Sources sought.pdf

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY

This Request for Information (RFI) is for the purpose of identifying firms that can meet the following Office of Personnel Management Requirements.

The Office of Personnel Management has a requirement for a platform that will allow the government the ability to conduct 3-4 government wide, virtual Tech to Gov hiring fairs and forums that can accommodate a minimum of 2000 participants and a minimum of 500 federal agency participants. This requirement is under NAICS code 541611-Administrative Management and General Management

Consulting Services.

This RFI is not to be considered as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the

Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the contractor submission to this Sources Sought or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Data submitted in response to this

RFI will not be returned.

Period of Performance:

• 12 Months from the date of award.

INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMISSION:

After review of the attached documentation, interested parties may submit a response in an electronic format only via email to Danielle.hazak@opm.gov and Shaneka Brown at

Shaneka.brown@opm.gov no later than July 26, 2024, 4:00 PM EST. All questions must be submitted by July 23, 2024, 4:00PM EST to the stated emails. Electronic files should be in

Microsoft Office Word or PDF format. All information should be UNCLASSIFIED material only.

Respondents should include as part of their submission:

a. Capabilities statement.

b. GSA Number if applicable

c. SAM Unique Entity ID Number

d. Firm Name

e. Firm Address

f. Business size, SDVOSB, HUBZone, or Woman owned status, as validated via the

System for Award Administration (SAM). All offers must register on the SAM located at http://www.SAM.gov

g. Firm’s point of contact, phone and email address.

h. Past work experience. If you have experience working with other Federal Agencies and/or commercial businesses of similar size and scope, please include agency and/or business name contract number (if applicable), amount and type of contract (e.g. FFP, T&M, Labor hour etc).

i. Fedramp certified and comply with other Enterprise Non-Functional Requirements described below.

mailto:Shaneka.brown@opm.gov http://www.sam.gov/

j. A schedule that shows the ability to meet the Technical Requirement in the section below in time for the first scheduled event (See below).

Any proprietary information must be marked as such, the RFI information should not exceed a total of 10 one-sided 8 1/2x11 pages, with one-inch margins, and font no smaller than 12 point.

Technical Requirements

• OPM requires the ability to conduct 3-4 government wide, virtual Tech to Gov hiring fairs and forums that can accommodate a minimum of 2000 participants and a minimum of 500 federal agency participants.

• The first event will take place in October of 2024.

• The rest of the events are TBD.

• OPM requires wrap-around support services for event planning to include set-up, candidate and agency notification and registration, training on the platform for both agency staff and participants to navigate the platform both prior to and during the event, and data analytic services to collect, analyze, and deliver metrics relating to registration, participation, agency and candidate actions, and overall insights regarding impact and recommendations for improvement for future events. This support requires experience running similar events with multiple Federal government agencies to help troubleshoot any challenges, technical or otherwise during the event.

• OPM requires wrap-around support services for strategically sourcing and cultivating a pipeline of prospective candidates, including developing promotional marketing material, actively sourcing and engaging with candidates before, during, and after the virtual event.

• Vendor shall provide use of a virtual event platform to support, at a minimum, 4 virtual job fair that is FEDRAMP authorized.

• The platform must be able to facilitate participant resume uploading, administering of participant surveys to identify, and filtering of participants based on job, role, or skill interests.

• The event platform must have the capability to accommodate multiple participants per virtual agency booth and provide a queuing/standby capability to let participants know when a booth is full and when they can enter. Wait times to enter agency booths and to navigate other parts of the virtual hiring fair need to be minimal.

• The platform must be able to facilitate one on one conversations with participants and agency representatives, in addition to large group virtual rooms where agencies and staff can conduct information sessions during the fair.

• The platform must be able to support multiple types of one-on-one and group-based communication (audio, video, chat).

• The platform must be able to permit agency representatives to pre-schedule interview times with participants prior to the day of the virtual hiring fair.

• The platform must allow agency representatives the ability to rate and select the next appropriate action for screened participants during and post-event, including the capability to log, access, and export notes and ratings for a minimum of six months after event ends.

• The platform must be able to save and transfer agency participant information between events, eliminating the need for agencies to recreate their booths for each event.

• Platform and/or support staff must provide agency technical support up to, during, and post the virtual hiring fair to make sure agency employers and participants can use and operate the platform.

• Vendor supported training on how to set up employer booths to agency employers.

• Vendor supported training on how to navigate the lobby and agency booths for participants.

• Vendor notification to participants with status of hiring booth to see if full and provide opportunity to participate in other agency booths if some booths are not yet at capacity.

• Vendor shall provide event analytics, detailing success criteria and metrics for converting engaged candidates into applicants and applicants into federal employees.

• Vendor must demonstrate substantial experience and proven track record in collaborating organizations within the civic tech ecosystem and engaging with and sourcing/pairing technologists for the purposes of pursuing public service technology careers.

• The vendor will develop and provide compelling marketing materials designed to attract technologists to the federal government and participate in virtual fairs and forums.