Final Sources Sought Notice Draft APMI Nexus Application 8.19.2025 REV.docx

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Version Control Date: June 17, 2013

THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research or as a market survey to determine the availability of potential qualified vendors with the technical capability to provide Microsoft Power Platform application support services. The NRC’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) is seeking information from qualified sources with demonstrated expertise in Microsoft Power Platform application development and are knowledgeable of human capital and human resources programs. The purpose of this market research is to inform potential acquisition strategies to support OCHCO’s program portfolio and advance human capital data modernization, which is leveraging Microsoft Dataverse within the Power Platform to improve the management, integration, and use of human capital data.

OCHCO seeks advanced capabilities in end-to-end application development using the full range of Microsoft Power Platform tools, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse. The successful source should have experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining applications that are secure, scalable, and user-friendly. Expertise is needed in creating both canvas and model-driven Power Apps, developing automated workflows with Power Automate, and building dashboards and analytic tools with Power BI that provide actionable insights for decision-making. Respondents should also demonstrate a high degree of proficiency in using Dataverse to structure, validate, and govern relational data models, as well as integrating Power Platform applications with authoritative human capital in compliance with federal IT and data security standards.

Equally important, OCHCO requires sources with deep knowledge of human capital management policies, practices, and business processes within the federal environment. This includes understanding areas such as staffing and recruitment, workforce planning, classification, employee development, and performance management. Respondents must be able to translate human capital requirements into technical solutions that streamline service delivery, automate workflows, and improve the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of human capital data.

As part of the human capital data modernization, OCHCO is interested in sources that can design and implement secure, standardized, and interoperable solutions. These solutions should also enable automation to enhance human capital services, reduce administrative burden, and expand OCHCO’s ability to monitor, analyze, and forecast workforce trends.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541511.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for sources and vendor information does not constitute a request for proposal; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

The purpose of this announcement is to provide potential sources the opportunity to submit information regarding their capabilities to perform work for the NRC free of conflict of interest (COI). For information on NRC COI regulations, visit NRC Acquisition Regulation Subpart 2009.5 (http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contracting/48cfr-ch20.html). All interested parties, including all categories of small businesses (small businesses, small-disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone small businesses) are invited to submit a response. The capabilities submitted by a vendor should demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to perform the principal components of work listed below. The response should also include past performance/experience regarding projects of similar scope listing the project title, general description, the dollar value of the contract, and name of the company, agency, or government entity for which the work was performed.

Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. Submission of additional materials such as glossy brochures or videos is discouraged.

Capabilities Sought:

The NRC is seeking to identify sources that are capable of providing:

1. Technical Expertise in Microsoft Power Platform

· Experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining applications within the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse).

· Managing enterprise data, including approaches to data governance, validation, and security.

· Experience integrating Power Platform solutions with other enterprise systems in compliance with IT security requirements.

2. Human Capital Knowledge for Microsoft Power Platform Application Development

· Understanding of federal human capital and human resource business processes (such as staffing, workforce planning, training and development, and qualification programs).

· Experience with projects where human capital business needs were translated into effective technical solutions, including automation of workflows, enhanced reporting, or improved data quality.

3. Data Modernization Experience

· Experience modernizing human data environments to improve decision-making.

· Implementation of structured data models, automations, or tools that support service delivery.

· Explain approaches to ensuring secure management of sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII).

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

If your organization has the capability and capacity to perform, as a prime contractor, one or more of the services described in this notice, then please respond to this notice and provide written responses to the following information. Please do not include any proprietary or otherwise sensitive information in the response, and do not submit a proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this notice will not be considered.

1. Describe your organization’s experience in the areas outlined in the Capabilities Sought section, with emphasis on Microsoft Power Platform expertise and human capital domain knowledge.

2. Description of relevant past performance including project scope, and timeframe with federal or comparable organizations that demonstrate successful delivery of Power Platform-based solutions and human capital knowledge.

3. Does your company have the capability to perform all required tasks/services listed under the Capabilities Sought section above?

4. Will you need to subcontract out any areas and if so, what portion?

5. Provide a standard, non-proprietary commercial price list or similar standard non-proprietary commercial pricing information for how your company sells, as a prime contractor, required capabilities described in this notice that your organization has experience providing. Also, indicate what is included in that pricing such as materials.

6. What size is your organization with respect to NAICS code identified in this notice (i.e., "small" or "other than small")? If your organization is a small business under the aforementioned NAICS code, what type of small business (i.e., small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a), or HUBZone small business)? Specify all that apply.

7. Indicate whether your organization offers any of the required capabilities described in this notice on one or more of your company's own Federal Government contracts (i.e., GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract or Government wide Acquisition Contracts) that the NRC could order from and, if so, which services are offered. Also, provide the contract number(s) and indicate what is currently available for ordering from each of those contract(s).

8. Is your organization currently performing or have in the past performed same or similar services as those listed above for any of the licensees regulated by the NRC? If so, which licensees? See http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/licensing.html for more information on NRC licensing.

9. Has your organization previously faced organizational conflict of interest issues with NRC? If so, what were they and how were they mitigated or resolved?

Interested organizations responding to this Sources Sought Synopsis are encouraged to structure capability statements in the order of the area of consideration noted above. All capability statements sent in response to this notice must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Jenny Ford at Jennifer.ford@nrc.gov, either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice.

DISCLAIMER AND NOTES: Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s potential capability and capacity to perform the subject work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. All responses to this notice must be 10MB or smaller in size; otherwise, the NRC server will reject the response. Respondents may submit more than one response in order to stay under the 10MB threshold. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in SAM.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

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