EDP 3 RFI.docx

Introduction

This is a Request for Information (RFI) -- hereinafter Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, request for bids or quotations, nor a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. The purpose of this RFI is for the Government to obtain knowledge and information for project planning purposes only.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in responses to this Notice, unless otherwise appropriately marked by the Respondent. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information received in response to this Notice in any resultant solicitation(s). Do Not Submit any Proposals / Offers / Quotes in response to this Notice.

At a summary level, the Government has interest in and is seeking information regarding the capability of firms who can provide services pertaining to the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Project Title / Short Description: Enterprise Data Platform – Engineering and Development Support

PSC or FSC Code: R425 Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical NAICS Codes: 541512 Computer Systems Design Services 54151 Computer Systems Design and Related Services

Release Date: October 10, 2024 Response Date: October 24, 2024 Primary Point of Contact and Contact Information:

Name: Erik Stephenson Title: Government Facilitator Email: erik.stephenson@irs.gov

Description of Contemplated Services

The IRS is seeking architecture, engineering, technical advisory, design, development, post deployment and strategic support to the EDP program RFI Instructions Responses to this RFI are requested in two (2) parts.

Part I Company Profile Information - IRS seeks company profile information about the firms that provide services positioned to address the requirements discussed above.

Part II Capability - IRS seeks Industry responses to specific questions. Do not include any support documentation for any company other than your own. This is an analysis of your company’s abilities.

Part I: Company Profile Information

Responders to this Notice must provide the following company information:

1. Company Name and Address

2. Company technical Point of Contact (POC) information to include name, title, telephone number, and email address.

3. Applicable NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Code

4. List active governmentwide contracts that your company has been awarded (GWACs, IDIQs, and BPAs – include applicable SIN)

5. Business Classification / Socio-Economic Status (e.g., large, small, 8(a), women owned, hub-zone, SDB, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned)

6. Subcontracting / partnering / teaming possibilities

Part II: Capability

Responses to this Notice must include the following:

7. Please describe your experiences in architecting, designing, and developing data platforms, focusing on your experience in creating data pipelines and supporting data services. Please include your experience in documenting and resolving discrepancies between source and data platform data models, and in creating semantic layers. Provide up to 3 examples of your experience.

8. Describe your experience in building data pipelines with large datasets to Databricks and Mongo Db in GFE Cloud Environments. Describe the services you provided. Describe the scale of architecture, scope, and complexity for each example (up to 3 examples).

9. Describe your experience with NoSQL databases and building data models for data repositories like MongoDb and Databricks, while also securing sensitive data to include PII?

10. Describe your experience in maintenance of data pipelines and data models. What is your typical response time in responding to an incident? What is the largest amount of data you have managed?

11. Describe your experience with implementing secure access to. security and performance? What is your change management experience with an analytics platform?

12. Describe your experience with supporting large number of read requests to data via APIs from geographically dispersed users? Have you supported a platform that supports geographically dispersed users?

13. Describe your company’s experience with MongoDB and Databricks. Provide up to 3 examples.

14. Does your company have the staff needed on Day 1 to transition into ongoing development, modernization and enhancement, and operations and maintenance (O&M) support for an existing application of the scale and complexity described above?

15. What risks would your company identify with completing a timely transition? How long would you recommend for transition and onboarding?

16. Describe up to 3 examples where you have led teams to quickly resolve technical defects in production that required triage and root cause determination across multiple systems and infrastructure layers.

17. Please provide any feedback or questions you may have related to this requirement and the Draft Requirements (Draft PWS) document. Identify any risks, concerns, or additional information needed.

18. Does your company have the capability to perform all required services in the PWS?

Yes/No

19. Does your company have similar previous experience with the type of work outlined in the PWS?

Yes/No

20. Does the PWS contain the sufficient information that would enable you to adequately respond to an RFP? If “No,” please identify what areas within the PWS need to be refined, expanded upon, or otherwise clarified for your company to better propose on any resulting solicitation. (Your response should indicate, where applicable, the specific paragraph, page, or identifying element.)

Yes/No

21. Are there any additional services/service areas you would suggest the PWS should include, highlight, or expand upon?

Yes/No

22. Are there any software-infrastructure dependencies or specialized integration software required for the installation / deployment that should be addressed in PWS (e.g., Operating System)?

23. Are there any additional services/service areas you would suggest the PWS should include, highlight, or expand upon?

Yes/No

23. If yes, please describe.

24. As written, what questions or comments do you have on the provided draft PWS?

25. List possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace based on the attached PWS.

26. Do you provide this service and/or product commercially? (optional) (In accordance with FAR Part 12: Subpart 12.1 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, this question is to support DoD with commercial items and commercial determination) Yes/No

27. Please choose the NAICS code(s) you determine are appropriate for this requirement. (Choose all that apply)

a. 541511

b. 518210

c. Other –Please indicate NAICS codes

28. Please provide a Capability Statement.

Terms and Conditions regarding this Notice

This Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. All costs associated with responding to this Notice are solely at the responding party's expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Further, the Government may contact the vendor for additional information regarding the information submitted as part of this market research effort. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Government Point of Entry or other similar source (e.g., GSA E-buy). However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The Government will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this notice. Responses to the notice will not be returned. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation if one is issued.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in responses to this Notice, unless otherwise appropriately marked by the Respondent. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information received in response to this Notice in any resultant solicitation(s).

Do Not Submit any Proposals/Offers in response to this Notice.

Thank you for your response to this Request for Information.