Sources Sought-FPDS Procurement Data Automations.pdf
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This sources sought notice seeks information from qualified Women Owned Small Businesses to provide a software suite to improve Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation reporting, automate contractor responsibility assessments, and provide data and reporting for federal procurement initiatives. Interested firms must submit a capability statement no more than three pages by 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time on September 22, 2023 to Travis C Keon at KeonTC@state.gov. Responses should include company name, address, business size, Unique Entity Identifier, and point of contact. The software suite should provide automated data validation and verification to identify and correct FPDS-NG reporting errors, streamline verification and validation processes, enable category management tracking and reporting, verify contractor responsibility, and report on metrics including small business goals, competition, and acquisition cycle times.
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U.S. Department of State
A/OPE Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG) and Procurement Automations
September 5, 2023
General:
This is a Sources Sought Notice Only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for information and planning purposes only as part of U.S. Department of State (DOS) market research and does not constitute a solicitation. This requirement is covered under NAICS Code 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services.
The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) to provide a software suite to address and improve Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation (FPDS-NG) reporting data quality, automate contractor responsibility assessment reports, provide data, automations, and reporting capability for Federal Category Management initiatives, and provide access to procurement metric reports relevant to the top priorities in federal procurement.
Introduction:
The Office of the Procurement Executive (A/OPE) provides management direction and leadership over Department-wide acquisition and federal assistance policies and the full range of acquisitions and federal assistance management services.
As the U.S. Government's official repository for acquisition-related data, it is imperative that the data contained in FPDS-NG is valid and accurate. The purpose of this sources sought is to verify the market’s ability to provide a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) automated data validation system/solution that can identify suspected or known FPDS- NG errors to ensure that the entered FPDS-NG data is valid and accurate. A/OPE seeks a solution that shall also be used to automate the annual FPDS-NG Verification and Validation Review, to the extent possible, and generate Exhibit II required by OMB's May 31, 2011, memorandum titled Improving Federal Procurement Data Quality - Guidance for Annual Verification and Validation. The vendor shall also be able to provide training to users and administrators, reporting, Help Desk services, system and user documentation.
Specific capability being sought:
• Auto Correct features that both identify reporting errors in FPDS-NG, and automatically corrects those reporting errors.
• Enhanced verification and validation processes that streamline communication with contracting staff and ensure inconsistencies identified during an audit are corrected.
• Category Management automations to track and promote Best in Class (BIC) and Spend Under Management (SUM) utilization.
• Automations that verify contractor responsibility in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.1
• Automations and reporting capability on small business statistics, competition, risk assessments, procurement acquisition led time or PALT, supplier diversity, and with the flexibility to create other reports and dashboards as determined by the users.
SOURCES SOUGHT INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions:
All qualified WOSBs with the capability to provide the services in accordance with this notice are of interest.
Cost or price information is not solicited and will not be reviewed.
Interested firms shall submit an electronic copy of their capability statement and their submission (no more than 3 pages, not to include cover page, 12pt font) via email to Travis C Keon (KeonTC@state.gov).
The due date and time for submission of responses is 11:00 AM Eastern Day Light Time (EDT) [September 22, 2023].
No phone calls related to this Sources Sought will be accepted. All correspondence shall be via email.
Firms responding to this Sources Sought shall be registered in the System for Award Management under NAICS Code 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services.
All responses must include the following information:
Company name.
Company address.
Company business size (Respond: “Small” or “Other Than Small”).
Unique Entity Identifier.
Point-of-contact name, telephone number, and email address.
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