24-69-A-PMO-OITA RFI QA Document_9.12.2024.docx

This document is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the Information Returns Modernization (IR Mod) IRIS/UI Application Development project. The IRS is seeking information from industry on the capability of firms to provide services for the development, maintenance, and enhancement (DME) of the Information Returns Intake Systems (IRIS) application and the Taxpayer-facing and Employee-facing User Interface (UI) portal, using DevSecOps practices and agile methodologies.

The RFI provides details on the project scope, which includes intake and processing of nearly 100 different types of information returns, processing approximately 7-10 billion information returns annually, and residing in the AWS GovCloud. The IRS is interested in the respondents' experience with cloud environments, AI-enabled solutions, and transitioning into ongoing development and operations and maintenance (O&M) support for an existing application of this scale and complexity. The RFI also requests information on the respondents' pricing structure and labor categories, as well as their expertise in quickly resolving technical defects in production environments. Responses are due by September 26, 2024.