies and all 650,000 employees or just a subset? Please describe. | To provide UC services to all entities payrolled by NFC. |
| 16 | NA | NA | NA | What challenges are you looking to solve based on the current verification process? | Will be discussed with vendor after contract award. |
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