RISER Questions.docx

Section 1: Overall RISER Execution Model

1. Describe your recommended execution model for a multi-program, multi-domain IDIQ such as RISER.

· Federated, non-federated, or hybrid

· Rationale for your recommendation

2. How would your proposed model allow programs with limited or delayed funding to participate without delaying overall program execution?

3. What risks do you see with a fully centralized (non-federated) funding or execution model for RISER?

4. From an industry perspective, what government-led governance mechanisms have proven effective in ensuring coordination across independently funded task orders, and what contractor-facing processes best support those mechanisms?

Section 2: Funding & Task Order Strategy

5. Identify which RISER capabilities must be funded centrally to enable program startup and continuity (e.g., PM, IT, integration).

6. Describe approaches for structuring task orders that allow:

· Independent program onboarding

· Phased participation

· Incremental funding

7. How would you prevent early-adopting programs from subsidizing later participants?

Section 3: Domain Modularity & Scalability

8. Describe how RISER Domains (A–D) could be structured modularly to support:

· Partial participation

· Small Business involvement

· Incremental scaling

9. What risks arise if Domains are tightly coupled rather than modular?

Section 4: Integration, IT, and Data Governance

10. What baseline IT and data integration capabilities are required to support multiple independent task orders?

11. How would you manage the following in a federated task order environment?

· Interface Control Documents (ICDs)

· Data governance

· System-of-record authority

Section 5: Program Management & Risk Mitigation

12. From an industry perspective, describe the minimum program management structure required to coordinate:

· Multiple programs

· Multiple vendors

· Multiple funding streams

13. How would you manage schedule, cost, and performance risk across independently funded task orders?

14. What lessons learned from similar large IDIQs should CDC consider when structuring RISER?

Section 6: Industry Day & Communication Considerations

15. What information would industry need in advance of an Industry Day to provide meaningful feedback?

16. What aspects of RISER would benefit most from early industry engagement versus post-solicitation clarification?

17. What common government missteps during Industry Days should CDC avoid?

SOW Clarity & Executability

18. Based on the current RISER SOW, which requirements present the highest implementation risk during the first 12–18 months of performance, and why?

19. Are there areas in the SOW where requirements appear:

· Overlapping across Domains, or

· Implicitly dependent on other Domains being operational first?

FAR Modernization & Compliance Impact (Questions related to FAR considerations are intended to understand operational impacts and implementation considerations, not to solicit legal interpretation)

20. How do recent and ongoing FAR updates (e.g., FAR Part 12/15 streamlining, small business emphasis, data rights, cybersecurity, supply chain requirements) affect contractor approaches to large, multi-domain IDIQs?

21. Are there areas where the current RISER SOW may require additional clarification or flexibility to remain aligned with evolving FAR requirements?

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