Sources Sought RFI IT Staffing Support Services.pdf

TITLE: Federal Occupational Health (FOH) – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

STAFFING SUPPORT SERVICES

Introduction

This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding:

(1) the availability and capability of qualified 8(a) small business sources; and (2) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. An organization that is not considered an 8(a) small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.

Background

The mission of Federal Occupational Health (FOH), a component of the Program Support Center (PSC), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is to improve the health, safety, and productivity of the Federal workforce. Granted authority under 5 USC § 7901, FOH promotes and maintains the physical and mental fitness of federal employees of HHS and other federal agencies by providing occupational health programs and services, including:

clinical services delivery, expert medical consultation tailored to a particular federal agency’s occupational health service needs, wellness and health promotion services, behavioral health services, and environmental health and safety services.

FOH is the largest provider of occupational health services in the Federal Government. FOH enters into Interagency Agreements (IAAs) negotiated with federal departments and federal agencies’ national headquarters, and/or with their regional/local components for occupational health and consultation services. FOH maintains sole responsibility for consulting with its Federal agency customers. The Contractor’s primary role is to facilitate delivery of FOH occupational health services by providing reliable Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and staffing expertise that supports mandated requirements and efficiently allows FOH staff to be as competitive as possible in the performance of their work. IT is a significant enabler to the FOH mission.

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of this requirement is for FOH IT to procure a full range of qualified IT personnel to perform enterprise-level end-to-end IT operational services to support the IT infrastructure in meeting mission requirements and operational objectives.

Project Requirements

Refer to attached:

- Draft IT Staffing Statement of Work and;

- Draft Existing FOH IT Systems Architecture and Configuration Overview

Anticipated Period of Performance

The anticipated award date is Third Quarter fiscal year (FY)25, with a potential duration of five

(5) years: Base Period of twelve (12) months and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods.

Anticipated Place of Performance

Work will be performed at: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, except for work permitted to be performed via alternate site, such as via telework, if specifically allowed elsewhere in the resulting contract.

Submission Instructions:

1. Refer to the attached Excel Copy – Program Support Center - Federal Occupational

Health (PSC-FOH) questions, please respond to these questions in their entirety.

2. Refer to the attached PDF copy of the draft Statement of Work (SOW) for Information

Technology (IT) Staffing Services, to assist contractors to formulate their responses.

3. Refer to the attached PDF copy of the draft Existing FOH IT Systems, Architecture, and

Configuration Overview, to assist contractors to formulate their responses.

4. Response Instructions

Potential vendors shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment required to meet the attached Statement of Work. Please provide supporting response to include the below information.

a) Possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts.

Experience Information: (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature in the past three (3) years; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples in the last 3 years of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information.

Note: Please include the Customer name; Customer’s Point of Contact email address;

Total Contract Value; Period of Performance; Brief description of services; Past Performance Questionnaires or Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports if available.

b) Company’s Information: Unique Entity ID (UEI) number, Cage Number, company’s name, address, point of contact (name, email address and phone number), and size and type of (8(a) business) pursuant to the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

Points of Contact

Only electronic responses will be accepted. The response shall be limited to 20 double-spaced pages total. The pages will have 1-inch margins, and using not less than 12-point font, Times New Roman. Tables and figures can be Times New Roman and no smaller than 9-point font. The total number of tables and figures shall be limited to 12. The Cover Letter, Tables of Contents, and Technical Appendix are not included in the page count. Please send responses via email to the primary point of contact, Angelina Mulenga via email to angelina.mulenga@hhs.gov with the subject line “Sources Sought – Information Technology (IT) Staffing Support Services” no later than Monday, December 16, 2024 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Earlier submission is highly encouraged.

Questions regarding the contents of this Sources Sought shall be submitted via email to:

Angelina Mulenga at angelina.mulenga@hhs.gov with the subject line “Sources Sought Questions - Sources Sought – Information Technology (IT) Staffing Support Services” no later than Monday, December 02, 2024 on or before 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Questions should be emailed as a separate file in a Word compatible format. Phone calls will not be accepted. The Government reserves the right to respond to some, all, or none of the questions that will be submitted.

Note: Office of Acquisition Management Services (OAMS) wants to ensure transparency of this process and ensure interested companies are provided the same information. If your company has a question regarding this Sources Sought Notice, the Government will post your company's questions, along with the Government's response, in System for Award Management (Sam.gov).

(Note: Your company's name will not be disclosed to the public).

III. Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by the respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any company responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. 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.

Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public through Sam.gov in accordance with FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate to responses to a solicitation.

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).