Application Development Group Support Services   2

THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT 0004 IS TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

TO CLARIFY AT LEAST ONE (1) EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED MUST BE WORK DONE BY THE PRIME OFFEROR IN THE CAPACITY OF PRIME CONTRACTOR.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

1. To amend Section L- Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors in its entirety via attachment labeled "Section L- Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors Revised .2

2. To amend Attachment H Task Order 0002 Pricing Schedule in its entirety via attachment labeled Attachment H Task Order 0002 Pricing Schedule Revised .2
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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The purpose of amendment 0002 is to do the following:

1. To provide responses to questions as an attachment labeled: "Questions and Responses RFP Number: ED-FSA-16-R-4567."

2. To amend Attachment A Pricing Schedule in its entirety via attachment labeled: "Attachment A Pricing Schedule Revised."

3. To amend RFP Section C-Statement of Work in its entirety via attachment labeled, "Section C-Statement of work Revised."

4. To amend RFP Section J- List of Attachments in its entirety via attachment labeled, "Section J- List of Attachments REVISED." Task Order 0002 is subject to Availability of Funds.

5. To amend RFP Section L-Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors in its entirety via attachment labeled, "Section L-Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors Revision."

6. To amend Attachment D Task Order 0001 Pricing Schedule in its entirety via attachment labeled: "Attachment D Task Order 0001 Pricing Schedule Revised."

7. To amend Attachment H Task Order 0002 Pricing Schedule in its entirety via attachment labeled: "Attachment H Task Order 0002 Pricing Schedule Revised."

8. To amend RFP Section K- to reflect NAICS as "541511, Size Standard $27.5 M."

9. To remove FAR Clause 52.219-4 in its entirety from the RFP.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

1. To amend RFP Section: L.5 Proposals, L.5.2 as follows:

L.5.2 Delivery of Proposal

Proposals (in their entirety) are due NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time on October 07, 2016 to the email address: FSAEAT@ed.gov and one (1) hard copy marked "original" and 1 CD.

2. To advise that responses to questions will be provided via an additional amendment no later than 6PM EST, Thursday, September 15, 2016.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED
See attachment labeled, "SF 30 Amendment 0001 ED-FSA-16-R-4567."
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SEE RFP FOR SOLICITATION DETAILS.
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THIS IS A SYNOPSIS FOR SERVICES PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF: USCODE 2011, TITLE 20, CHAPTER 28, PART D, 1018a(f)(1), AND FORMAT IN FAR PART 15, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE.

THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) SHALL BE SET-ASIDE FOR EITHER 100% HUBZONE OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN(S). PROPOSALS WILL BE REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED.

The solicitation number is: ED-FSA-16-R-4567.

The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-89.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for is 541511, size standard $27.5M. The Contractor is expected to provide actual pricing for the required labor categories. The evaluation factors contained in the RFP will be used to evaluate all proposals submitted in response to this solicitation.

Federal Student Aid (FSA), a principal office of the U.S. Department of Education, plays a central and essential role in postsecondary education as the largest provider of student financial aid in the country. FSA ensures that all eligible individuals may benefit from federally funded or federally guaranteed financial assistance for education beyond high school. FSA consistently champions the promise of postsecondary education and training to all Americans-and its value to our society. The Department of Education has the responsibility of ensuring that each postsecondary educational institution seeking or participating in the FSA Title IV programs, under the Higher Education Act (HEA) as amended, comply with the laws, regulations and policies to gain or maintain participation in those programs.

The objective of the Application Development Group (ADG) envisions establishing and maintaining an enterprise-wide Business Architecture that fosters systematic component/solution reuse; maintain and promulgate value-added requirements documentation standards, and effective requirements management and traceability practices; foster the consistent and effective application of project-level change control processes for all IT projects the Technology Office and ADG are involved in. Promoting and maintaining a mature Capability Maturity Model Integration organizational maturity level 2 or 3 is our standard, we encourage positive and productive relationships between Contractors, the customer, and entities within the Technology Office. ADG promotes and maintains strategic and technology alignment; support business process management, building the integration framework and reusable operational processes.

The solicitation issue date will be about August 29, 2016. A copy of the solicitation will be available via FED BIZ OPPS.

Telephone requests will not be honored.