Testing_Support_Services_RFI.doc

Office of Financial and HR IT Services

IFS Hosting Contract

Office of Financial and HR IT Services

Testing Support Services Acquisition

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The General Services Administration, Office of Administrative Services, Internal Acquisition Division, is issuing this RFI notice to measure the interest and availability of other than large business firms, including HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) or other Small Business concerns that are capable of performing testing support services.

Testing Support Services

1. BACKGROUND

The purpose of this RFI is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various companies. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract will not be awarded as a result of this RFI. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI or any follow up information requests. Failure to respond will not in any way prevent a potential offeror from participation in future solicitations. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research on the subject of testing support services for CGI’s Momentum Financials® System at GSA, also known as Pegasys, specifically:

A. Collect information about small businesses capabilities for testing support services for Pegasys;

B. Obtain industry insight and best practices recommendations to support testing needs for Pegasys.

All information provided will be given consideration and may influence the development of future solicitation requests.

2. DESCRIPTION

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) GSA IT (formerly Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)) Office of Financial and HR IT Services (IB) strives to provide the best, most cost-effective, secure financial and human resource (HR) systems platform in the Federal government. An integral component of this mission is the need to develop and sustain an effective system of internal controls designed and implemented to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of GSA IT-managed systems, consistent with Federal Financial and HR system requirements, Federal accounting standards, and transactional accounting guidelines. The Billing and Accounts Receivable (BAAR) module for GSA’s version of Momentum Financials®, Pegasys, is currently being implemented and requires testing support services. This RFI aims to identify the capacity for small businesses to perform testing support services in support of a financial management application based on experience and existing capabilities.

3. QUESTIONS

GSA IT requests responses to the following questions. A complete response to all questions listed is required.

3.1 Please provide information demonstrating your company’s ability to perform the following testing services tasks for a Federal implementation of a financial management application:

· User acceptance testing

· Regression testing

· Cycle testing

· End-to-end testing

· Development of test plans

· Development of test scenarios and scripts

· Development and preparation of incident reports, test summary sheets, and test reports

3.2 Please provide information demonstrating your company’s experience with developing, testing, and running complex test scripts for a Federal implementation of a financial management application. GSA requires test scripts that may have several hundred steps and may involve running several batch jobs.

3.3 Please provide information demonstrating your company’s ability to perform test tracking and metrics including developing reports for a Federal implementation of a financial management application.

3.4 Please describe your company’s best practices when performing testing support services for a Federal implementation of a financial management application.

4. PAST PERFORMANCE

GSA IT requests the following past performance information to demonstrate that the vendor has adequate experience performing the same or similar work.

Relevant Experience to include experience in performing efforts of similar size and scope within the last five (5) years including contract number, indication of whether your firm acted as a prime or subcontractor, contract value, Government/Agency point of contact and current telephone number, and a brief description of how the contract relates to conducting testing support services for a Federal implementation of a financial management application.

5. RESPONSE INFORMATION

Upon review of industry response to this RFI, the Government will determine whether a set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the Government's best interest. This RFI is a market research tool being used to determine the availability and adequacy of potential small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and ultimate issuance of an award. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from the potential sources as a result of this RFI. It is requested that interested small businesses submit to the contract specialist a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, Times Roman, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the requested services. Respondents are not to submit brochures and marketing materials and any such material will be discarded.

The Respondent is requested to submit a response that includes the following (subject to the page limit):

· Business name and office locations(s).

· Point of Contact (POC) name, email, phone number, and web address

· Contract number and/or GSA Schedule(s) Holder Information, if applicable

· Business size classification (small, SDVO, WOSB, etc.)

· CAGE code, DUNS number

· Business capability

· Possible NIACS codes associated with this action

· Responses to the Questions

· Past Performance Information

RESPONSES ARE DUE NLT 17 February 2015, NLT 2:00 PM EST. LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Responses shall be sent via email to the Contract Specialist, Bonnie Impastato at bonnie.impastato@gsa.gov.

This is a RFI. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedbizOpps or GSA Schedules. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor the release of any solicitation.