ArcINFO_RFI_1.pdf

1 Sources Sought Information

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is issuing this RFI as part of market research in accordance with FAR Part 10 to determine the potential solutions for the migration of the TIMS Unix ArcInfo workstation based customized application to a supportable platform with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) authentication.

This Request for Information / Sources Sought Synopsis does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the Government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The U.S. Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested vendors in response to this announcement or incurred for participation in this market survey will NOT be reimbursed.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-Government personnel and entities. There is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this announcement. Response to this RFI is strictly voluntary. NO

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME.

The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. This solicitation is issued for the purpose of budget planning.

Restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, or proprietary data provided should be clearly marked and presented as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, the BSEE will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper.

2 Objective

The objective of this RFI is to survey the market for potential vendors with the capabilities and experience in migrating legacy Unix ArcInfo workstation and Pro*C based applications to a modern supportable platform with MFA capability.

3 Background

One of the critical Technical Information Management System (TIMS) IT platforms supporting program mission requirements is the ESRI Unix ArcInfo workstation 10.0 software running on https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acquisition.gov%2Ffar%2F31.205-18%23FAR_31_205_18&data=05%7C02%7CUday.Katikaneni%40bsee.gov%7Cddc07d677fe948fc64c408dc768f85b4%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C638515605994245955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gMztTAmlPnKedARxmUKWdMGzNDv2pTzNyoP5ePFuFrY%3D&reserved=0

Solaris 10 platform.

The ESRI ArcInfo workstation software is deployed on three different environments: Build and Test (BAT), Staging and Production. The technology stack used in the TIMS system for GIS is ESRI suite of software and Oracle 19C.

The legacy Unix ArcInfo workstation software supports critical custom software functions such as Pre-Sale, Lease Diagram generation and BIDS and BAPALL Coverage generation. This custom software running on Solaris includes C and Pro*C software along with legacy AML scripts and ArcInfo API. It uses non spatial Oracle tables on the back-end with location information to read/write data.

The Pre-Sale function provides all the required tools and functions in the Offshore pre-leasing process. It provides various functions to create available tracts for an offshore lease sale taking into consideration business rules such as existing leases, stipulations, deferrals etc... In addition, it provides the ability to create GIS coverages such as Tracts and Block Lease Areas.

The Lease Diagram function provides the ability to create lease diagrams for split block leases in a sale with all the split block coordinates and acreages displayed in a specified map layout as per defined scale.

The BIDS and BAPALL functions provide the ability to create various GIS Coverages from the non-spatial location data in the Oracle database.

The ESRI ArcINFO workstation and the Solaris 10 operating system on which it runs is no longer supported by the vendor and does not have the required MFA capability. To continue maintaining support for these applications and meet the MFA requirement and avoid any interruptions, it is critical to migrate these applications into a new platform.

5 Information Requested

BSEE is seeking responses from firms that have experience in upgrading/modernizing applications from Unix ArcINFO workstation to a modern platform with the MFA requirement like the requirements of BSEE application mentioned above.

Offerors who can meet the requirements and have the capability and potential capacity to perform the services are encouraged to provide the following information.

• A list of any relevant projects along with a description of each project and its relevance to the BSEE ArcINFO application migration.

• A conceptual destination architecture diagram.

• An estimated cost for performing the above-mentioned migration for budgeting purposes.

There is no page limit to the response. Responses should be submitted to john Nielson@bsee.gov.

no later than Friday June 21, 2024, at 5PM EST.

6 Attachments Below is a list of attachments for reference.

Attachment1: TIMS GIS Desktop High Level Architecture Attachment2: Current Pre-Sale workflow Diagram Attachment3: Presale_Process