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Veterans Benefits Administration

August 24, 2016

Veterans Benefits Administration

Transition and Economic Impact Pre Proposal Conference

VBA’s Mission and Vision Drive VBA’s Service to Veterans VA Mission Statement “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.”

- Abraham Lincoln

VBA Mission Statement The mission of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), is to provide benefits and services to Veterans and their families in a responsive, timely, and compassionate manner in recognition of their service to the Nation.

VBA Vision Statement Our vision is that the Veterans whom we serve will feel that our Nation has kept its commitment to them; employees will feel that they are both recognized for their contribution and are part of something larger than themselves; and taxpayers will feel that we’ve met the responsibilities they’ve entrusted to us. Courage, honesty, trust, respect, open communication, and accountability will be reflected in our day-to-day behavior.

VA Core Values

VBA District Offices

Connecting to Meaningful Civilian Careers VA is dedicated to helping Servicemembers, Veterans, and their families reintegrate into their communities after their service, and transition into meaningful employment that leads to long-term economic success.

Working Draft, Pre-Decisional, Deliberative Document – Internal VA Use Only

Economic Report VA is turning to data on the status of Veteran employment and economic outcomes to further develop and strengthen VA programs.

In January 2015, VA released the inaugural Veteran Economic Opportunity Report.

Key findings include:

Post 9-11 Era Veterans attain 11% higher median earnings than non-Veterans with similar demographic characteristics.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill® is a key strategy to improve Veterans’ and their family’s economic opportunity.

Female Veterans are doing well compared to their non-Veteran female and Veteran male peers in both career earnings and education.

Female Veterans attain 14% higher median earnings than the non-Veteran female population with similar demographic characteristics.

Female Veterans participating in the GI Bill® had a 10% higher completion rate compared to male Veterans for all ages combined, an 8% higher completion rate across all individual age groups, and a 5% higher completion rate when compared to female students in the general population cohort.

VA will continue to update this report and use the findings to drive policy and set the strategy for improving existing programs and developing new ones.

Task Areas Task 1: Administration and Program Mgmt.- PMP, Hiring /Staffing, QCP, weekly mtgs, Risk plan

Task 2: Governance - Executive Council etc. mtg minutes, Policy report, Congressional responses, SOP’s, Artifacts, Change Requests

Task 3: Operations - On Site CONUS and OCONUS Ben I and II, CTTT, MLC, One on One

Task 4: Curriculum Development and Revision - maintain, revise and produce curriculum / instruction materials

Task 5: Training - Benefits Advisor initial and refresher training

Task 6: Plans, Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E) - monthly, mid year, annual performance analysis. Geospatial Mapping for Servicemember demand

Other Direct Costs - only with prior approval, no IT

Travel - approved in advance

Task 7: TAP Maturation and Transition Priority Programs- develop a proposed maturation framework approach to mature the current TAP model to support effective and optimized TAP management, integration and oversight for TAP

Task 8: New module Dev and Training-This task shall include the complete design, development, and deployment of a new classroom instruction module similar to the existing Benefits I, Benefits II or Career and Technical Training Track

Optional Tasks

What is not included Veterans Economic Communities Initiative (VECI) - This program was realigned with the Veterans Experience Office and will be maintained by Government

On Site Headquarters support - This support will be covered by Government

VEC web site - This will be covered during transition briefings but only from a Servicemember perspective

Independent Program Verification and Validation (IV&V) - A separate vendor, other than the awardee for TAP, will be selected. Industry will be informed when requirements are ready

Outreach Reporting Tool A web based tool to record events including outcomes and after action reports

This or similar will be required for every class, briefing or event attended

FFP and Time and Materials

Period of Performance

Place of Performance The work will be performed at, 1800 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20420, and/or any VA Facility within the District of Columbia; Contractor’s facilities (off-site), DoD installations worldwide (ATTACHMENT F) (please note these may require the administration of Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs) as required by local labor regulations).

Proposal Volumes

Attachments

Attachment Updates Attachment F, TAP List of Installations Is the correct listing of installations

Attachment G, Pricing Spreadsheet Column A is not related to FTEs, it is an internal tracking # and will be removed Formulas have been updated Direct Hourly Rate – Other than certified cost or pricing information FAR 15.403-3. Can mark confidential. Will only be viewed by the Price Evaluation Team.

This attachment may be updated with additional or different labor categories

Attachment H, Past Performance Questionnaire Should be submitted with Volume III, RFP will be updated

Final RFP Final RFP is anticipated to be released August 26, 2016 or later on FBO

Due date of proposals will be updated in final RFP – 30 days after final solicitation posted

Any changes will be incorporated into the final RFP

Comments at this meeting are not binding unless RFP is updated accordingly

“Rule of Two” Supreme Court of the United States opined:

38 USC § 8127 Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), for purposes of meeting the goals under subsection (a), and in accordance with this section, a contracting officer of the Department shall award contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States.

Market Research is ongoing throughout the pre-solicitation process and we will continue to review the market to determine the ability to set aside acquisitions.

See VA Procurement Policy Memorandum 16-05.

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