Small Business Sources Sought Notice_State and Territory Child Care Capacity Building Center (STCBC).pdf

Small Business Sources Sought Notice ONLY

Title: The State and Territory Child Care Capacity Building Center (STCBC) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC)

Response Due: Wednesday, May 6 at 5:00 PM ET

INTRODUCTION:

The purpose of this Small Business Sources Sought Notice is for market research, to make appropriate acquisition decisions, and to gain knowledge of potential qualified small businesses’ capabilities.

The information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including small business socio-economic set-aside possibilities and to determine the availability of qualified small business companies technically capable of meeting the Government's potential requirement. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes.

No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only.

ISSUED BY: This Small Business Sources Sought Notice is being issued by the U.S.

Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions (OMAS), on behalf of the Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Office of Child Care

(OCC).

ANTICIPATED NAICS: 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

ATTACHMENTS:

• Draft Statement of Work (SOW)

RESPONSES DUE:

All responses must be submitted electronically and emailed to the Contracting Officer at jan.welsh@hhs.gov . Please ensure that your e-mail response has “The State and Territory Child Care Capacity Building Center (STCBC)” in the subject line. All responses must be received no later than Wednesday, May 6 at 5:00 PM ET.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement. Responses shall be single spaced, Times New Roman or Arial font, no smaller than 11 pt. and formatted as a PDF or Word document.

Responses shall not exceed 15 single-sided pages (including the cover page, all attachments, charts, etc.) and shall contain the following:

mailto:jan.welsh@hhs.gov

• Clear and convincing documentation of the ability to provide the services specified in this notice.

• Government contract vehicles covering the effort described, if applicable.

• A completed version of the attached spreadsheet/table along with your capability statement.

The cover page shall include the following:

• UEI number

• Organization name

• Organization address

• Size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) pursuant to NAICS code 541611.

• Technical point(s) of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone, and e-mail addresses.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance is a 12-month base period with four, 12-month option periods.

Government Property: Upon receipt, all responses become government property and will not be returned.

Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION (see also draft SOW):

The Office of Child Care (OCC) requires the provisioning and coordination of technical assistance (TA) for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) state and territory grantees, leading to the successful implementation and continued administration of the requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The purpose is to provide the needed technical assistance for CCDF state and territory grantees. Contractor support is required to provide both the content expertise to develop and deliver technical assistance as well as the technical expertise to track those efforts and manage OCC and CCDF’s web presence, including the statutorily required childcare.gov. It will also require State and Territory Systems Specialists, who are assigned to a cohort of states to provide individualized TA support on CCDF requirements to meet their specific needs.

https://childcare.gov/

Key tasks include:

1. CCDF Subject Matter Expertise and Content Technical Assistance - subject matter experts available to deliver TA related to requirements of the CCDF program including Strengthening Child Care Business Practices, Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response and Recovery (EPDRR), Consumer Education and ChildCare.gov Content Management, Infant/Toddler and School-Age Child Care, Health, Safety and Licensing, and Supports for the Child Care Workforce.

2. Coordination and Data - coordination work done by the State and Territory Systems Specialists as well as the TA assessment and evaluation work OCC uses to ensure TA meets the needs of lead agencies and results in desired outcomes. The data support within this task also includes support for the triennial state/territory CCDF Plan.

3. Websites and Information Technology (IT) Systems - support for OCC websites and systems, including the TA Tracker, TA resources website, and ChildCare.gov site.

CAPABILITIES SOUGHT:

Small business organizations shall provide a capability statement (cap. statement) that demonstrate their capability to perform the requirements as described in the draft SOW to include current and past experience, and analytic capacity. Please include the following information:

a. Expertise and capability to staff, recruit, and retain

b. Current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work

c. Corporate experience: Briefly describe up to 3 relevant projects similar in scope and size to the requirements. Include the following information for each example:

• Customer Name

• Customer/Client POC Email

• Total Contract Value

• Period of Performance

• Brief Description of Services Provided

• Indicate if there is a CPARS (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System) available

In addition to the capability statement described above, the respondent should also complete the table below with their submission.

Company Name

Company Address

Question Yes/No/Number Page in Cap.

Statement

Describe your organization’s experience with Administration for Children & Families (ACF) Programs, such as Office of Child Care (OCC) Programs, if any?

Does your organization have experience coordinating programmatic support large scale state/territory level block grant programs or for programs similar in scope, such as the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)?

Does your organization have experience developing and sharing best practices to support grantees?

Does your organization have experience operating and maintaining publicly available websites on behalf of the federal or state government, including meeting Section 508 requirements?

Does your organization have experience designing, developing, and maintaining ServiceNow Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment?

Does your organization have experience employing cross-organizational collaboration and communication between multiple geographically diverse stakeholders?

Does your organization have the capability to transition into a new project within 30 days?

Does your organization have the capability to manageing day-to-day program operations to deliver programmatic technical assistance (TA) for programs similar in scope as that described in the Statement of Work (SOW)?

Can your organization indicate whether it will require significant subcontracting or teaming arrangements?

Can your organization list any governmentwide contracting vehicles for which the small business organization has a contract?