The State and Territory Child Care Capacity Building Center (STCBC)

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care is issuing a Small Business Sources‑Sought notice to identify qualified small businesses capable of providing the full suite of services for the State and Territory Child Care Capacity Building Center (STCBC). The effort will be a 12‑month base period with up to four additional 12‑month options and requires a comprehensive technical and programmatic support package, including development and maintenance of a publicly‑available, Section 508‑compliant website, design, development, and support of ServiceNow COTS products hosted in an Amazon Web Services environment, end‑to‑end change‑management and incident‑reporting processes, and the creation and ongoing management of a Project Management Plan and Service Level Agreement that meet defined performance targets (e.g., 99 % system uptime, defect‑resolution rate ≥ 95 %). The contractor must also provide day‑to‑day technical assistance to grantees, share best practices, coordinate cross‑organizational collaboration among geographically dispersed stakeholders, and be able to transition into the project within 30 days. Additional requirements include an orientation meeting with the COR within 15 days of contract award, kickoff meetings each option year, and regular reporting of performance metrics and meeting minutes. Respondents must submit a tailored capability statement (max 15 single‑sided pages, PDF or Word) that includes corporate experience on up to three comparable projects, answers to subcontracting/teaming and government‑wide vehicle questions, and a completed experience spreadsheet. The cover page must list UEI, organization name and address, size/type (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone) under NAICS 541611, and technical points of contact. All responses become government property, must contain no proprietary or classified information, and are for market research only—no award will result from this notice.

Notice ID

59a69e3ac5664c15b8de3c1278457bc4

Solicitation Number

SBSSN_7571MN26R00023

NAICS Code

541611

Classification Code

N/A