Jim Ghiloni and the GSA OASIS team have developed a pair of RFPs that reflect a thoughtful balance between the needed contract structure to achieve post-award performance objectives and a straightforward and streamlined acquisition process for the GWAC contracts: • Statement of Work furthers the OASIS objective to provide Government agencies with total integrated solutions for a multitude of professional service based requirements on a global basis. • Statement of Work at the contract level includes the necessary specificity and restrictions for using agencies to “stay in the box” while permitting flexibility to design a task order requirement to address a total integrated solution across a life-cycle using different CLIN types and including some requirements undefined at task order formation. • Program architecture graphic captures the broad and flexible OASIS construct to meet integrated professional solutions requirements. • Post-award reporting provisions are demanding on the industry partners but consistent with objective of transparency and “small s” strategic sourcing and manageable by industry as a necessary investment to be an industry partner on a key acquisition vehicle. • Ten year period of performance (with ability to continue TO performance for five years beyond expiration) with on-ramp and dormancy/off-ramp provisions reflect a balance of reward to industry for investment and success and accountability and consequences for less than optimal performance. • Pool awards based on demonstrated experience within identified NAICS codes to ensure technical proficiency in the pool areas. • Allowing affiliates and subsidiaries to combine to submit an OASIS offer subject to a prime letter of commitment and meaningful-relationship documentation is a reasoned and balanced approach to meet GSA’s objective and recognize the reality of the legal constructs of many of the desired, best-in-class integrated services and solutions providers for OASIS. • Overall objective nature of the scoring clearly conveys to industry what is required to be highly evaluated and should enable GSA to complete the award process with minimal protests and no successful protests. No scoring mechanism will make every potential offeror happy. However, GSA has made it clear that the objective is not to make it easy for every potential offeror to obtain an OASIS contract: GSA is looking for industry-leading organizations and the process is designed to facilitate this process. • RFP requirements and required proposal content limit required industry bid and proposal expenses to a reasonable amount and should facilitate a streamlined evaluation and award process. • Cost/price evaluation focus on determining whether the ceiling rates proposed for each labor category are fair and reasonable in order to establish ceiling rates for Time and Material/Labor Hour contract types in accordance with Section B.2.5.1 properly reflects that primary price competition will occur at the task level. GSA is already gaining traction for the use of OASIS. For example the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio has indicated its intent to use the OASIS SB contract when awarded. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center also featured members of the OASIS PMO at a recent forum discussing future acquisition alternatives. OASIS is also a logical follow-on for the Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services (EXPRESS) Program Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) program based upon the use of GSA Federal Supply Schedules to provide a full array of Advisory and Assistance Services for the US Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command. Jim and OASIS PMO are not taking a “build it and they will come” approach. Starting with a well-developed business case that included engagement with potential OASIS customers, then including involvement of customers and industry in the development of the acquisition approach, and continuing outreach and development for OASIS, the OASIS team is working to make the OASIS a highly responsive vehicle for the Government and a contracting mechanism that meets both the Government’s and industry’s needs and objectives.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:13:25 +0000
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