Re: Solicitation Number: 36C77619Q0210
The Contractor shall support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Workforce Management and Consulting (WMC), Scholarships and Clinical Education (S&CE) Program Office by providing the personnel and management necessary to configure, deploy and annually maintain an Application Management System (AMS) SaaS solution, creating templates for scholarship and waiver application requirements, tracking of scholarship recipients and waiver applicants, customized training for all VA application managers and waiver managers, and access to an applicant base that includes all VA employees and US Citizens. The contractor shall provide subscriptions and support for the AMS solution for up to 6 Global Users, 6 Manager Users, 8,000 Scholarship Applicants, and 300 Waiver Applicants annually.
A sources sought request for information (RFI) # 36C77619Q0060 was posted to FedBizOpps (FBO.gov) on February 25, 2019. The publication stated, while not an official solicitation, that any responsible source who believed could meet the requirements defined in the PWS should submit a capability statement to the government point of contact.
Per the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 810.002 and Veterans First Contracting Program (VCP 2016) deviation, the Vendor Information Page (VIP.gov) was queried on February 25, 2019 to locate verified SDVOSB and VOSB concerns utilizing the NAICS code 541511.
The search resulted in a list of 2,077 organizations. Additionally, an email blast was sent to the 2,077 VIP query matches with a link to the FBO posting to further maximize competition.
A Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) was conducted on June 26, 2019 utilizing the keywords, “SaaS Platform,” “FedRAMP Platform,” and “FedRAMP Certification.”
KT Consulting, Inc. meets the eligibility criteria outlined in VAAR 819.7003, they are verified in VIP and the action is below the $5M threshold.
