R701--VHA Recruitment Marketing & Advertising Campaign (VA-23-00012944)

Workforce Management & Consulting (WMC) Recruitment Marketing & Advertising Services Request for Information The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in support of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking information from interested contractors to provide continued assistance in developing and designing marketing and advertising strategies for the implementation and maintenance of recruitment and retention programs for a variety of hard-to-fill healthcare professional and technical positions. The VHA is seeking information from sources (contractors) for support of Recruitment Marketing & Advertising Services. Response Information: Responses are to be in Microsoft Word compatible format and are due no later than Monday December 12th, 2022 at 1:00PM EST. Responses shall be limited to 20 pages, 12 point font minimum. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses shall be sent to Charles McKenzie at

href="mailto:Charles.mckenzie@va.gov">Charles.mckenzie@va.gov and Adeitra Jimmison at Adeitra.jimmison@va.gov. All email correspondence for this project must reference the RFI number, project identifier, and project title in the subject line of the email. Example: RFI 36C77623Q0058, VHA Recruitment Marketing & Advertising Campaign. No phone calls will be accepted. Disclaimer: A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced later, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future Request for Proposals, if any is issued. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party s expense. Guidance: Responses shall be limited to 20 pages, 12-point font minimum. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. This RFI is exclusively electronic based; written or telephone responses will not be considered. Responses shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum: Company Name, DUNs number, Company mailing address, phone number, fax number, name of designated point of contact and e-mail of designated point of contact. Recommended contracting strategy. Specifically, propose from the industry s perspective what the most appropriate contract type is for this acquisition as well as what you believe the appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) should be used for this procurement based on the scope identified above. Either 1) copies of executed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with the contractors supporting VA and VA-supported Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) in technical evaluations or 2) a statement that the respondee will not allow the Government to release its proprietary data to the Government support contractors. In the absence of either of the foregoing, the Government will assume that the respondee does NOT agree to the release of its submission to Government support contractors. Company business size and status (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, etc.), the number of years in business, affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners (sub-contractors).