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OASIS Update

June 27, 2013 Federal Contracting No comments

OASIS final RFPs are due out in several weeks. On June 24 GSA posted another draft RFP for both the large and small business procurements. The draft solicitation at FBO.gov now says: “The Final Solicitation and complete attachments are anticipated to be released in the mid July time-frame.”

OASIS proposal writing is a complex file manipulation effort requiring great care to ensure full compliance. Our experience is that GSA will use any small non-compliance reason to reject your proposal to reduce the enormity of evaluating hundreds of proposal.

Fedmarket’s OASIS Model Proposals:

  • Reduce proposal writing costs
  • Ensure compliance
  • Simplify task of deciding to submit a bid (by reading the simplified template formats)

The model proposals costs are valuable and worth the savings in staff time in making a bid/no bid decision.

The final OASIS RFPs will not change significantly from the current draft RFPs.

Purchasers of the draft OASIS Model Proposals will receive an updated version of the models within 2 days of the issuance of the final RFP.

OASIS Model Proposal Text  – Get a head start on your OASIS bid with a model proposal.
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A Model Proposal Will Work for OASIS

May 10, 2013 Federal Contracting No comments

Proposals requirements for an OASIS award include 6 volumes of red tape, experience, references, certifications, and prices. No technical approach or management plan is required.

No original writing is required; just insertion of company information in many, many forms and formats. As a result, a model proposal is comprised of formats, forms, and instructions.

Most importantly, a model approach ensures compliance across 6 complex volumes, and keeps  the proposal from being thrown out due to a technicality.

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OASIS Requirements

April 22, 2013 Federal Contracting No comments

GSA is accepting proposal submissions from prime contractors only. Subcontractor experience and teaming arrangements are not part of a proposal submission. The solicitation evaluation criteria are weighed in favor of:

  1. Large, multiple professional services contract experience
  2. Federal contract experience
  3. The education and experience of the two required contract management resumes
  4. The sophistication of the offerors account and purchasing systems and professional certifications

OASIS Minimum Experience Requirements

Requirement OASIS Unrestricted OASIS Small Business
Number of Projects Five (5) distinct projects, each as a prime contractor Five (5) distinct projects, each as a prime contractor
Project scope of work includes core disciplines (Core disciplines: Program Management Services, Management Consulting Services, Scientific Services, Engineering Services, Logistics Services, and Financial Management Services) One (1) of the six (6) core disciplines One (1) of the six (6) core disciplines
Project scope of work involves performance and/or integration of core disciplines At least four (4) out of the six (6) core disciplines At least three (3) out of the six (6) core disciplines
Project award value At least $ 5 Million Per Year At least $ 3 Million Per Year
Project closing date Have been completed within the past five (5) years prior to the solicitation closing date or be ongoing with at least one (1) year of performance completed prior to the OASIS solicitation closing date Have been completed within the past five (5) years prior to the solicitation closing date or be ongoing with at least one (1) year of performance completed prior to the OASIS solicitation closing date
Cost-reimbursements contract type At least one (1) project must be for work performed under a Cost-Reimbursement contract type At least one (1) project must be for work performed under a Cost-Reimbursement contract type
Federal projects At least three (3) out of the five (5) required) projects must be for work that was for the federal government under a contract or task order awarded by the federal government At least three (3) out of the five (5) required) projects must be for work that was for the federal government under a contract or task order awarded by the federal government
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