36C10D24Q0137_2.docx
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- Solicitation number
- 36C10D24Q0137
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Department of Veterans Affairs
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This document is a Presolicitation Notice for a federal contract opportunity issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The VA is seeking a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to provide online Aptitude, Interest, and Ability Assessments for Veterans to be utilized by the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) counselors. The assessments will measure Veterans' aptitudes, interests, and abilities for career pathways and educational opportunities. The contractor shall provide separate online portals for Veterans to take the assessments and for VR&E counselors to set testing parameters and obtain assessment reports. The online portals must be accessible 24/7 and run on any internet-connected computer without requiring software installation. The period of performance is 1 year from the date of award. The NAICS code is 518210 with a $40 million small business size standard. The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under FAR Part 13 and will be a total set-aside for small businesses. All relevant solicitation documents will be available on SAM.gov on the solicitation issuance date of approximately April 30, 2024.
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Presolicitation Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Project Name: Aptitude, Interest, and Ability Assessments; |
Station Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO)
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 20006 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C10D24Q0137 |
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
| ARCHIVE |
| 30 Days After the Response Date |
| SET-ASIDE |
| SBA |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| DA10 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 518210 |
| PLACE OF PERFORMANCE |
| Not Applicable |
POSTAL CODE
COUNTRY
CONTACT INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) OMS - Acquisition Directorate 1800 G Street NW Washington DC 20006
POINT OF CONTACT*
Dirk Kelley Dirk.Kelley@va.gov
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AGENCY’S URL
URL DESCRIPTION
AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
EMAIL DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
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| Presolicitation Notice |
Presolicitation Notice
This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice synopsizing an upcoming competitive solicitation that satisfies the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2, more specifically FAR 5.204, FAR 5.201, FAR 5.207, and FAR 5.203, as well as FAR 5.101. A Request for Quotation (RFQ) solicitation will be posted on or about Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
The St. Petersburg, Florida, Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) in accordance with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has a requirement for a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to provide services through an online portal that accesses the requisite Aptitude, Interest, and Ability Assessments. Said Assessments will measure Veterans’ aptitudes, interests, and abilities for career pathways as well as educational opportunities to be utilized by the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) counselors. Contractor shall furnish separate online portals for the Veterans to take the online assessments and for the VR&E counselors to set testing parameters along with obtaining the assessment reports. Online portals shall be accessible for twenty-four (24) hours a day. Furthermore, the online portals shall run on any computer with internet access yet require no software installation. The period of performance for this project will be one (1) year from the date of award.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 518210 [Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services] and the small business size standard is $40 million. The solicitation will be issued as a RFQ under FAR Part 13.
This project will be a total set-aside for Small Businesses in accordance with FAR 19.502-2(a) and FAR 19.203(b).
All small businesses must be verified in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Dynamic Small Business System (DSBS) via https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm at the time of quotation submission, at the time of award, and for the duration of performance of the resultant Purchase Order.
All businesses must be registered to confirm eligibility in the System for Award Management (SAM). Each entity must represent the status as a small business concern in SAM.gov. To register in the SAM database, visit https://www.sam.gov.
All relevant solicitation documents, including the Statement of Work, may be accessed and downloaded on the solicitation issuance date by conducting a search for Solicitation Number 36C10D24Q0137 under Contract Opportunities on https://www.sam.gov. Any Amendments to the RFQ solicitation will also be posted under Contract Opportunities on SAM.
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