FY25 DMC ITD Support Contract Recompete RFI Coverpage.pdf

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) is seeking information concerning development and sustainment support to the Information Technology Division of the Debt Management Center systems to include sustainment of fielded systems as well as modernization activities to stay current with external VA modernization mandates identified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

This is a Request For Information (RFI) only and is limited to ten pages. Do not submit a proposal or quote. There is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted, or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Page limit (excluding PWS feedback) is 10 pages.

If interested, please provide the following:

1. A capabilities statement that addresses the questions below and draft PWS. If additional information is required by VA to determine a contractor’s capability to provide the full requirement and the economic feasibility of the information provided, additional information may be requested at a later date. Technical questions may be submitted as part of your response.

A draft version of the requirement is attached to this RFI. Please direct all responses to David Gabrysiak, david.gabrysiak@va.gov and Debra Clayton, debra.clayton2@va.gov

2. Has the draft PWS provided sufficient detail to describe the technical requirements that encompass the services to be performed under this effort?

______ YES _______ NO (if No, answer question below)

If “NO”, please provide your technical comments/recommendations on elements of the draft PWS that may contribute to a more accurate proposal submission and efficient, cost effective effort.

3. Any Contract Vehicle of which you are a part that can be used to acquire your solution as well as the company business size and status for each vehicle as designated by the NAICS 541512 and/or 541519, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, and the associated U.S. Small Business Administration size status (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.)

4. If your company is a small business, please confirm that in the solution provided, your company will be performing at least 50% of the work in accordance with set-aside regulations.

mailto:david.gabrysiak@va.gov mailto:debra.clayton2@va.gov

5. Please provide the labor categories that you think will be required to perform the work described in the PWS. Also include the labor category descriptions and estimated number of daily, monthly, and/or annual hours for each labor category.

6. Please describe your past performance in providing the type of services described in the PWS.

7. Describe both your experiences using an API first strategy with a legacy Mainframe batch processing system and your experience with transforming away from the mainframe backend.

8. Describe your experience design, implementation, and integration of complex systems.

9. Describe your experience developing synthetic test data to mock partner systems and to support performance testing. (Section 5.2.7)

10. How do you determine your roadmap and/or product strategy? (Section 5.1)

11. Describe your experience balancing modernization and new development while maintaining operation and sustainment of the same system. (Section 5.0)

12. Describe your experience with working within the SAFe construct for developing software as described in the PWS (Section 3.3.5/Section 5.2).

13. If your company is a small business, please confirm that in the solution provided, your company will be performing at least 50% of the work in accordance with the set aside regulations. Reference Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations clause 852.219- 73, Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.