Request for Information - DCPDS Final 03-16-2023.pdf

16 March 2023

ASSIST ORDER ID: 47QFMA23K0016

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS)

Software Sustainment Support Services

1. INTRODUCTION:

The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Region 3 Assisted Acquisition Services, intends to negotiate award of a sole source contract to Leidos, Inc. under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302- 1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”

Interested parties may submit a capabilities statement for the Government’s consideration. Information received may be used for market research purposes to identify potential sources. Nevertheless, a determination not to compete the proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties should provide details regarding capabilities in accordance with the instructions in Section 5 below. The Draft Performance Work Statement will be added to this RFI as an attachment.

2. STATEMENT OF NEED:

The Government has an urgent need for software sustainment support services for the existing Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS) until the system is migrated to the cloud-based Defense Civilian Human Resources Management System

(DCHRMS).

3. BACKGROUND:

DCPDS is a multifunction, web-based civilian Human Resources (HR) information management and transaction processing system. The system supports over 800,000 civilian employee records (appropriated fund, non-appropriated fund, National Guard, and local nationals), and 1.5 million position records. DCPDS is a global system that supports users around the world 24 hours a day, 7-days a week. DCPDS uses a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product (Oracle Federal HR), customized for the Federal and Defense environments, to provide personnel transaction processing.

This notice is not a request for proposals.

4. NAICS INFORMATION:

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541519 – Other Computer Related Services with a size standard of $34.0M.

5. SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

A. COVER SHEET (Page Limit: 1 page, single spaced, 12 pt. font, Word or PDF)

1. Vendor name, address, website, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code.

2. Point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number.

3. Type of business, including socio-economic category (Large, Small, 8(a) Participant, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Non Profit)

4. If applicable, GSA contract number, schedule.

B. CAPABILITIES. (Page Limit: 10 pages, single spaced, 12 pt. font, Word or PDF)

1. Please describe your organization's breadth of expertise/competency in the following critical functions:

a) Experience servicing the Federal Human Resources (FedHR) version of the Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS) baseline to support 500,000 or more DoD/civilian employees, to include:

a. Experience with implementing Oracle patches on the Oracle FedHR

EBS,

b. Experience with managing the Oracle EBS in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,

c. Experience remediating cyber vulnerabilities within the Federalized version of the Oracle EBS,

d. Experience delivering OPM required capabilities that adhere to the Guide of Personnel Processing Actions (GPPA)

e. The discussion should include capability to support: appropriated funds, non-appropriated funds, and local-national employees.

b) Experience with relocation of GFE between data centers, and availability of a vendor provided data center hosting location with NIPR circuits in 30 days.

GFE supports the development, test, and training environments for DCPDS and minimal downtime is required for a transition.

a. 200+ servers

b. 100+ laptops/desktops

c. 100+ network devices

d. 20+ racks

c) Capability to support annual pay updates in Oracle FedHR EBS for 500,000 or more DoD/Civilian employees to include updating over 900 pay-tables and managing personnel actions for pay raises within the first pay period of the calendar year based on Executive Orders.

d) Experience/knowledge with DoD HR policies and regulations regarding the implementation of business logic and workflows in Oracle FedHR EBS for:

a. Reduction in Force (RIF) business rules per NDAA 2016.

b. DoD Cyber workforce coding

c. DoD Acquisition workforce coding

d. Interface management and data processing for 40 DoD/Federal partner business systems

2.Please describe your organization’s timeline to successfully take over the requirement.

*IMPORTANT* Responders are advised that all costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party’s expense. All information received in response to this submission that is clearly marked “Proprietary” will be handled accordingly. The Government will not provide confirmation of receipt of responses, nor will any submissions be returned.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) being issued for “Market Research Purposes” only. This is NOT a request for proposal/quote. No electronic proposals are to be submitted with this response or emailed at this time. Responses to this request will not be considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Actual pricing of this requirement, labor categories or hours are not requested, nor will any be reviewed under this request.

6. RESPONSE INFORMATION:

DUE DATE: 12:00 PM (EST) on March 30, 2023

All responses shall be submitted electronically to the following Points of Contact:

Primary Contracting Point of Contact:

Heather Houtz Contract Specialist Heather.Houtz@gsa.gov

Alternate Contracting Point of Contact:

Linda Jacobson Contracting Officer Linda.Jacobson@gsa.gov

Primary Project Manager Point of Contact:

Matthew Johnson Project Manager matthewj.johnson@gsa.gov