The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Transition and Economic Development (TED) has a requirement for Transition Assistance Program (TAP).

Approximately 200,000 Service members leave military service and return to life as civilians, a process known as military to civilian transition every year. To aid in that transition, Congress has passed various laws intended to prepare eligible Service members and their families to face the many challenges of transitioning from active duty back to civilian life. In response, VA, and its interagency partners at the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Office of Personnel and Management, and Small Business Administration have implemented various programs to carry out these requirements and ensure that Service members are provided with the tools and information necessary to transition into civilian life.

One of these Congressionally mandated programs is the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), which is an overarching program implemented by each of the military services (U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Coast Guard). TAP is designed to provide transition assistance, information, training, counseling, and services to eligible Service members. It ensures Service members are career ready upon separation, retirement, or release from active duty, tailoring the support to meet the unique needs of the individual and their family. This individualized approach enables them to pursue additional education, seek or return to employment in the public or private sector, start their own business, pursue vocational training, or other activities that meet their specific needs,

As provided by TAP, transition assistance consists of all related transition activities, curriculum, resources, and services provided to enable eligible Service members to attain the career readiness standards (CRS) established by the respective military services. Pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 1142(a)(4)(C), the eligibility requirement is that all Service members who serve for a period of 180 continuous days or more on active duty, pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 1142(a)(4)(C), must go through transition assistance. Transition assistance must start no later than 365 days prior to the anticipated date of separation unless otherwise excused. For anticipated retirements, transition assistance must start no later than 720 days. All eligible Service members must participate in TAP to meet CRS utilizing the services and briefings to meet CRS specific to their post-transition goals.

• As the agency program office responsible for conducting VA’s contribution to the interagency TAP, Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) requires contract support services to continue the existing TAP onsite support and associated program management, curriculum development, and training requirements. This contract support encompasses program management and administration; curriculum development, revision, and validation; onsite support activities at military installations to conduct and report on VA-supported activities; conduct in-person, instructor-led classroom and instructor-led virtual briefings to include virtual off-base transition training workshops; providing information through generalized and one-on-one settings; and conducting evaluations.
• The Contractor’s role in this support is pivotal, requiring the capability for worldwide program sustainment. This involves supporting up to 200,000 transitioning Service members across more than 330 installations within the Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside the Contiguous United States (OCONUS) annually. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to support TAP operations as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as Government-furnished property and services.