Starting an Offer for OASIS+

This guide provides the steps required for using the Symphony platform to collect assets for an offer for the General Services Administration (GSA) Oasis + solicitation.

1. Start in My Company

From the Dashboard page, go to the My Company page to add the company’s assets and experience. Information gathered through My Company is foundational for proposals built in Symphony (see Figure 1). Symphony calculates proposal scores as assets are added or subtracted.

Figure 1. The My Company link

2. Adding Teaming Partners

A company proposing with other companies must go to the Team Members tab in My Company to add team members, claim business factors, and provide agreements supporting their arrangements (see Figure 2).

The Company Name displays on the top left.

Figure 2. Accessing the Team Members tab to add information

Include Attachment J.P-7 and the Joint Venture Work & Qualifications Template as required. Duplicate documents are not required for multiple submissions. 

Team members must first be added to Symphony to be project references. Team member engagements can include:

• Joint Venture Member

• Joint Venture Subcontractor

• Mentor in an SBA-Approved Mentor-Protege Agreement

• Protege in an SBA-Approved Mentor-Protege Agreement

• Subcontractor

3. Adding MRCLs

If a company is proposing to use business factors from a company it is affiliated with through corporate structure, enter the affiliated organization into Symphony using the Meaningful Relationship Commitment Letter (MRCL) tab on the My Company page (see Figure 3).

If the relationship type does not appear on the MRCL list, the affiliated company is a Teaming Partner. Claim MRCL business factors under the Prime Offeror.

 Figure 3. The MRCLs tab in My Company

4. Adding Business Factors 

The Business Factors tab in My Company is dedicated to Prime Offeror information (see Table 3 in the Scoring Matrix for OASIS+). When a business factor is claimed, provide the required information, certify it, and save the claim. Business Factors are automatically placed in the proposal for each domain, when available, and scored. Duplicate documents are not required for multiple submissions. 

Mandatory Business Factors for an award include:. 

• Cybersecurity & Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) - Attachment J-3 

• Financial Resources

• Individual or Commercial Subcontracting Plan (applicable to all OTSB offerors).

• Professional Employee Compensation Plan

• Representations and Certifications (Section K and SAM.gov record)

• Uncompensated Overtime Policy

5. Adding Projects 

Project documents are used to substantiate claims made in a proposal. Information for such claims is entered in the Projects tab on the My Company page (see Figure 4). The list below is not comprehensive. These documents include:

• FPDS (Federal Procurment Data System) Report - Attachment J.P-2

• Project Verification Form - Attachment J.P-3

• Past Performance Rating Form - Attachment J.P-6 (when CPARS* information does not exist).

*(Contractor Performance Assessment Reports).

The Company Name displays on the top left.

Figure 4. The beginning of a Project Reference in the Projects/Past Performance tab

Though Core Project Details do not need to be entered into the platform Symphony may use mapped criteria as additional scoring elements. Some project details are unique to certain domains or may be required in future solicitations. 

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