Integrated Competency and Learning Management System

A. General

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency or FRTIB) is using this RFI to solicit information for a competency management system with an integrated Learning Management System (LMS).

The work is required to be performed in the continental U.S. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the FRTIB to contract whatsoever. Further, the FRTIB is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the FRTIB will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Any information that the respondent considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. All submissions become Agency property and will not be returned, including any proprietary information.

B. Background

The FRTIB is an independent Federal agency in the Executive Branch created by the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986. The TSP is a retirement savings and investment plan for Federal civilian employees and members of the uniformed services that offers its participants the same type of savings and tax benefits that many private corporations offer their employees under I.R.C. §401(k) plans. The mission of the FRTIB is to administer the TSP solely in the interest of participants and beneficiaries. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) informs the Agency's procurement activities; however, as a non-appropriated fund Agency, it is not bound by the FAR. The TSP is the largest participant-directed defined contribution plan in the world. The TSP's 4.6 million participants can make tax-deferred and Roth contributions to the Plan. Currently, participants can invest their employee and employer contributions in five indexed funds and five lifecycle funds, with current assets worth approximately $375 billion. The TSP is available only to Federal employees of the civilian service and members of the uniformed services; vested participants may leave their funds in the TSP after they leave service.