43124 - Source Selection_508 Accessibility Compliance Scanning and Services

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Modified: Oct 20, 2017 1:02 pmTrack Changes The purpose of amendment A00004 is to change SLIN 1007AE from $ to NSP.





All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Modified: Oct 18, 2017 3:13 pmTrack Changes The purpose of this posting is to issue the responses to questions 49, 53, 54, and 55 which were submitted prior to the cut-off date and time.

All terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Thank you,

Amanda

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Modified: Oct 16, 2017 4:28 pmTrack Changes 10/16/2017

The purpose of this amendment is to revise the Request For Proposal based on questions that were submitted. Please see the changes highlighted in blue.

Please note that all questions besides numbers 49, 54, and 55 have been answered. Those answers will be forthcoming as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Amanda Bleses

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Modified: Oct 13, 2017 3:32 pmTrack Changes The purpose of this amendment is to grant the extension for this RFP to October 23, 2017 at 8AM ET. No further extensions will be entertained.



All other terms and conditions remain unchanged at this time.



We are currently in the process of reviewing all of the questions that were submitted. Please look back on Monday, October 16, 2017, as we hope to have the answers posted then.



Thank you!

Amanda

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Modified: Oct 10, 2017 3:31 pmTrack Changes The purpose of this amendment is revise section B.3, Price Schedule. Please see all highlighted changes in red.

Please note that we are currently working on the questions that were submitted. We plan to issue them by tomorrow, October 11th.

*Please note that this is a small business set-aside.

Thank you!

Amanda Bleses

Added: Oct 06, 2017 4:01 pm Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established a Section 508 Program Office within VA Central Office in order to provide accessible services, conformance testing solutions and innovative strategies for implementing the goals and objectives of the Section 508 legislation. Additionally, this Program Office helps to increase awareness of both accessibility issues and accessibility-related programs for internal and external VA stakeholders. The Section 508 Program Office manages the compliance of VA websites HyperText Markup Language (HTML). This contract action will provide VA with enterprise licenses and maintenance for the accessibility compliance automated tool. Purchasing the enterprise licenses and installing them across the enterprise will allow VA to provide unlimited access to development teams and content providers, with the resulting 508-compliant websites available to VA internal users as well as Veterans. The period of performance for this effort will be 12-months from date of award followed by two 12-month option periods. Each period of performance includes optional tasks. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 541512.

This acquisition will be conducted on the basis of small business set-aside. The resultant contract will be firm fixed priced. A formal source selection process will be utilized and contract award will be based on the best overall (i.e., best value) proposal that is determined to be the most beneficial to the Government.

*The Offeror s technical volume shall be a Section 508-compliant Adobe PDF document. PDF accessibility shall be ascertained by the VA via use of Adobe Acrobat Professional XI s Accessibility Checker. Technical volumes not submitted in a 508-compliant Adobe PDF document will not be reviewed nor considered, and will be deemed to be unacceptable. *



Questions/responses shall be submitted to the contract specialist by October 12, 2017 at 3PM ET at Amanda.Bleses@va.gov. The Points of Contact (POCs) for this action are Amanda Bleses, Contract Specialist, and Jan Oberdick, Contracting Officer, Jan.Oberdick@va.gov.