Request for Information: Continuous Process Improvement

Request for Information: Continuous Process Improvement Response Due Date: All responses must be received in their entirety by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 10 January 2020 Submit Questions and Responses to: Mr. Derrell Wright and Ms. Michelle Lewis, Contract Specialists; MAJ Michael Wade, Contracting Officer National Guard Bureau-AQ 111 S. George Mason Drive Arlington, VA 22204 Email: derrell.k.wright.civ@mail.mil; michelle.lewis1@mail.mil; and michael.s.wade.mil@mail.mil Tentative RFI Timeline: Issue RFI: 12/19/2019 Final Questions Due: 12/30/2019 Answers Posted: 01/06/2020 Vendor Response Due: 01/10/2020 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Army National Guard is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI, all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. This is a market research tool only to determine the capability of potential sources. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only and will not be publicly released. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. The Army National Guard (ARNG), Business Transformation Office (BTO), is seeking potential sources, current capabilities, best practice information and cost information for supporting the National Guard's economy of business operations, process improvement efficiencies, and Integrated Management System through facilitation and education of process improvement and usage of data analytics to drive performance improvement as a means to enhance and sustain business operations. This effort will support organizational performance management systems to deliver organizational results against established benchmarks within Herbert R. Temple, Army Readiness Center (TARC), which is on Arlington Hall Station (AHS) and the 54 State and Territory organizations that comprise the United States Army National Guard in order to generate more efficient and effective Guard forces. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified as Government Furnished, to perform Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Master Black Belt (MBB) support as well as performance improvement services to strategically improve organizational performance and business operations using data-driven analysis, models and project/business management to inform decision-making as defined in this PWS. Contractor support will discern methods with the ARNG that will improve current frameworks, models and techniques. See attachment for further details.