OPPORTUNITY QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Scope

This PWS establishes the requirements for Contractor-provided solutions and services in support of Information Technology (IT). Contractor-provided solutions may support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other Federal Agencies.  The Contractor shall provide total IT service solutions to include the following functional areas:  program management, strategy, enterprise architecture and planning; systems/software engineering; software technology demonstration and transition; test and evaluation; independent verification and validation; enterprise network; enterprise management framework; operations and maintenance; cybersecurity; training; IT facilities; and other solutions encompassing the entire range of IT and Health IT requirements, to include software and hardware incidental to the solution.  Accordingly, Task Orders may include acquisitions of software and IT products.  T4NG is not intended as a mechanism to solely purchase IT products.  Such products may be purchased to the extent that those products are necessary to deliver the solution required.  IT services, as well as related IT products, may encompass the entire life-cycle of a system.  Moreover, IT services and related products covered under this contract shall be global in reach and the Contractors must be prepared to provide services and deliverables worldwide.

This PWS provides general requirements.  Specific requirements shall be defined in individual Task Orders.  Functional area requirements are described in Section 4.0 and are not mutually exclusive for Task Order requirements.  Requirements may fall within one specific functional area but in many cases, the requirements will encompass and apply across and within multiple functional areas to provide the total life cycle solution.

Place of Performance

The place of performance shall be identified in individual Task Orders.  Locations can be Government or non-Government sites within the continental United States (CONUS) and/or outside the continental United States (OCONUS).  Locations may include but are not limited to Federal, State, VA, or military data centers, facilities, regional offices, benefits delivery centers, medical treatment facilities, health clinics and Tricare facilities as defined in individual Task Orders.

Task Areas:

• Program Management (9 sub-items)
• Systems/Software Engineering (14)
• Software Technology Demonstration and Transition —
• Test & Evaluation (T&E) —
• Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) —
• Enterprise Network (2)
• Enterprise Management Framework —
• Operations and Maintenance (O&M) (11)
• Cyber Security (9)
• Training —
• Information Technology Facilities (5)

Proposal Requirements:

• Table of Contents
• SF33
• T4NG2
• Joint Venture Agreement
• Subcontractor Letter(s) of Commitment
• Contractor Teaming Arrangements
• Relevant Experience Project (REP) Template
  • Up to 10
• CMMI Cert
• ISO9001
• ISO20000
• ISO27001
• CPARS
• Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaire
• Veterans Employment Spreadsheet
• Veterans Employment Certification
• Small Business Participation Commitment
• Pricing Attachment
• Solicitation, Offer, Award Documents, Reps-Certs, etc.
• Small Business Subcontracting Plan

What is an Relevant Experience Project (REP)?

• >$250,000
• Attachment 0017, REP Template
• JP7

Volume 3 – Past Performance

• PP for Relevant Experience Project
  • CPARS is preferred, otherwise
  • Attachment 18 (Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaire)

Volume 4 – Price Files

Volume 5 – Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents

Evaluation

• Top 30 Verified Points Scored
• Top 15 SDVOSB, then the rest

Notes/Strategy

Assessment of Scoring
Full coverage of Task Areas
Identify Teaming Partners