ETIMS_II_Request_for_Information.pdf

FA8770-20-C-0003

ETIMS II

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

FA8770-20-R-0003 ETIMS II

Enhanced Technical Information Management System (ETIMS) II

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY

This RFI is issued solely for market research purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Air Force (AF) is not seeking proposals nor will it accept unsolicited proposals at this time.

Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential Offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The Government is seeking responses from 8(a) small business vendors ONLY. The respondent must self-certify as a small business under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541511 – Custom Computer Programming Services. Responses are limited to ten (10) pages, electronically submitted, in Microsoft Word or Portable Document format (PDF), using 12-point Times New Roman font.

Vendors responding to the RFI shall submit the requested information due no later than 12:00 PM (EST) on Monday, 07 October 2019. Responses should be sent to Contracting Officer, Ms. Amanda Myers, at amanda.myers.7@us.af.mil and a courtesy copy to Contracting Officer, Mr. Daniel Holliday, at daniel.holliday.3@us.af.mil. The Government will not entertain telephone calls for this RFI; related questions may be emailed to the Contracting Officers.

BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION

The Business & Enterprise Systems (BES) through Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Technical Data Section (HIAM) located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is conducting market research to seek qualified 8(a) vendors under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 541511.

The Government is researching vendors capable to encompass the sustainment, modification, and support efforts for the Enhanced Technical Information Management System (ETIMS) within the Air Force Common Computing Environment (AF CCE). The requirement will include, but not limited to, the following: modify current capabilities along with software maintenance, sustainment, modification, system design and development, system performance and metrics, performance monitoring, database design and development, test and evaluation, maintenance, training, integration, migration, risk management, configuration management, Section 508 compliance, documentation updates, meeting support, helpdesk support/diagnostics (levels I, II, and III), production support, Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) upgrades, continued technical integration of ETIMS and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Technical Order Distribute and Print Services (TODPS), the Reliability & Maintainability Information System (REMIS), the Comprehensive Integrated Order Management System (CITOMS), and the Security Assistance Technical Order Distribution System (SATODS).

ETIMS is the AF System of Record for Technical Order (TO) and Computer Program Identification Number (CPIN) management and is the AF Defense Business System for managing TO/CPIN records; managing Accounts; managing TO/CPIN distribution and printing of paper TOs; and managing, storing, distributing, and viewing electronic TOs (eTOs). The overall ETIMS Enterprise Capability is provided by four (4) major systems: eTO content management components, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Document Services, Common Computing Environment (CCE) and ETIMS software. ETIMS enables a fully integrated eTO capability to view and use eTOs at the point of use, a fully integrated print on demand service through DLA, and AF TO library currency and accuracy. ETIMS leverages existing CCE services, provides the ETIMS Content Management functionality, and DLA Document Services printing service for on-demand paper TO printing. Through its ECM component, ETIMS provides a combination of services and capabilities to support eTO distribution. ETIMS provides the permissions for eTO access to the ECM component which supports eTO distribution to ETIMS Client devices.

The scope of work summarized above is provided for information purposes only and should not be interpreted as a complete list of requirements. All qualified vendors/sources capable of providing these services are being sought. Capability packages need to demonstrate, through past experience or otherwise an understanding and/or familiarity with the ETIMS mission.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

This RFI requests a capability package describing your team’s experience & understanding of the following:

Designing/supporting systems and the policies and procedures for software and systems which will operate within the

AF CCE

Providing operational system, application, and database administration for an enterprise JAVA and .NET application within an externally hosted, cloud based AF CCE

Developing/supporting systems hosted by the externally hosted, cloud based AF CCE

AF CCE development, test and production operations and support policies and procedures

Architecture development and sustainment for a wholesale and retail TO/CPIN management system to include the incorporation of other related Legacy systems

Subsuming/integrating Legacy TO/CPIN systems/functionality into existing software applications

Supporting a large scale, integrated TO/CPIN management system

Software development/sustainment maintenance activities for large scale, high-user load, integrated environments

Wholesale and retail Technical Data Management, TO/CPIN increment management and supporting software applications

Conducting software testing activities and supporting Government testing activities

Designing and testing software for performance for both web and stand-alone applications to include processes for creating relevant usage models and appropriate test parameters

Transitional startup of the software maintenance and support activities for software or systems that were previously designed, implemented, and supported by another provider

Requirements investigation, analysis, and planning for software maintenance activities in accordance with Air Force Program Executive Officer, Business and Enterprise Systems (AF PEO/BES) BES Process Directory (BPD), HQ AF/A4, and HQ AFMC/A4 policies and procedures to include DoDI 5000.75 and DoD Enterprise DevSecOps

Designing and performing routine and emergency system Continuity Of Operations (COOP) activities.

Identification, purpose and development of required/recommended artifacts associated with each BPD phase

AF PEO/BES testing policies and processes following AF best practices

Documenting an AF IT systems in accordance with the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and DoD Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA)

Supporting the Department of Defense Risk Management Framework (RMF) process

Supporting DoD Public Key Infrastructure/Public Key Enablement (PKI/PKE)

AF or other DoD agency TO/CPIN management policies and procedures

AF Technical Data repositories and their associated metadata to include the data exchanged between the various mission support systems both within and external to the AF

Monitoring system performance, networks, fine tune data bases, etc.

Maintaining complex configuration and setup of ECM master to slave technology

Providing help desk support for Air Force Enterprise TO/CPIN management and publishing applications

Breadth and depth of knowledge of Rational Suite Tools, Hewlett-Packard (HP) Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Load Runner, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technologies, Message Queue (MQ) Messaging, Enterprise Service Bus, Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) DB, Oracle DB, Apple hardware/software, LINUX Operating System, Microsoft (MS) Windows Server, SQL Server Database & .NET, C, Java, Java Script, Oracle, Server, Relational Database (RDB), Portable Document Format (PDF), ID Web, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira, Sharepoint Interlink, CloudFormation (AWS), Ansible, ACAS, Config (AWS), Xacta 360, CloudTrail (AWS), CloudWatch (AWS), Guacamole, SSM (AWS), Beanstalk (AWS), Jenkins, GIT Client, Bit Bucket, Artifactory, Fortify, and XRAY. Include experience for each.

Providing understanding, expertise and leadership of migrating from a highly AF information technology-based business services model to an efficient, effective continuous software delivery model suited to meet the challenges and support of Agile principles.

CAPABILITES PACKAGE

An 8(a) small business vendor submittal shall be no more than ten (10) pages in 12-point Times New Roman font, single spaced, with one-inch margins (MS Word document) or Portable Document format (PDF). Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches; foldouts are permitted but will be assessed towards total page count.

The 8(a) small business vendor cover letter should include the following information:

Company name, website address, location, Cage/DUNs number Point of contact (POC) information: name, phone number, fax number, website, and email address Company’s Small Business size, 8(a) graduation date. Please refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAR 19 for additional detailed information on Small Business Size Standards. The FAR is available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/.

An acknowledgement of your registration for NAICS code 541511 Qualification information (type & duration of employee experience directly relevant to the requirements) Level of involvement information (prime/sub-contractor) and timeframe(s) for work on similar projects

Vendors responding to this RFI should include the following information:

A. Responses to the items listed in the above section, Scope of Services.

B. A paragraph of brief bullets pertaining to the following:

(1) Level of contractor’s interest (likelihood of submitting a proposal as a prime contractor)

(2) Demonstrated capability to perform or manage as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor for the technical data services described above

(3) Financial capability to perform as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor and execute task orders,

(4) Ability to provide additional services/capabilities in the event of an immediate surge requirement

(5) Potential teaming arrangement if likely to submit a proposal

(6) What experience (type and duration) the contractor’s employees have that are considered directly relevant to these systems

(7) Ability to support the DD 254 security requirement

(8) Ability for all direct support contractor personnel to pass a Tier 1 (T1) investigation {previously National Agency Check (NACI)}

(9) Ability for contractor personnel that require access to operational Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) facilities, operational Air Force data systems, and networks to possess a SECRET clearance

Interested parties should provide a capabilities package to be included as part of the AF market research indicating their capability of the items stated in section “Scope of Service.”

RESPONSES

Interested and eligible 8(a) small business vendors under NAICS 541511 are requested to submit their Capabilities Statement in MS Word or PDF format due no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Monday, 07 October 2019. Responses shall be limited to ten (10) pages, 12-point Times New Roman font. All submissions are via e-mail only to, Contracting Officer, Ms. Amanda Myers, at amanda.myers.7@us.af.mil, and a courtesy copy to Contracting Officer, Mr. Daniel Holliday, at daniel.holliday.3@us.af.mil.

The Government will not entertain telephone calls for this RFI; related questions may be emailed to the Contracting Officers.

SUMMARY

This is a Request for Information only; This RFI is issued solely for market research. The information provided within is subject to change and does not commit the Government. The AF has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.