25_08 RFIs.xlsx
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This is a Request for Information (RFI) template for the IRS's Core Individual Tax Processing Modernization and Operations & Maintenance Support Services, with responses due December 5, 2024, at 1:00 PM. The RFI is structured in three parts: Company Profile, Capability, and Technical sections, seeking information from vendors about their experience in modernizing legacy tax processing systems, particularly the Individual Master File (IMF) system written in IBM Assembler Language Code (ALC).
The technical section focuses heavily on vendors' experience with SAFE methodology, ALC to Java conversion, IMF business rules extraction, and enterprise Agile development approaches. Key requirements include demonstrated experience in Program Management processes, custom tool development for IMF business rules mapping, and support for complex legacy systems modernization. The RFI falls under NAICS codes 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) or 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services) and specifically requests information about relevant Best in Class (BIC) GSA Government Wide Acquisition Contracts. Vendors must provide detailed information about their SAFe implementation experience, technical staff capabilities, and past performance in similar modernization efforts, particularly within IRS systems.
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Part I Company Profile
| 25-08 Core Individual Tax Processing Modernization and Operations & Maintenance Support Services | |
| RFI Response Due Date: 12/05/2024 at1:00 pm. | |
| Part I: Company Profile | |
| 1 | Company Name and Unique Entity Identifier Number, CAGE |
| 2 | Company Address |
| 3 | Name, phone number and email address of company representative |
| 4 | Type of company under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services or 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services. (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman-owned, veteran-owned, etc.) as validated via the System for Award Management |
(SAM). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov.
| 5 | Company socio-economic standing(s); i.e., large business, small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small-disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. |
| 6 | Best in Class (BIC) - Relevant BIC GSA Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) or |
FSS Schedule Contract held by your company (e.g., 8(a) STARS II, Alliant 2, VETS, NITAAC).
| 7 | Capability statement |
| 8 | Business Certifications (e.g., CMMI, ISO) |
| 9 | Relevant experience and past performance |
| 10 | Point of Contact, phone number and email addresses of at least two businesses who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses. Identify subcontracting/partnering/teaming possibilities |
Part II Capability Part II: Capability and Experience Answer
| General |
| 1. What discriminators, i.e., evaluation criteria, would your company recommend the Government use to evaluate a proposal based on the requirements outlined in the Draft PWS? |
| 2. Outline any other considerations for development of an acquisition strategy for the requirement outlined in the Draft PWS. What additional information would you require to accurately propose pricing, staffing and approaches to meet the requirements of the Draft PWS? |
Part III Technical Part III Technical (Please insert your RFI responses to 25-08 ITPE and TAMI Support_RFI_12_19_24. Answer
| General |
| 1. Describe your Program Management processes for modernizing large legacy applications using SAFE methodology to modernize Individual Tax Processing Modernization and Operations & Maintenance Support Services. |
| 2. Describe your past experience/performance on developing custom tool(s) to decompose and map the IMF business rules and requirements imbedded in current ALC code, IMF PRPs. |
| 3. Describe the capabilities of your company in providing support for IMF Individual Tax Processing Modernization and Operations & Maintenance Support Services. |
| 4. Please provide three most complex corporate/government experiences with at least one experience as a prime/sub-contractor providing services in similar size, scope, and complexity to the enclosed Performance Work Statement. Experience shall include the contract number, funded dollar value(s), period of performance, and a brief relevant scope summary. |
| 4a. Does your organization have examples of previous engagements of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Full configuration implementations per scaledagileframework.com with a similar complexity (combined government and contractor teams)? Yes or No If “Yes” Summarize a maximum of two (2) examples. |
| 4b. Of the number of current information technology staff within your organization how strong is the organization’s experience with SAFe methodologies? |
| Very Strong >85 % of IT staff | |||
| Strong > 50% of IT staff | |||
| Average >35% of IT staff | |||
| Weak 20% or less of IT staff | |||
| Very Strong >85 % of IT staff | |||
| Strong > 50% of IT staff | |||
| Average >35% of IT staff | |||
| Weak 20% or less of IT staff | |||
| Very Strong >85 % of IT staff | |||
| Strong > 50% of IT staff | |||
| Average >35% of IT staff | |||
| Weak 20% or less of IT staff | |||
| Very Strong >85 % of IT staff | |||
| Strong > 50% of IT staff | |||
| Average >35% of IT staff | |||
| Weak 20% or less of IT staff | |||
| 5. Provide experience on ALC to Java efforts for projects developing or delivering solutions to be used for the conversion of ALC code to an interim language or through to Java code. | |||
| 6. Provide information on your experience in extracting logic from complex legacy Individual tax processing programs. | |||
| 7. Provide information on your experience creating and maintaining Program Requirements Package (PRP) for an ALC Tax processing application. | |||
| 8. Describe your software development and integrations processes for modernization. (These legacy applications have been written IBM Assembler Language (ALC) and deployed in production on IBM mainframe for 50+ years.) | |||
| 9.Provide your overall experience with enterprise Agile approach and the timeframe for providing SME support for ALC applications. Please reference the following matrix in your response: | |||
| Business Master File Legacy ALC Support Areas Matrix | |||
| IMF Mod Support Role | |||
| Skill/Task Area | Experience | Prime/ Subcontractor | No Experience |
Requirements Development (for Legacy and Modernized Tax processing systems) IMF SME support IMF Modernization System Design IMF ALC Logic Harvesting Experience in Developing a modern Data Platform Experience in creating a repository to store multiple representations of taxpayer data for enhanced analytics Experience in Developing reusable common services that perform account management functions Application Modernization Program management support Test
| a. | Code acceptance testing |
| b. | Load and performance testing |
| c. | User acceptance testing |
| d. | Integration testing |
| e. | IRS 508 compliance testing |
| f. | IV&V testing |
Security Services
| a. | Security Testing |
| b. | Penetration Testing |
| c. | Security Architecture and Design |
| d. | Security Engineering Services |
| e. | Security Assessment and security documentation |
Cloud Hosting and/or Storage Development experience with Cloud based Database Platform and size of the effort Business Certifications (e.g., CMMI, ISO)
| Microservices development/support | Skill/Task Area | Experience | Prime/ Subcontractor | No Experience | Prime/ Subcontractor | No Experience | |
| 10. Have you supported IRS legacy systems modernization with similar scope and complexity? If so, provide information that demonstrates your experience with supporting IRS systems? | |||||||
| 11. Describe the necessary steps you would take to transition the current IMF O&M activities (e.g., legislative changes). What information would you require and what timeframe would you expect transition activities to occur? What is your project and development transition strategy? | |||||||
| 12. Provide examples of previous projects where you designed and built resilient, high-performance transaction processing systems (e.g., in Java language) based on relational databases on mainframe) and modern reporting applications using Big Data technologies in a multi-Cloud environment. | |||||||
| 13. Provide examples of previous projects using Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) products to modernize legacy applications. | |||||||
| a. | What positions would your company recommend be key personnel? What types of experience and certifications/qualifications should be considered for IMF Key Personnel? Does your company employ said personnel or would you have to team to meet the technical requirements? | ||||||
| b. | For the business unit of your company that may bid on this work, how many personnel possess relevant experience and/or relevant certifications in the following areas and could provide services for the requirements outlined in the draft PWS: | ||||||
| • | Agile Development (e.g., Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Professional Scrum Developer (PSD), etc.) | ||||||
| • | Project Management (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), etc.) | ||||||
| • | Information Security (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) etc.) | ||||||
| • | Cloud Services (e.g., Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.) | ||||||
| • | Enterprise Architecture (e.g., Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), etc.) | ||||||
| 14. Describe your company's best practices and solutions that could enable IMF Mod. | |||||||
| 15. Describe contract types (e.g., firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, cost reimbursement, etc.) that your company has experience with in providing Agile software development services. Identify contract types your firm feels worked well, and why. Also, please identify contract types that are not useful and why they are not effective. What contract type or combination of types would you recommend for this requirement? |
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