47QFPA21N0002 - MPTA Request for Information.pdf

U.S. General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Service

Pacific Rim, Region 9

Request for Information (RFI) / Sources Sought Notice in support of

Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), Office of People Analytics (OPA)

Manpower Personnel and Testing Analysis (MPTA)

Reference Number: 47QFPA21N0002

NOTICE: This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued solely for information and planning purposes, it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to a contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Furthermore, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the Government will not reimburse any costs incurred as a result of responding to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties’ expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in a future solicitation, if one is issued. RFIs may be used when the Government does not presently intend to award a contract, but wants to obtain price, delivery, other market information, or capabilities for planning purposes.

Responses to these notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

1. Introduction

General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service, Region 9, is releasing this Request for

Information (RFI) on behalf of the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), Office of People Analytics (OPA).

The purpose of this RFI is to determine small and large business capabilities to perform the requirements listed herein. This RFI is seeking responses from businesses that can provide services under NAICS code 611710 –

Educational Support Services. The applicable small business size standard is $16.5 M in average annual receipts, calculated in accordance with 13 CFR § 121.104.

If this requirement is set aside or reserved for small business concerns, it should be noted that any resultant contract for services will require at least 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government to go to the small business prime contractor or a similarly situated entity (first tier subcontractor that has the same small business program status as the prime).

Interested respondents are requested to complete the following items below. Responses will allow the Government to conduct an initial review of market capabilities in support of requirements identified in this RFI.

a. Section I, Corporate Description

b. Section II, Corporate Experience

c. Section III, Corporate Capabilities/Feedback

KEY DATES:

RFI Questions/Comments: 6 November

RFI Capability Response Date: 19 November 2020

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2. Background

The Office of People Analytics (OPA) is part of the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), a DoD Field

Activity tasked with enabling DoD policy offices to make decisions based on sound administrative/personnel record data and survey data. OPA is currently organized around four related functions: (1) Recruitment – performed by the

Joint Advertising Market Research & Studies (JAMRS) program, (2) Personnel Security – performed by the

Personnel & Security Research Center (PERSEREC), (3) Retention and Readiness – investigated by the Research, Surveys, & Statistics Center (RSSC), and (4) Testing and Assessment – performed by the Defense Personnel

Assessment Center (DPAC).

The anticipated contract will provide primary support for the Defense Personnel Assessment Center (DPAC). The

DPAC is responsible for the research, development and evaluation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude

Battery (ASVAB) and the online test delivery of the ASVAB and associated accession and job classification tests, including all DoD language tests. Scientific, technical, and analytic support services are required that lead to the development and execution of studies supporting the Enlistment Testing Program (ETP) and Career Exploration

Program (CEP) as well as new DoD personnel programs, research and studies of force readiness and personnel policies to support Deputy Assistant Secretary for Readiness and Director of Accession Policy.

See attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) for further background information.

The Incumbent contractor is Human Resources Research Organization of Alexandra, VA. The services are currently covered under task orders issued against Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract # 47QFPA18D0006. This contract’s current ordering period ends on 12 August 2021.

Government Estimate:

This requirement is estimated to cost in excess of $100M and may be solicited as a five year contract. The estimated value and performance period are subject to changes.

3. Scope

Attached to this RFI is a Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) with the detailed scope of work. The requirements listed in the PWS are subject to change, if a solicitation is posted.

4. Instructions to Respondents:

Complete and submit the questionnaires below. Follow the table formats and do not substitute, delete, or add to the questionnaires. Responses shall be prepared so that when printed, they meet the following requirements: 8.5 x11 inch paper, 1 inch margins and no smaller than 12 point Time New Roman font. Marketing brochures or generic company literature will not be considered. Not addressing all requested information may result in the Government determination the responder is not capable of performing the work.

Page Limits: A cover page is not required; however, any cover page shall not be longer than 1 page in length.

Section I Corporate Description shall be no longer than 2 pages in length. Section II Corporate Experience shall be no longer than 6 pages in length (up to 3 pages for each example of Corporate Experience). All corporate experience must be performed by the respondent as Prime contractor or a similarly situated small business subcontractor that is a planned team member (if applicable) and shall reflect scope relevant to this acquisition.

Section III Corporate Capabilities/Feedback shall be no longer than 7 pages in length.

All information submitted shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

Questions and responses shall be submitted electronically via email to matthew.schupbach@gsa.gov and emma.andreoli@gsa.gov.

mailto:matthew.schupbach@gsa.gov mailto:emma.andreoli@gsa.gov

Section I, Corporate Description

Please fill in the table below. Do not provide supplemental data or marketing type brochures.

Name of Company

Name of Business Unit Responding to the RFI (if applicable)

Website URL

DUNS Number

CAGE Code

Corporate Address

NAICS codes supported

Total Number of Full Time Employees

Confirm Small Business (SB) Status under NAICS

611710 with a $16.5M size standard (Yes SB, or Not a SB)

If applicable, provide type of Small Business (e.g.

Woman-Owned, Veteran Owned, Service Disabled

Veteran Owned, 8(a), HUBZone)

Do you have a cost accounting system deemed adequate by a cognizant audit agency? (e.g. DCAA or ONR)

Do you have an approved purchasing system approved by DCMA (or other cognizant agency)?

Single Point of Contact Name (Enter Name, phone number and email address)

Would your company plan to submit a proposal as a prime?

For small businesses, does your firm plan to team with similarly situated small businesses? If so, list those businesses.

Provide any contracts your firm has performed utilizing either NAICS Code 611710 or list which

NAICS codes you believe to be most applicable to the work outlined in the PWS and list any applicable

GSA contracts for those respective NAICS Codes.

Section II, Corporate Experience

Provide detail regarding your company’s past experience in providing similar services on an enterprise-level, of similar scope to the tasks identified in the DRAFT PWS and how this past experience and any corporate capabilities will benefit performance of the draft PWS attached to this RFI. Provide up to two corporate references in the template below that relate to the requirements described above. (Note: If your company is divided into separate business units, responses shall be based upon the particular experiences of the business unit responding to the

RFI). Only list contracts during which you (or a similarly situated small business) have served as the prime contractor in the last five (5) years (nothing prior to October 2015). Do not provide supplemental data that is not requested.

Contract #/Vehicle

Project Name

Value at Award

Value at Completion/ Current Value (not ceiling value)

Period of Performance

Contract Type: check the largest ($) for this contract

□ T&M/Labor Hour □ Firm Fixed Price

□ Cost Plus Fixed Fee □ Cost Plus Award Fee

□ Other:________________

Client Department or Agency

Project Description (Describe the work that your firm has performed as a prime contractor in terms of size, scope, requirements, complexity as related to the RFI task areas). Small business respondents may include experience of similarly situated small businesses they plan to team with if this requirement were solicited. Any similarly situated small business shall be clearly labeled as such with the name of the firm and associated experience.

Client POC, Name, E-mail, Phone

Percentage of Services Sub-contracted

Applicable NAICS Code(s) for the requirement

Section III, Corporate Capabilities/Feedback

1. Describe your company/business unit’s experience managing multiple simultaneous projects to perform tasks similar to those in the PWS of a size comparable to the requirements herein.

2. Describe your company/business unit’s experience in quickly (within 30 days) obtaining personnel with highly specialized experience, as related to the RFI requirements.

3. Does your company have systems and information networks accredited according to DoDI 8510.01

"Risk Management Framework for DoD IT” (RMF) and comply with annual Federal Information

Security Management Act (FISMA) security control testing?

4. Please describe your company’s capability or experience with the following: item and test development; computerized adaptive testing; test delivery systems; and career exploration.

5. Describe your company’s capability or experience regarding the development and application of machine learning (thinking social media project), application of natural language processing, building prediction models, developing theory of action, validity frameworks/arguments, and conducting survey/focus group research.

6. Describe a high level team structure and skill mix required to execute the proposed approach. Describe how many people in your company currently have psychometric and IT experience, similar to that addressed in the DRAFT PWS.

Feedback:

7. Historically, this effort has been a single-award Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) firm-fixed-price type contract. Please suggest what, if any, additional information your company would need to be able to propose competitive solutions utilizing a fixed price IDIQ contract. Additionally, please provide feedback regarding other contract types that you believe would be the best approach for administration of the type of work identified in the DRAFT PWS. Please provide the type of information that you would need in order to put together a firm fixed price type proposal including any assumptions your company would make in proposing in a fixed-price environment against the current

DRAFT PWS.

8. State any general questions(s) relating to the DRAFT PWS that need to be clarified prior to release of a

RFP, if an RFP is released.