Summary: Purpose: The Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD) is seeking contractor acquisition support services to assist with AQD’s acquisition customer service delivery requirements. As a leading federal acquisition shared service provider, it is critical that AQD can source highly qualified acquisition support contractor resources for its diversified customer base, as well as accommodate surges in customer requirements that require additional Acquisition Support resources. To effectively meet AQD’s needs for professional Acquisition Support resources, AQD is seeking an approach to the overall recruitment, retention, and performance management of contractor resources for acquisition support, as well as an approach to establish a pipeline of trained and qualified entry-level Contractor Acquisition Support resources. The Government emphasizes that this requirement is not ‘business as usual’ to fill acquisition positions. We require a contractor that provides an innovative and comprehensive approach to obtain the best candidates from the necessary sources to successfully meet the requirement. Objective: The objective of the procurement is to provide the Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD) a single source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for contractor acquisition support services. To meet this objective, the BPA encompasses the establishment of a strategic approach to ensure a pipeline of skilled contractor acquisition resources are available. The Contractor will source qualified acquisition resources from the marketplace; and implement methodologies to establish continued professional acquisition development for contractor acquisition resources in an overall effort to ensure successful performance in delivering support services. SCOPE: The scope of this requirement is to acquire contractor acquisition support for AQD’s mission of providing acquisition services and includes two primary task areas. The first task area requires the Contractor to develop and maintain a cohort approach to ensure a pipeline of skilled contractor acquisition resources are available to provide full acquisition support to AQD. The second task area requires the Contractor to provide acquisition support services. Questions Due no later than September 02, 2021 by 3pm Eastern Time RFQ Multi-Step Submission Instructions: All submissions shall be submitted electronically via email on or before the RFQ closing date. Phased Submission: 1) Step 1 Submission of Proof of Concept (Volume 1) Advisory and Firm Down-select. 2) Step 2 – Submission (Upon Government Request): Qualified firms are required to submit two separate volumes at this step: Technical (Volume 2) and Price (Volume 3) to Government officials for the purpose of assuring that the prospective contractor has a complete understanding of the scope of this effort and has the capability to complete all required tasks of the Government PWS. Quoters are highly encouraged to review Section 5 Evaluation of Quotations – Multi-Step Evaluation of the RFQ to understand the multi-step process and evaluation of this solicitation. RFQ Table of Contents: Section 1 – Introduction Section 2 – Price Schedule & BPA Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Pricing Structure Section 3 – Requirements Section 4 – Quotation Preparation & Submission Instructions Section 5 – Evaluation of Quotations – Multi-Step Evaluation Section 6 – Terms and Conditions Section 7 – Attachments 1) Attachment 1 RFQ Quoter Questions Template 2) Attachment 2 GSA Scope Contractor Scope Verification Form 3) Attachment 3 Service Contract Labor Standards Form 4) Attachment 4a Pricing Schedule Model (MS EXCEL) 5) Attachment 4b Pricing Schedule Quoters’ labor categories, labor description and years of experience shall be mapped to the Government labor categories 6) Attachment 5 BPA Acquisition Cohort Pipeline and Acquisition Support PWS 7) Attachment 6 Task Area 1 Task Areas 1 Contractor Acquisition Cohort PWS 8) Attachment 7 Task Area 2 Task Area 2 Contractor Acquisition Support PWS 9) Attachment 8 Past Performance Template 10) Attachment 9 BPA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Vehicle: PSS
RFP release date: 8/31/2021
Proposal due date: 9/17/2021
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