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Page 1 of 3 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) INTRODUCTION THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), is issuing this Request for Informat... Page 1 of 3 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) INTRODUCTION THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), is issuing this Request for Information (RFI). 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 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in developing its acquisition strategy and to revise the draft 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. BACKGROUND The VBA has a possible requirement for a Contractor to provide all resources necessary to deliver Datawatch Software as a service to VBA Office of Financial Management (OFM). The Contractor shall be required to provide and accomplish ALL specific tasks, optional tasks, and deliverables described within the draft Statement of work (SOW) listed below. NAICS: 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 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. It is requested and appreciated that all contractors interested in participating in this market research effort note their interest by responding to the areas identified in the Company Details", "Capabilities Statement , and General Questions sections below. COMPANY DETAILS The page limit for responses to this section is one page. Provide company point(s) of contact information (name, email address, address, telephone, fax numbers and DUNS number) Identify if your company are any of the following business concern statuses (include all that apply): Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB); Small Business (SB); Certified Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) firm; Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB); Economically Disadvantage Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB); Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB); Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone) Small Business; Large Business. (SDVOSBs and VOSBs must be verified in www.VIP.gov ) Provide contracting vehicles your company holds, such as GSA schedules. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT The page limit for responses to this section is no more than ten pages. Provide an overview, detailing your firm s capabilities to fulfill all the requirements within the SOW, to include organizational and staff capability and experience. Provide a brief narrative summary of your technical approach to meet VA s requirements within the draft SOW. Provide up to three (3) contracts that your company has performed for the same or similar requirement and of comparable size, complexity and scope. Describe scope and similarities and differences as pertinent. Identify tools that were part of your solution. Please be specific and provide a complete reference to include: contract number, contract title, description, period of performance, and award amount; as well as identify whether you performed as a prime contractor, sub-contractor, teaming partner, or as a project manager. Provide a write up of the ability to support Testing, Implementation and Training on Day 1 of contract award. Provide proof of experience in implementing SaaS reconciliation solutions for government legacy systems. This should include a write-up of the project, client POC, impact made, relative size for each commercial organization and federal agency. Provide proof of experience and steps to eliminate reliance on manual excel spreadsheet processes for building data models and reconciling data from multiple legacy system reports. This should include a write-up of the project, client POC, impact made, relative size for each commercial organization and federal agency. GENERAL QUESTIONS The page limit for responses in this section is one page. Provide feedback and recommend any changes to better support the requirements detailed in the SOW. RESPONSE SUBMISSION Please submit responses via email to stuart.stovall@va.gov by February 14, 2019 no later than 3:00pm EST. VA reserves the right to not reply to any emails, responses, and/or materials submitted. See attached DRAFT Statement of Work