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WebSTAIR Adaptation and Hosting Services Question and Answers from Request for Information March 28, 2018
Note: The answers provided below are for informational purposes, to assist potential Quoters in preparing Quotes, and such answers do not themselves constitute an amendment to the Solicitation. Where questions and answers necessitated such an amendment, such changes have been or will be incorporated into a formal amendment to the Solicitation. To the extent that any answers provided below conflict in any way with the Solicitation and any Amendments, the final solicitation takes precedence.
| 1. |
| Will the contractor have access to PHI/PII? If yes, how many anticipated SPI/PII records will the Contractor be handling? If yes, how will the contractor be required to handle the SPI/PII data? |
| Identifying information will not be collected or kept on the webSTAIR program or server. |
| 2. |
| The PWS doesn’t specify the minimum acceptance criteria that needs to be met. Please clarify the criteria the VA plans to use to determine whether the code development is complete and accepted? |
| Acceptance criteria are specified in Section B.7 (PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT), Paragraph 5.2 (webSTAIR SOFTWARE ADAPTATIONS) of the solicitation. |
| 3. |
| If not already specified, please provide timeframe and processes supporting transition-in activities from the incumbent vendor. |
It is anticipated there will be approximately up to 60 days of communication between new and previous contractor (if applicable) for transition-in activities.
| 4. |
| Will this effort be required to comply with Veteran-focused Integration Process (VIP)? |
No. This effort will not be required to comply with VIP.
| 5. |
| Please clarify if the existing system has an Approved Authority To Operate (ATO) or Temporary (ATO). If not, please confirm whether it is expected that the vendor will work to gain such ATO. |
| This effort will not require an ATO. |
| 6. |
| The PWS does not provide a clear set of requirements that must be met for software development. Will the government provide a copy of the BRD, RSD, Product Backlog, RTM or samples to help understand and estimate the requirements that must be satisfied? |
| Refer to Section B.7 (PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT), Paragraph 5.2 (webSTAIR SOFTWARE ADAPTATIONS) of the solicitation. |
| 7. |
| What is the maximum number of concurrent users the hosting environment should plan for? |
| Anticipate 50 - 75 concurrent users. |
| 8. |
| Please clarify if the latest source code is available upon award. |
| Yes. Export of code repository along with database backups or direct access will be arranged. |
| 9. |
| Who currently possesses the software code for the webSTAIR application? What languages are involved? What code repository (e.g. Rational, GitHub, etc.) is used? |
| The current webSTAIR application is written with .NET MVC 4.5 with Entity Framework on the backend. The front end it is written with HTML/CSS/JavaScript. It uses an MSSQL database. The application has around 30,000 lines of code. The code repository is a Mercurial Repository hosted on Bitbucket. Access to the current source code will be available at contract award. |
| 10. |
| Is there an incumbent for this effort? |
Allen Interactions is the current Contractor for this effort.
| 11. |
| How is the current WebSTAIR application hosted? What is the hosting environment? How many current and anticipated future users? |
| The webSTAIR application (Evaluation Version) is hosted on scalable cloud based servers provided by Rackspace. It is currently scaled for 50-75 concurrent users. |
| 12. |
| When is the due date for questions? |
| All questions should be submitted by Monday, April 9, 2018. |
| 13. |
| How are these services currently being performed? Under contract? In-house? |
| Services are currently being performed under Contract at the Contractor’s facility. |
| 14. |
| Is Allen Interactions able to compete for this work? |
| Yes. They can potentially compete for this work. |
| 15. |
| Can you please provide the incumbent task order number? |
| VA241-14-A-0022 VA241-17-J-0597 |
| 16. |
| When does the contract expire? |
| Current contract expires on April 30, 2018. |