BTT Replacement RFI Cover Page 3.4.25.pdf

Request for Information 36C10A25Q0031

Department of Veterans Affairs

Budget and Acquisition Management Software as a Service Solution and Maintenance

1. Introduction

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for conducting market research and planning purposes only. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future; furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. Additionally, this RFI does not restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

The purpose of this RFI is to identify qualified vendors, who can meet Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requirements for Budget and Acquisition Management Software as a Solution (SaaS) and Maintenance. Any contract/order that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of the competitive process. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain market information on capable sources. The Government is not responsible for any cost incurred by industry in furnishing this information. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested vendor's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation if any is issued. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. All submissions will become Government property and will not be returned. Interested vendors are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. VA is under no obligation to provide feedback to the company, or to contact the company for clarification of any information submitted in response to this RFI.

2. RFI Response Instructions

Provide the following information:

(A) Provide Company Information:

1) Company Name

2) CAGE/Unique Entity ID (previously DUNS)under which the company is registered in SAM/VetBiz.gov

3) Company Business Size and Status for North American Industry Classification

(NAICS) 541512*

* If you believe there is a more appropriate NAICS code, please provide that to the Government with your rationale.

4) Contract Vehicles: Identify if you can provide services via a Government-wide Acquisition Contract, Federal Supply Schedule, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) VI, etc., that may assist in determining acquisition strategy.5) Socioeconomic Data: Identify business size. If a small business, please identify socio-economic category(ies).

6) Company Address

7) Point of Contact Name

8) Pont of Contact Telephone Number

9) Point of Contact Email Address

(B) Brief summary describing your company’s technical approach to meeting the requirements, to also include:

1. The specific SaaS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf product you intend to utilize to meet the requirements stated in the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). Identify whether the product is FedRAMP approved.

2. State if you are you the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of this product or do you intend to team with the OEM.

3. Provide a summary of the licensing approaches for VA’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) organizational structure.

4. Provide a summary of the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) approach, including a description of what O&M services are provided, the licensing cost, and what O&M services require procuring separate stand-alone O&M package(s).

5. Provide the estimated timeframe from contract award to complete the system configuration to provide the stated features in PWS.

6. Describe your system availability and how you measure your uptime.

7. State if the system has standard SLAs that are normally provided to your customers.

8. State what external system interoperability capabilities your system has.

9. Provide initial cost estimate for scope of the draft PWS (rough order of magnitude).

10. Provide feedback and/or questions to the draft PWS to ensure clear Vendor understanding on the requirements. Provide any proposed revisions and comments.

11. Suggest existing contract vehicles this could be procured through or any current contracts you have with the VA that can be leveraged that meet the requirements of the PWS, if applicable.

Responses to this RFI shall be submitted electronically by 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, March 12, 2025, via email to the Technology Acquisition Center

(TAC) point of contact Contract Specialist, Brianna.Feaster@@va.gov and Contracting Officer, Lori L. Walker at Lori.Walker1@va.gov.

All proprietary/company confidential material shall be clearly marked on every page that contains such.