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United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

1849 C Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20240

CONTRACTING OFFICE

IN REPLY REFER TO:

10. C.

June 10, 2024

This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice issued in accordance with FAR 15.2 to conduct market research. This RFI is 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. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited - this request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The National Park Service (NPS) is not, at this time, seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; 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 RFP, if any is issued. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

In support of this effort NPS is conducting market research to further refine requirements and establish the best acquisition approach. Please note that requirements defined to date will likely change before a final request for proposal is released, if any.

Please respond by providing a capabilities statement in support of the company’s ability to support the following requirements:

Contracting Operations (ConOps) National

Procurement System Software as a Service (SaaS) to modernize NPS Acquisitions

The ConOps National contracting office is responsible for ensuring all acquisition personnel and their customers have access to the essential tools and resources necessary to efficiently and effectively complete approximately a significant number of contract awards in a given fiscal year.

ConOps national is in need of a Procurement System Software as a Service provider to modernize NPS Acquisitions.

Brand Name or Equal – Appian Government Acquisition Management Suite

Salient Characteristics:

The Appian Government Acquisition Management (GAM) suite is a system of pre-built solutions that enable government organizations to make procurement decisions across the acquisition lifecycle with confidence and clarity.

The system standardizes acquisition contract writing across the organization, drives efficiency for the acquisition and contracting communities, reduces costs, and provides a platform to make functionality enhancements and statutory changes faster.

The System shall be designed for each phase of the acquisition lifecycle. From gathering requirements to contract closeouts. The system will provide solutions tailored to challenges unique to government agencies and the National Park Service.

This system should provide a modern, integrated solution to help requestors streamline their acquisitions by ensuring that requirements packages are created correctly the first time, while giving the Acquisition team the visibility into the requirements status once handed off to contracting. It should also achieve 100% of requirements packages adequately completed prior to handoff to contracting; significantly reducing time to completion from the current 16 person-hours to complete requirements documents. The system should seamlessly integrate with other siloed systems and have the AI capability to “learn” for the Solution’s own body of knowledge and data as well as learning from NPS’s historical data and body of knowledge. The system should also ensure compliance with the FAR and other regulatory requirements, it should unify data across the service and secure that data at the same time.

System should support NPS Acquistions through all it’s procurement lifecycles: Requirements, Solicitaiton, Award and Contract Administration.

Within that lifecycle, the system should also support Acquisition Forecasting, Acquisition Planning, Creating the Purchase Request (PR) Package and PR Tracking through the lifecycle,of the acquisition, Q&A Management, Source Selection, Clause Automation, Vendor Management, Acquisition Workload Management, Government Purchase Card services, Business Capability Acquisition Lifecycle, provide Procurement Analytics and reporting, Close out services, AI Contract document Writing and User training.

The contractor shall provide all labor, personnel, materials, equipment, etc.; and is responsible for carrying out its obligations necessary to execute performance of this contract.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The government intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price Contract with a Base period and five option periods.

1. Please identify the NAICS code you believe is most appropriate for this requirement.

1. Please indicate the size of your business.

1. Please identify all socio-economic categories that apply to your business.

1. Please provide any feedback or questions you may have related to this requirement and the Draft PWS.

1. Please provide a URL to a capability website for your company.

1. Please provide your company’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

1. Please identify all GSA or NASA SEWP contracts that your company holds and are applicable to this requirement. Please include the size of their business for Small Business Planning.

1. Please include the contact name and information to include email address for your Small Business Representative.

1. Please provide information on any suggested labor categories and associated labor rates, or necessary licenses your company would utilize to fulfil the requirements identified above.

1. Solution must meet DOI Security systems requirements, such as HSPD12 and other requirements.

1. Based on the data in this RFI, is this Solution our best option, if not what solution does your firm suggest and why. What functionality differences does your firm offer from our “Brand Name or Equal” vendor.

Please submit your capability statement to the following with ‘DOIPFBO240046’ in the subject line:

Casey Winters Contracting Officer Contracting Operations National National Park Service E-Mail: casey_winters@nps.gov Submission of the capability statement is due no later than July 24, 2024, at 12:00pm ET.

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