OPA WEB SERVICES

The United States Department of Labor (DOL)/Office of Procurement Services (OPS) is conducting market research to determine feasibility for a potential procurement requirement. Per FAR 52.215-3, "Request for Information," this is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified 8(a) contractors to support a multi-year effort in the areas of: Web and mobile application development; Web and content management; quality management; change configuration and release management; cloud hosting support; social/digital media support services; enterprise and IT governance; technology support services including infrastructure support services; and Web content management that includes written and graphical content to the US Department of Labor's Office of Public Affairs (OPA), Division of Enterprise Communications (DEC). The anticipated period of performance is one (1) base year with four (4) option years. The scope of this effort includes the following: - Manage Internet and intranet website content editing and publishing; - Measure, track, document and report website effectiveness; - Create a process and flow for adding new content to optimize website search results; - Improve the consistency, accuracy, and timeliness of information across communication channels between DOL and the public; - Ensure usability, accessibility, and quality assurance for all DOL websites, Web applications, and public-facing mobile applications; - Manage website architecture; - Support social/digital media activities; - Support email subscription services; - Support DOL newsletter and e-magazine publications; - Manage all Cloud services; - Manage website security, including Web application firewalls, incident response, security compliance and testing, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and information asset protection, certification and accreditation, and additional security services, as required; - Manage capital planning requirements for the Office of Public Affairs; - Manage configuration, change, and release management; - Manage Web applications (both off the shelf and onsite created) and website development; - Manage business process reengineering; - Support the migration of files and data transfers; - Manage projects in accordance with Departmental Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) requirements; and - Respond to all OMB and Departmental requirements within requested timeframes. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services. The size standard is $27.5 million. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1. Organization name 2. Address 3. Point of Contract 4. CAGE Code / DUNS Number 5. Email address 6. Web site address 7. Telephone number 8. Size and type of ownership for the organization Submission Instructions Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the requirements, as outlined above, are invited to submit a response to this RFI by December 2, 2015, no later than 3:00pm (ET). All responses must be submitted via email in Microsoft Word or PDF Format. The Government requests that the responses include one cover page and a maximum of one (1) page main text. All responses under this RFI must be emailed to contract specialist: williams.helen.a@dol.gov with a cc: to the contracting officer mcmullen.donna.r@dol.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: 1. NO QUESTIONS WILL BE RESPONDED TO DURING THIS RFI. 8(a) FIRMS WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THE WORK IN THE SOW SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR RESPONSES BY THE DUE DATE. 2. THIS REQUIREMENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SBA'S 8(a) PROGRAM AND MUST REMAIN IN THE 8(a) PROGRAM. 3. THIS IS AN 8(a) SET-ASIDE - NO OTHER RFI RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED!