GSA_SP3_RFP_Cover_Letter_02_01_2017.pdf

Federal Acquisition Service

February 1, 2017

We are pleased to provide the attached General Services Administration (GSA) SmartPay® 3 (SP3) government-wide charge card and related payment services solicitation. The resultant contracts will provide global U.S. Government, and other authorized organizations’, Purchase, Travel, Fleet, Integrated and related charge card issuance and associated payment transaction services from November 2018 through 2031.

GSA SmartPay is the largest government charge card payment program in the world with more than three million Purchase, Travel, Fleet, and Integrated accounts, supporting more than 560 customer agencies/organizations. In fiscal year 2016 alone, agencies/organizations spent $28.5 billion around the globe.

Since program inception, GSA SmartPay spend totals approximately $432 billion with refunds earned exceeding $3 billion.

The GSA SP3 solicitation expands upon an already solid foundation of payment solutions while adding new, innovative solutions and avenues for incorporating appropriate future payment processes on the horizon. Over 1,200 comments were received as a result of the draft SP3 solicitation issued in June 2016.

Combined with extensive market research and focus group feedback, this input provided valuable information, helping to frame the approach for the next iteration of GSA SmartPay payment solutions. Offerors are invited to review the attached handout for differences between the GSA SmartPay 2 (SP2) and SP3 requirements.

The following instructions are of particular importance to Offerors:

Section L.2.9, Receipt of Offers, instructs Offerors that the proposal documents shall be submitted electronically via email to the GSA Contracting Officer at spcard@gsa.gov by 4:00pm EST on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. All volumes must be received timely or the proposal as a whole will be considered late. Additional instructions on the submission of electronic proposal documents are also provided in this section as well as in Section L.3.2, Formatting Technical and Price Proposals. Offerors are notified that the size limitation is 25MB per email (message plus attachments). GSA accepts no responsibility and shall not be held liable for incomplete and/or late proposal submissions due to technical difficulties in transmission of messages and/or documents exceeding the 25MB per email limit. It is recommended that Offerors not wait until the last day/hours proposals are due to attempt their proposal submission.

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Communications and comments concerning the contents of this RFP shall be accepted by email only to the GSA Contracting Officer at spcard@gsa.gov no later than 4:00 PM EST on February 24, 2017.

Questions received and GSA’s responses will be posted to www.fbo.gov at regular intervals during the proposal period. Identities of prospective Offerors asking questions will not be disclosed and any proprietary information contained within questions will be redacted. Questions should cite the section, paragraph number and page number in question within the RFP. Statements expressing opinions, sentiments, or conjectures are not considered valid inquires or comments and will not receive a response from GSA. Furthermore, Offerors are reminded that GSA will not address hypothetical or scenario-based questions aimed toward receiving potential “evaluation decisions” from GSA.

The GSA policy documents referenced in C.8 Security Requirements and Section J, Attachment 13 contain information necessary for Offerors to propose under the GSA SmartPay 3 Master Contract. These policies are not available for public distribution or publication. Offerors may make an appointment to view hardcopy documents in person at GSA, 1800 F Street, Washington DC, 20405, through the GSA Contracting Officer, Donna Rankin, by sending an email to donna.rankin@gsa.gov.

Appointments must be requested in writing within 7 calendar days of the issuance of this RFP and must be completed no later than 21 days prior to the date/time set for receipt of proposals. Appointment dates will be assigned and confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. Offerors will be provided instructions for access to the GSA building and security requirements at time of confirmation of their appointment. The number of attendees from the Offeror is limited to not more than four (4) persons employed by the Offeror or their proposed subcontractors/team members, due to limited conference room space. Offerors will be monitored by a Government employee at all times while in custody of the documents.

Offerors may take notes but may not take photos or photocopy any documents.

Providing innovative government payment solutions to support government mission delivery is our business. We hope you will consider this opportunity to be a part of the GSA SmartPay 3 Program.

Sincerely, The GSA SmartPay Team Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) Categories

Attachments:

GSA SmartPay 3 Master Contract Updates Quick Sheet GSA SmartPay 3 Final RFP