Q A_s FOR API SOLICITATION BBG50-R-12-0083DS.docx

1. Is this solicitation “full and open” Answer: Yes

2. The budget for the proposal SOW appears low.

Answer: Budget $300,000

3. Please confirm your Place of Performance Answers: Washington, DC

4. When is the anticipated award date:

Answers: No Later than Sept 30th 2012

5. When is the anticipated start date:

Answers: Before 30 Sept 2012

6. Does BBG/ODDI I have a preference for specific development environment/languages for the API’s Answers: There are currently two Content Management Systems the APIs need to support/be compatible with, one is built in .NET, the other is Drupal (PHP).

7. What platforms are currently in use?

Answers: No current API platforms, major content/data platforms are custom.NET CMS and Drupal-based CMS.

8. Can we get a database schema of the data to be interface with via the API?

Answers: Not available at this time

9. Are there any development language requirements or restrictions? If so, what are they?

Answers: Same answer as #6, needs to be compatiable/interface with both.NET/MSSQL AND PHP/MySQL. API exports shall include XML and JSON.

10. What the current and/or projected API Usage Statistics?

Answer: TBD What is the current database system in use?

Answer: Two separate database systems, MSSQL for the .NET CMS and MySQL for the Drupal CMS.

Is building the API using a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform acceptable? YES

(2) Do you have any documentation on what systems the APIs will be required to communicate with? not at this time. Systems may include a .NET CMS, a Drupal CMS and an Online Audio+Video Platform Service

(3) Using SaaS may deem certain requirements unnecessary, such as API rate-limiting configuration software. Is this a correct assumption? All SaaS solutions must provide user configurable rate-limiting features. As well as user-configurations for all other required features

(4) Can we get more details as to the specifics that are required for C4: API Management Software? Task Area 4 is the SaaS solution, details on requirements shall include the following

• API Management Web-based Browser-Interface

• API Browser-based Developer Portal

• API Rate-Limiting Configuration Software

• API Authentication and Access Level Management Software

• API Delivery Protocol Translation Services

• API Delivery Acceleration Services

• API Monitoring and Logging Services

• API Analytics Reports

• API Versioning Software Services