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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 1.0 INTRODUCTION THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this Request for Information. This RFI is issued solely for information an... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 1.0 INTRODUCTION THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this Request for Information. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation; therefore, do not submit a quote. There is no obligation for the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the VA, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in developing its acquisition strategy and to revise the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Only electronic responses to this RFI will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any time expended or information submitted in response to this RFI. Eligibility in participating in a future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. 2.0 BACKGROUND The VBA has a need for a Contractor to provide program support services (PSS) to VBA, Office of Compensation Services (CS). The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other items and non-personal services necessary to support the PSS as defined in this PWS, except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. Two contracts were previously awarded as follows by the VA, Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick (SAC-F). The services provided under the following contracts are being consolidated under this requirement. Contract # 36C10X19C0034 s award date was July 9, 2019 for a total amount of $3,997,331.80 for a base period of 12 months and one option period of 12 months. Contract # 36C10X19C0035 s award date was July 10, 2019 for a total amount of $4,994,277.99 for a base period of 12 months and one option period of 3 months. This contract was extended through Jan 9, 2021. The above listed contracts were awarded to the SDVSOB vendor Trilogy Federal, LLC. INFORMATION SOUGHT The Government is seeking the following information to be provided by the vendors when responding to the RFI: Company Information Capability Statement Draft PWS Comments Company Information RFI respondents shall provide the following information: The page limit for responses to this section is 1 page. Company Name Company Address Company Point of Contact (name, address, telephone number, email address) DUNS Number NAICS Codes and business size for NAICS code 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services - Identify if your company has any of the following business concern statuses (include all that apply): Small Business (SB); Certified Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) firm; Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB); Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB); Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB); Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB); Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone) Small Business; Large Business Existing Multiple Award Contract (MAC) vehicles currently held by your company (examples may include General Service Administrations (GSA) schedules, Government- Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs), Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)) available for the Government s use for this requirement. For each MAC vehicle provide: vehicle name vehicle number date of award expiration date Capabilities Statement The page limit for responses to this section is 10 pages. Provide an overview of your firm s capabilities to fulfill the PWS tasks listed in section 4 which are in support of the functional areas listed in section 3 to include, organizational and staff capability and experience. Draft PWS Comments Please use the attached excel spreadsheet to summit your PWS comments. The comments may include recommended changes, noted errors, inconsistencies, ambiguities, areas requiring further clarifications or higher level of detail, etc. 4.0 QUESTIONS AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTERESTED CONTRACTORS Responses are solely treated as information for the Government to consider. Direct or Indirect costs incurred in response to this RFI are at the expense of the vendor, not the Government. In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any contract that may be awarded will not be based on information received or derived from this RFI, but rather on the outcome of a subsequent competitive process. 5.0 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Please submit responses via email to the Contracting Officer, Jorge Martin, at jorge.martin@va.gov Submissions are due no later than Jan 18, 2021, 11:00 AM. (ET). The email subject line must contain the following: Response to RFI 36C10D21Q0011, PSS . VBA reserves the right to not reply to any emails, responses, questions and materials submitted in response to the RFI. Mark your response as Proprietary Information if the information included is considered to be business sensitive and / or includes trade secrets. RFI Reponses shall not exceed 11 pages total. Responses shall be prepared on standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper (charts may be landscaped but must be on 8.5 x 11-inch paper) and shall be in Times New Roman, font size (12), with 1 margins. All pages of the response shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the RFI number.