# Presentation: 429004

## Office of Information Technology Acquisition

**Presented by: TIPSS-4 Team**
**AWSS.TIPSS-4@IRS.GOV**

**TIPSS-4 PROCUREMENT**
**CONTRACT STRATEGY**
**January 12, 2009**

## DISCLAIMER 

-     Information shared today is not to be construed as the Government’s final representation of the requirements, and terms and conditions for the TIPSS-4 acquisition.  This conference serves as a means for information gathering and sharing.  The Government’s official requirements, and terms and conditions will be released in the official RFP.

**Notes:**
An assessment was conducted on the current processes being utilized for Receipt and Acceptance of Deliverables on the PRIME 
Contract.  In order to determine the current process interviews were held with COs/COTRs, each Task Orders’  
Deliverable Acceptance (Section E) and monitoring plans were reviewed.

## MARKET RESEARCH 

- TIPSS, TIPSS-2, TIPSS-3
- TIPSS-4 Industry Day (February 13, 2008).
- IRS experts (MITS, IRS Business Units)
- Interviewed Acquisition Professionals from other Government Agencies (DHS, VA, NASA)
- Internet Sites
- Draft RFP
- Suggestions:
- 2 Step Process.
- Status Quo - 1 Contract
- Decision

## Key Changes from TIPSS-3

- 10 Year Contract
- Two solicitation approach:
- TIPSS-4 ITS (Full & Open Competition)
- TIPSS-4 SB (Total Small Business Set-Aside Contract)
- Rolling Admissions
- Increased participation by Small Business
- Increased emphasis on Fixed Price Task Orders
- EVMS incorporated at the contract level
- Higher emphasis on Performance Based Acquisitions

**Notes:**
The information provided above is extracts from BSMO Procedure, BSMO-PR-Doc Deliv Rev 2.0, Review & Acceptance of 
Document Deliverables.

## TIPSS-4 Availability

- The TIPSS-4 contract is a Multiple Award Contract. It provides sources of information processing support services for the Department of the Treasury, IRS, Treasury Bureaus, and other federal agencies.  The IRS will be the primary user of the contracts to provide the full range of information processing support services for project and program level support. If another federal agency wishes to use TIPSS-4, assistance will be provided to assist the other agency.

## Evaluation Criteria – TIPSS-4 ITS  

- Factor 1 – Technical Capability
- 	Sub-factor 1 – Past Experience (Project Profiles)
- Factor 2 – Past Performance
- 	Sub-factor 1 – Past Performance Questionnaire
- 	Sub-factor 2 – electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS)
- Factor 3 – Management Approach
- 	Sub-factor 1 – Key Personnel Resumes
- 	Sub-factor 2 – EVMS
- 	Sub-factor 3 – Organizational Structure
- 	Sub-factor 4 – Subcontract Management Plan
- Factor 4 - Treasury Mentor-Protégé
- Factor 5 – Cost/Price

**Notes:**
In accordance with the Task Order and monitoring plan, the IRS can provide comments back to the contractor within 10 days. 
 If the contractor wishes, they can make the recommend changes, but is not obligated to.

## TIPSS-4 ITS Evaluation Teams

- The Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) will consist of six separate teams.
- TIPSS-4 will utilize adjectival ratings that are tailored to each specific evaluation sub-factor.
- Excellent
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Unsatisfactory
- Neutral (Past Performance Only)
- Not Applicable (Used for Small Businesses proposing under the TIPSS-4 ITS solicitation in the areas of Treasury Mentor-Protégé, Subcontracting Plan, and eSRS.)

## Submission Requirements

- Past Performance References Submitted via Email requested early.
- Volume I – Terms and Conditions
- Proposal Transmittal Letter, Signed SF 33 & Sections B through K, Signed Amendments, Treasury Mentor Protégé Agreements, Subcontracting Plan, and eSRS Documentation
- Volume II – Technical Proposal
- Binder 1 – Past Experience (Project Profiles)
- Binder 2 – Management Approach (Key Personnel 		Resumes, and Organization Structure)
- Binder 3 – EVMS Documentation
- Binder 4 – CMMI Documentation
- Volume III – Cost & Price
- Attachment J.2, Summary Schedules, Written Narrative for BOE and Methodology, Section B Response, Accounting System, and Financial Capability Documentation.