Presolicitation Notice 91003124R0005.pdf

Presolicitation Notice Title IV Financial Aid Origination and Disbursement (TIVOD)

System & Customer Services Transition Services

General:

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS ONLY. This is not a solicitation or a Request For Proposal (RFP).

Solicitation Number: 91003124R0005

Product Service Code: R710 Support - Management: Financial NAICS Code: 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services

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This presolicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.

Proposed Phase I Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/about March 11, 2024.

Description of Requirement:

The U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) seeks vendor support to develop the TIVOD Systems & Customer Service Transition, systems supporting the origination, disbursement, and reporting of Title IV federal student aid programs, including, but not limited to, Direct Loans, Pell Grants, and the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants. The TIVOD solution shall also provide ongoing support for the discontinued Title IV federal student aid programs. The primary goals of this solicitation are to transition and secure platforms, enable data accessibility accelerated analysis, and support critical business processes and decisions, as well as transform customer service and engagement.

Type of Procurement: This will be a hybrid Firm-Fixed-Price award, which will include Time-and-Materials (T&M) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for Other-Direct-Costs (ODCs). A two-phase solicitation process incorporating a Go/No-Go down-select methodology will be conducted in accordance with the procedures in the Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (EDAR) Subpart 3415.302-70. Only offerors who have been selected to participate in Phase II will be allowed to submit proposals for evaluation in Phase II. A tradeoff source selection process will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.101-1 Tradeoff process. The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

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Performance: The proposed period of performance includes a one (1) one-year base period and four (4) one-year option periods.

The proposed period of performance is illustrated below.

Note: The period(s) of performance as shown below are ‘to be determined’ relative to the posting of the RFP.

Period(s) of Performance Base Year Period – 02/01/2025 through 01/31/2026 Option Period 1 – 02/01/2026 through 01/31/2027 Option Period 2 – 02/01/2027 through 01/31/2028 Option Period 3 – 02/01/2028 through 01/31/2029 Option Period 4 – 02/01/2029 through 01/31/2030

Proposal receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation.

This procurement is full and open competition.

Place of Performance:

Federal Student Aid Washington, DC United States

Primary Point of Contacts:

FSA Acquisitions Myria Carpenter/ Contracting Officer (CO) Myria.Carpenter@ed.gov

Jason Dyer / Contract Specialist (CS) Jason.Dyer@ed.gov