HCaTS Request for Information (RFI)

This is a sources sought announcement for the Human Capital and Training Services (HCaTS) acquisition. HCaTS is the successor contract solution to the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) contract vehicle, Training and Management Assistance (TMA), and will be jointly managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) and OPM. The information received will be utilized within GSA and OPM to facilitate the decision making process and to make appropriate acquisition decisions. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing any information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quote (RFQ) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Furthermore, GSA and OPM are not seeking proposals or quotes and will not accept unsolicited proposals or quotes. All data received in response to the sources sought announcement that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Since this is a sources sought announcement, no debrief, evaluation letters, or results will be issued to respondents. After review of the responses, and if the Government plans to proceed with the acquisition, a solicitation announcement will be published in FedBizOpps. Early drafts of the Request for Proposals' (RFP) Sections C and L and the overall acquisition strategy are attached for comment and questions. Comments and questions regarding these documents should be submitted to hcatsquestions@gsa.gov. In addition, the HCaTS team developed a survey to collect initial feedback about our early procurement work. The survey can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/gsa.gov/forms/d/1Y4785eIJRf0uSJ2sm0NCLm0XHvlJEwYwLXtPv68yT_4/viewform?c=0&w=1&fbzx=8686491258413547874 Additionally, we will be using the HCaTS Interact Page, found at https://interact.gsa.gov/hrfssi, to provide regular updates and feedback to the community. We strongly encourage your use of this site and that you share your questions and feedback with the community. Responses to this sources sought announcement are due no later than Monday, January 26, 2015, 5:00 pm EDT. Please submit your responses to hcatsquestions@gsa.gov. The Government intends to publicize an RFP resulting from this sources sought announcement in April 2015. The Government anticipates making an award in December 2015.