Attach002-FMS-ACES RFI - Questions Response Template.docx

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Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES) Attachment 002 – FMS-ACES RFI Questions Response Template

FMS-ACES RFI Response Template

Version 1.0 October 2022

Note: When answering the focus areas below, please address from the perspective of your preferred solution and/or process(es) vice past performance / demonstrated experience.

Focus Area 1. Preferred Solution: Describe your preferred solution (e.g., COTS, GOTS, ERP, new build, hybrid, low code / no code, etc.) to meet the requirements (see Attach006-FMS-ACES RFI - Requirements Master List.xlsx) and provide rationale as to why this is your preferred solution. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 4 pages.

A. Provide a description of your preferred solution and your rationale for selecting this solution.

Start your response here.

B. Provide the software bill of materials for your preferred solution.

C. Describe licensing requirements associated with your preferred solution for hosting, software, and end users.

D. Describe your preferred solution’s ability to support the creation, management, addition, and implementation of business rules.

E. Describe the data model(s) for your preferred solution.

F. Describe the level of customization of components or custom code required in your preferred solution.

G. Describe the degree of complexity to implement your preferred solution.

H. Describe your preferred solution’s ability to support vertical and/or horizontal scalability and autoscaling.

I. Describe the ease of maintenance and upgrade of libraries associated with your preferred solution.

J. Discuss intellectual property rights constraints and data rights associated with your preferred solution.

End of Focus Area 1. Preferred Solution

Focus Area 2. Delivery, Data, and Innovation: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 3 pages.

A. Describe your Agile approach for delivering your preferred solution and how you will implement DevSecOps into your process.

B. Describe the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline tools and the environments (e.g., DEV, TEST, STG, PRD, …) required to implement your preferred solution.

C. Describe how your preferred solution supports automation of processes and workflow data entry and validation.

D. Describe how your preferred solution ensures data protection, continued data access, and storage availability.

E. Describe how your preferred solution supports the migration (ETL) of “active” data into the new solution, and “inactive” data to a data store that is viewable, searchable, and printable in a specified format.

F. Describe how your preferred solution supports innovation in the future

G. Describe how your preferred solution supports the addition of enhancements.

End of Focus Area 2. Delivery, Data, and Innovation

Focus Area 3. Cloud Hosting and Cybersecurity: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 2 pages.

A. Describe the cloud hosting services required to support your preferred solution.

B. Describe how your preferred solution meets and maintains FedRAMP Certification for an IL4 environment.

C. Describe how your preferred solution achieves and maintains a Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO).

D. Describe how your preferred solution incorporates automated testing, performance standards, and reduces security vulnerabilities.

E. Describe how your preferred solution leverages cloud capabilities while remaining cloud agnostic, optimizes performance, and reduces total cost of ownership.

End of Focus Area 3. Cloud Hosting and Cybersecurity

Focus Area 4. Requirements Clarity and Viability: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to B and C of this focus area should not exceed 1 page.

A. Provide your assessment of the requirements by completing the provided Requirements template (see Attach003-FMS-ACES RFI - Requirements Feedback Template.xlsx). Includes:

1. Identifying any requirements that are deemed ambiguous and not achievable, providing rationale, and recommending a means to disposition (e.g., delete, restate).

2. Identifying any requirements that are deemed to restrict/constrain the solution.

Provide your response in the template provided and label your filename as stated in the instructions.

B. State whether you can develop an operational solution from these requirements. Provide rationale as to why or why not and note if there are any gaps.

C. Describe any technical dependencies, constraints, and limitations to deliver your preferred solution that meets the defined requirements.

End of Focus Area 4. Requirements Clarity and Viability

Focus Area 5. User Experience Approach: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 2 pages.

A. Describe how your preferred supports a graphically rich user interface that supports FMS business processes and terminology and provides Common Operating Picture dashboards.

B. Describe how your preferred solution supports user interaction with data queries, extraction, and export.

C. Describe how your preferred solution supports a Roles and Permission Hierarchy that provides role-based access control to workflows and data.

End of Focus Area 5. User Experience Approach

Focus Area 6. Cost, Schedule, and Performance: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to C through F of this focus area should not exceed 2 pages.

A. Provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimate for your preferred solution by completing the provided Cost ROM template (see Attach004-FMS-ACES RFI - Cost ROM Template.xlsx).

Provide your response in the template provided and label your filename as stated in the instructions.

B. Provide your schedule to developing and deploying your preferred solution that meets the requirements by completing the provided Schedule template (see Attach005-FMS-ACES RFI - Schedule Template.xlsx).

Provide your response in the template provided and label your filename as stated in the instructions.

C. Describe your cost methodology used to derive your ROM provided in response to A above.

D. Provide a list of metrics / measures for a Service Level Agreement to ensure continued and stable performance / operations.

E. Describe what you deem to be major cost, schedule, and performance drivers, to include supporting rationale.

F. Describe what you deem to be major cost, schedule, and performance risks, to include supporting rationale.

End of Focus Area 6. Cost, Schedule, and Performance

Focus Area 7. Sustainment Approach: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 2 pages.

A. Describe the sustainment model that best supports your preferred solution, to include vendor responsibilities, Government responsibilities, and joint responsibilities for each activity within the model (e.g., system maintenance, help desk, recurring testing, recurring training, cybersecurity).

B. Describe the online/embedded help model that best supports your preferred solution.

End of Focus Area 7. Sustainment Approach

Focus Area 8. Contract Considerations: Provide responses to the questions below for this focus area. Your combined responses to this focus area should not exceed 2 pages.

A. Describe the contract type(s) deemed most appropriate to deliver an FMS-ACES solution, to include supporting rationale.

B. Describe the contract type(s) that would present any concerns or introduce any factors that would influence your willingness to compete, to include rationale for each concern.

C. Describe any recommended fee structure to be considered to provide the contractor the most incentive to meet all requirements within cost and schedule, to include supporting rationale.

D. Describe evaluation criteria for the Government to consider as discriminators based on this RFI, to include rationale for each.

End of Focus Area 8. Contract Considerations

Additional Information: In addition to responding to the focus areas above, please include any additional information you believe the Government should take into consideration. Please limit this section to no more than 2 pages.

End of Additional Information