Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Environmental Health & Safety Auditing System

This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial services in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ); the solicitation number is 36C10B19Q0716 (see attached document: 36C10B19Q0716_SaaS_Final)

Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition Operations, Technology Acquisition Center, located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ, intends to issue a solicitation for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Environmental Health & Safety Auditing System. The Contractor shall deliver a single comprehensive, a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) enterprise-wide Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) auditing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for their compliance auditing program and management systems. The web-based SaaS shall provide access and EH&S Auditing SaaS System Solution Licenses to an EH&S auditing system for approximately 1200 initial users with optional tasks to increase number of users. This solution shall offer a broad EH&S suite and management functionality to institute and manage the entire EH&S compliance assessment process and management system conformance assessment process; from field audits, workplace evaluations, and automated audit/findings report writing, through corrective action and management plans. This effort consists of the implementation and access of SaaS, all labor, materials, tools and equipment, training, maintenance, technical support, travel, project management and supervision required to provide access and support to an EH&S auditing SaaS. The base period will be 12 months from VA acceptance of solution. Four 12-month option periods will be included for continued maintenance support including optional tasks to increase the number of users at any time throughout the period of performance. Please review Section E. 12 Basis for Award for specifics on the comparative evaluation being performed in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3) for this requirement.

The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 541512.

This solicitation shall close on September 11, 2019 at 12:00pm EST. Questions shall be submitted to Tinamarie Giraud, Contract Specialist, at Tinamarie.Giraud@va.gov, and Contracting Officer, Carol Newcomb, at Carol.Newcomb@va.gov, no later than 12:00 PM EST on September 10, 2019 with the subject line as the synopsis number, 36C10B19Q0716_SaaS. The Points of Contact (POCs) for this action are Tinamarie Giraud, Contract Specialist, 732-440-9641; Carol Newcomb, Contracting Officer, 732-795-1018.