Software as a Server (SaaS) for Reorting Incidents of Work Related Accidents, Injuries, Illnesses and Safety Stories and for Performing Workers' Compensation (WC) Case Management

Solicitation AG-7604-S-13-0033, Amendment 1 is hereby added to formalize the previously posted notice.

The purpose of this amendment is to make the following changes to the RFP:

1. The date for receipt of proposals has been extended. The new date for receipt of proposals is September 6, 2013, 3:00 pm Mountain Standard Time.

2. The due date for receipt of questions concerning the RFP has been extended. The new due date for receipt of questions is August 16, 2013, 3:00 PM, Mountain Standard Time.

3. The vendor demos scheduled for August 20 to 22, 2013 in Washington DC have been canceled indefinitely. Once the new dates have been identified, an amendment will be forthcoming.
 
4. The questions/responses received for today's pre-proposal conference are posted to this amendment identified as Questions & Answers, dated August 7, 2013.

5. In the RFP, page 44, sub paragraph (i), the government allocation of funds on specific dates in year 200X has been changed to read 201X.

6. In the RFP, page 18, paragraph 3.2.9 - Electronic Offers. The paragraph has been changed to reference email rather than CD ROM.

7. SOO Attachment C requirement IPS-26 through IPS-27 references USDA Incident Management Policy. The USDA Incident Management policy has been posted to this amendment, and becomes Attachment K to the SOO.
 
8. SOO Attachment C requirement IPS-7 indicates adherence to USDA web standards. The USDA web standards has been posted with this amendment, and becomes Attachment L to the SOO.

9. In the RFP, page 5, paragraph 16, the word "mailing your proposal" has been changed to read "emailing your proposal".

10. If you should have any questions pertaining to any of the changes initiated in this amendment or any other issues, contact the contracting officer.

This notice is to provide briefing slides concerning the Pre-Proposal conference scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 beginning at 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

The Unites States Forest Service intends to solicit and award a base year and four one year options.  This action is intended as an unrestricted full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.101. 

The proposed action is for a procurement of an integrated Office of Safety and Occupational Health (OSOH) and Workers' Compensation (WC) solution and achieve improved performance in providing more aggressive performance targets, encouraging the collection and analysis of data on health management programs that have proven effective in the past. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to improve its performance in the following areas:

  Reducing total injury and illness case rates.
  Reducing lost time injury and illness case rates.
  Analyzing lost time injury and illness data.
  Increasing the timely filing of WC claims.
  Increasing the timely filing of wage-loss claims.
  Reducing lost production day rates.
  Speeding Employees' return to work in cases of serious injury or illness.
  Measuring compliance with regulatory requirement to establish a method for electronic submission of forms compensation act.

This procurement is a Request for Proposal (RFP) under solicitation number AG-7604-S-13-0033.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 541511.  The posting date for this synopsis is July 22, 2013.  The RFP is scheduled to be released on August 1, 2013. 

This notice is to submit the RFP regarding solicitation number AG-7604-S-13-0033. 

The due date for receipt of proposals is: August 16, 2013, 3:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Pre-Proposal Conference is set for August 7, 2013, Beginning 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. 

Information concerning the above is all detailed in the RFP.   

This notice is to correct the phone number of the secondary point of contact, Mr. Lawrence Herbert.

The purpose of this amendment is to add the files to the RFP that were left off on Amendment 2.

The purpose of this amendment to this pre-solicitation notice is to submit the RFP regarding solicitation number AG-7604-S-13-0033. 

The due date for receipt of proposals is: August 16, 2013, 3:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Pre-Proposal Conference is set for August 7, 2013, Beginning 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. 

Information concerning the above is all detailed in the RFP.   

The Unites States Forest Service intends to solicit and award a base year and four one year options.  This action is intended as an unrestricted full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.101. 

The proposed action is for a procurement of an integrated Office of Safety and Occupational Health (OSOH) and Workers' Compensation (WC) solution and achieve improved performance in providing more aggressive performance targerts, encouraging the collection and analyis of data on health management programs that have proven effective in the past. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to improve it performance in the following areas:

  Reducing total injury and illness case rates.
  Reducing lost time injury and illness case rates.
  Analyzing lost time injury and illness data.
  Increasing the timely filing of WC claims.
  Increasing the timely filing of wage-loss claims.
  Reducing lost production day rates.
  Speeding Employees' return to work in cases of serious injury or illness.
  Measuring compliance with regulatory requirement to establish a method for electronic submission of forms compensation act.

This procurement is a Request for Proposal (RFP) under solicitation number AG-7604-S-13-0033.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 541511.  The posting date for this synopsis is July 22, 2013 and the closing date for responses is August 2, 2013.