Request_for_Information_Office_of_Resource_Management_6-27-14.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)#GS-H1E-I-14-0060

FOR

WORKFORCE PLANNING

FOR THE

OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

1.0 Description

1.1 The General Services Administration in support of the Office of Human Resource

Management is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide strategic human capital management workforce planning that supports the implementation of GSA’s strategic and annual performance plan.

1.2 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. 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. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the GSA is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees 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 party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

2.0 Background

Agency Overview and Mission

GSA is one of three central management agencies of the Federal Government. GSA provides workspace, products and services, technology, telecommunications, and management policy for the Federal Government. The administrative services under GSA's regulatory purview include the management of real and personal property, travel and transportation, motor vehicles and aircraft, and mail.

GSA's organization includes two major services, the Public Buildings Service (PBS) and the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), and staff organizations that are all focused on GSA achieving a vision of “excellence in the business of government.” GSA provides these services through the coordinated efforts of eleven regional offices and its headquarters office in Washington, DC.

GSA's workforce is dispersed across the U.S. and abroad covering several hundred geographic locations. Our mission is diverse and so are our occupations. Like many other Federal agencies, we are facing an aging workforce and an environment where our skill needs are changing.

GSA’s mission is to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people.

GSA’s human capital strategy focuses on improving talent acquisition, development and performance management. Workforce planning supports GSA in closing current and emerging skill and competency gaps in mission critical occupations, thus ensuring mission accomplishment.

GSA seeks to establish agency-wide workforce planning and the development of integrated workforce plans that support the implementation of GSA’s strategic and annual performance plan. Workforce planning also supports GSA delivering of a Mission Ready Workforce and ensures GSA’s compliance with the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act (GPRA-MA) which requires integrated workforce management to support agency mission accomplishment.

3.0 Requested Information

The General Services Administration in support of the Office of Human Resource Management is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide strategic human capital management workforce planning that supports the implementation of GSA’s strategic and annual performance plan. GSA is interested in information on approach to workforce planning and methodology.

4.0 Responses

4.1 Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper that explains approach and methodology.

4.2 White papers in Microsoft Word for Office 2000 compatible format are due by 12 noon est.

time Monday July 7, 2014 via email to the Contracting Officer Jean Wright, at jean.wright@gsa.gov. Responses shall be limited to 10 pages and submitted via e-mail only to the Contracting Officer . Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE

CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

4.3. Section 1 of the white paper shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum:

mailto:jean.wright@gsa.gov

4.3.1. Name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and e-mail of designated point of contact.

4.3.2. Recommended contracting strategy.

4.3.3. Either 1) copies of executed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with the contractors supporting GSA in technical evaluations or 2) a statement that the respondee will not allow the

Government to release its proprietary data to the Government support contractors. In the absence of either of the foregoing, the Government will assume that the respondee does NOT agree to the release of its submission to Government support contractors.

4.3.4. Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) based upon North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541512, Computer Systems Design Services. “Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121.

The number of pages in Section 1 of the white paper shall not be included in the 10 page limitation, i.e., the 10 page limitation applies only to Section 2 of the white paper.

4.4 Section 2 of the white paper shall answer the issues addressed in Section 3 of this RFI and shall be limited to 10 pages.

5.0 Questions

Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the

Contracting Officer, Jean Wright at jean.wright@gsa.gov by Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 12:00 noon est time. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted.

6.0 Summary

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide workforce planning]. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The GAS has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as mailto:jean.wright@gsa.gov authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.