Solicitation
NGA HRM-II RFP
Dept of Defense · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) · Sol. HM047626R0018
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) wants one contractor to provide on-site human resources support for its Human Development Directorate in Springfield, VA, covering about 8,500 military, civilian and contractor personnel. It is a full-and-open, best-value tradeoff RFP with a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. Bidders must have a Top Secret facility clearance and TS/SCI-cleared key personnel, and proposals are due 26 October 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern.
Watch out for
- Top Secret clearances and classified portal required. Without an active TS facility clearance and TS/SCI key personnel verified by NGA database queries, a small business cannot qualify, and the bid materials sit on a classified network.
Offerors who fail the Security Factor will not receive further consideration for evaluation or award.
- Several pass/fail gates. Security, Small Business Participation Plan and OCI must all pass before the proposal is even considered in the tradeoff.
Only proposals that satisfy all applicable gate criteria, including Security, Small Business Participation Plan, and OCI eligibility requirements
- Instructions changed several times and may change again. Amendments moved the solicitation from classified-only to SAM.gov, reopened questions, and the Government says submission procedures or the due date may still change, so check for new amendments.
any revisions to proposal submission procedures, including any extension to the proposal due date
- Conflicting submission details. Amendment 0001 says proposals go only through the Classified ARC while Amendment 0002 puts materials on SAM.gov; confirm with the Contracting Officer how and where to submit.
- Large, multi-office on-site HR scope. The work covers five HR offices and about 8,500 people with tight turnaround standards, so it needs a sizeable cleared team.
- Strict performance standards with invoice withholding. The PWS applies tight accuracy targets and withholds part of invoices (for example 5% for pay-affecting errors), which raises financial risk for a small firm.
Zero deviation for pay actions. 99% accuracy for others.
- Key personnel resumes can disqualify you. A single resume missing a required qualification makes the proposal deficient and ineligible.
Any resume that does not meet all of the required qualifications for the applicable labor category will be considered deficient and ineligible for award.
- AI plan limited to approved tools. Sub-factor 1.2 only credits solutions using existing Government-approved AI tools, and proposals that depend on new tools may be rated lower or unacceptable.
- Short proposal window. Proposals are due about two weeks after the documents appeared on SAM.gov, for a multi-volume response.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 10 not read in full.
- Attchment 17 RFP_Supplemental Section 5 - Evaluation Factors for Award.docx
- HM047626R0018-0002_20261008.pdf
- HM047626R0018-0001_20260928.pdf
- HRM II_RFP_HM047626R0018.pdf
- Attachment_1_HRMII_PWS_20260810.pdf
- Attachment-16 RFP_Supplemental Section 4 Instructions Con Notices to Offeror_20260923.docx
- Attachment-16 RFP_Supplemental Sec 4 Instructions Con Notices to Offeror Rev1_20260928.docx
- Attachment-16 RFP_Supp Sec 4 Instructions Con Notices to Offeror Rev2_20261008.docx
- Attachment_15_NGA_License_Agreement.pdf
- Attachment_13_HRMII_DD254.pdf
- Attachment_10_Personnel_Security_Clearance_Template.docx
- Attachment_9_SF328_FOCI.pdf
- Attachment_14_HRMII_Compliance_Checklist.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- Attachment_12_HRMII_Proposal_Pricing_Template.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- Attachment_11_Planned_Small_Business_Participation.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- Attachment_8_Facility_Security_Clearance_Template.docx: over the file limit for one brief
- Attachment_7_Master_Past_Performance_Reference_List_Template.docx: over the file limit for one brief
- Attachment_5_HRMII_Key_Personnel_Resume_Template.docx: over the file limit for one brief
- Attachment_4_Staffing_Matrix_Template.docx: over the file limit for one brief
- Attachment_2_HRMII_Workload_Estimate.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- Attachment_6_HRMII_Past_Performance_Questionnaire.docx: over the file limit for one brief
- Attachment_3_OCI_Disclosure_and_Analysis_Form.docx: over the file limit for one brief
Full brief
What they want
- Personnel data processing: personnel actions, service computation dates, military entitlements, and reconciling PeopleSoft with the DFAS payroll system
- Official Personnel File scanning, upload and maintenance, and retirement and benefits processing
- Talent acquisition support and recruiting (ODCs include enhanced recruiting and pre-hire assessments)
- Talent development and the National Geospatial-Intelligence College support, including training materials and program websites
- Strategic workforce planning, reporting and workforce analytics for the Human Capital Advanced Capabilities and Business Innovation offices
- Employee support services, counselors and a self-service help capability
- AI-enabled improvements using only existing Government-approved platforms and tools
- Weekly and monthly activity reports, transition-in support and optional special projects
- Contract type
- Performance-based; firm-fixed-price labor CLINs plus time-and-materials CLINs with not-to-exceed (NTE) caps for other direct costs (travel, purchased services, recruiting, BersinOne membership, pre-hire assessments) and optional special projects
- Period of performance
- 12-month base period (03/02/2027 to 03/01/2028) plus four 12-month option periods ending 03/01/2032; a 6-month option to extend services is also evaluated
- Place of performance
- On-site at NGA, Springfield, VA (7500 GEOINT Drive); DD Form 254 also lists NGA locations in Arnold, MO and St. Louis, MO
- Estimated value
- Not stated as a total. Base year NTEs are $1,500,000 for other direct costs and $164,000 for optional special projects, rising about 1.5% each option year. Labor is fixed-price and the amount is not given.
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff (FAR Part 15) with a single award. Security, Small Business Participation Plan and OCI are pass/fail gates. Non-price factors combined outweigh price. The Government may award without discussions.
- Offers due
- 26 October 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (the Government says an extension may come in a later amendment)
- How to submit
- Per Amendment 0001, proposals are accepted only through the Classified Acquisition Research Center (ARC), not by email. Amendment 0002 later put the solicitation documents on SAM.gov and says proposal submission instructions are unchanged. Questions go by email to the Contracting Officer (Haydee.L.SotoCarreras@nga.mil) and Contract Specialist (Adrianne.M.Crutchfield@nga.mil) by 15 October 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern.
- Page limits
- Partly visible: cover letter 2 pages; OCI mitigation plan 5 pages; Factor 1 ground rules and assumptions 2 pages; Sub-factor 1.1 technical approach 10 pages; Sub-factor 1.2 assessment and optimization approach 3 pages (plus use case solutions); price narrative 4 pages. Other volume limits were not in the readable text.
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1: Technical/Management Approach (sub-factors in order: 1.1 Technical Approach to Mission Areas, 1.2 AI-Enabled Innovation and Resource Optimization, 1.3 Staffing Plan/Key Personnel, 1.4 Transition-In Plan)
- Factor 2: Past Performance (significantly less important than Factor 1)
- Factor 3: Security (Pass/Fail: facility clearance and FOCI, personnel clearances, security plan, cybersecurity hygiene, supply chain risk)
- Factor 4: Small Business Participation Plan (Pass/Fail, 25% small business goal)
- Factor 5: Price (reasonableness, possible realism analysis)
What to include when you submit
- Separate stand-alone volumes: Offer, Technical/Management, Past Performance, Security, Small Business Participation Plan and Price (Volume 6); no cross-referencing between volumes
- Volume 1 Offer includes a cover letter, proposal file matrix, completed SF 1449 (sections 1-4), and the OCI Disclosure and Analysis Form (Attachment 3) plus an OCI mitigation plan
- Price volume uses the Government pricing template (Attachment 12) with fully burdened labor rates (1 FTE = 1,860 hours); do not alter blue cells or formulas
- Small Business Participation Plan must name small business partners and show participation in dollars of total contract value
- Security volume needs facility clearance and FOCI documentation, cleared key personnel details, a security plan, and CAGE codes with current NIST SP 800-171 assessments
- Proposals must be valid for 200 days after the due date
- Mark all volumes UNCLASSIFIED to the greatest extent possible, include a table of contents and glossary in each volume
- Use only the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist as points of contact; contacting other Government staff may get you excluded
You must have
- Active Top Secret facility clearance at the time the security volume is submitted, with any foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) issues mitigated
that the Offeror possesses, at time the security volume is submitted, an active TOP SECRET FCL
- Each proposed key person must have favorably adjudicated Top Secret/SCI access eligibility that is current (not older than 7 years or in continuous evaluation)
each key personnel (as required by the RFP) proposed by the Offeror, demonstrates a favorably adjudicated Top Secret/SCI Access Eligibility
- Contractor staff must be TS-cleared and SCI eligible by the security eligibility deadline
The Contractor shall provide all personnel with TS-cleared staff and SCI
- Active SAM registration that includes NAICS 541612 (size standard $29M)
Registration MUST contain the appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541612
- Commit to the 25% small business goal of total contract value in the Small Business Participation Plan (a small business prime's own work counts)
The extent to which the Offeror meets the minimum Small Business goal of 25% of the total contract value.
- Current NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment in SPRS for each CAGE code in the proposal; if the score is below 110, give a date to reach 110
has a current NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment
- No unresolved or unmitigable organizational conflict of interest
Offerors with unresolved or unmitigable OCI concerns will be ineligible for award.
- Access to the classified ARC website (needs a TS//SCI network or previous ARC account) to reach classified materials and submit
Existing Access to a TS//SCI network; Previous ARC account
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The title 'HRM II' suggests a predecessor HR support contract, but the text does not identify it.
Not in the notice text
- Total contract value; labor CLINs are fixed price and no amount is stated
- Page limits for the remaining volumes (Past Performance, Security, Small Business Participation Plan) and the Use Case Solutions part of Sub-factor 1.2
- Past performance requirements (how many references, how recent, how relevant); this part of the evaluation text was cut off
- Full PWS requirements (only about 14,000 of 223,759 characters were readable), including hours of operation, key personnel labor categories and qualifications
- Contents of the pricing template, compliance checklist, planned small business participation form, workload estimate, staffing matrix and OCI form (not read)
- Exact proposal submission method after Amendment 0002, and any new due date
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- HM047626R0018
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- Office
- Attn: Ms S84 - Ocs
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 541612
- Product/service code
- R431
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services
- Place of performance
- Springfield, VA
- Contracting contact
- Adrianne Crutchfieldadrianne.m.crutchfield@nga.mil
- Versions
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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