iCAMP RFI Doc.doc

Request for Information iCAMP Technical Development and Support

VA-25-00048422

1. Introduction

This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Task Execution Plan, Request for Quotation or a Request for Proposal. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI.

This action may be competed under the Transformation Twenty One Total Technology Next Generation multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract using fair opportunity procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 16.505. One of the purposes of issuing this RFI is to determine the availability of Small Business Administration (SBA) Veteran Small Business Certification Program (VetCert) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) that are capable of providing the services identified in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) that are not T4NG Contract holders. An SDVOSB/VOSB company that is not in the SBA certification database (https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/) should not respond to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541512 with a size standard of $34 million.

2. Submittal Information:

All responsible sources may submit a response in accordance with the below information.

There is a page limitation for this RFI of 10 pages. The Government will not review any other information or attachments included, that are in excess of the 10 page limit. NO MARKETING MATERIALS ARE ALLOWED AS PART OF THIS RFI. Generic capability statements will not be accepted or reviewed. Your response must address capabilities specific to the services required in the attached PWS and must include the following:

a. Interested Vendors shall at a minimum, provide the following information in the initial paragraph of the submission:

Name of Company

Address

Point of Contact

Phone Number

Fax Number

Email address

Company Business Size and Status For VOSB and SDVOSBs, proof of verification in SBA VetCert.

NAICS code(s)

Socioeconomic data

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number Existing Contractual Vehicles (GWAC, FSS, or MAC)

b. Provide a summary of your capability to meet the requirements contained within the draft PWS for the following areas:

1. Provide a summary of your technical capability to meet the PWS requirements.

2. Based on industry trends and your professional experience for DevSecOps CI/CD and the SDLC workflow, how are you able to incorporate a variety of platforms and technologies – current and emergent – to support applications in both a Cloud and a hybrid Cloud environment?

3. How have you been able to support integration of a variety of data sources, including large datasets, in your dashboard and reporting deliverables?

In many ICAMP products, one dashboard or report ingests data from many data sources. VA data sources relevant to ICAMP products span multiple technologies (excel, SharePoint, SQL server, Oracle, etc.) and domains (IT asset security scans, FISMA/FISCAM audits, budget, quality, operations, development performance, and others).

4. Please describe your experience in working with VA Authoritative data sources.

Examples of key authoritative data sources relevant to ICAMP, include, but are not limited to: Active Directory/MS Entra, VA System Inventory, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM); Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS), Splunk; DB protect; ServiceNow; and VASI.

5. A key environment for ICAMP at the VA is the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, etc.). What is your level of experience with these products?

6. What configuration management, change control, testing, and quality assurance processes do you use within DevSecOps CI/CD and SDLC, such as for products developed using Power Platform, Azure, and/or SQL databases?

(1) What monitoring, availability, and alerting processes have you developed and implemented?

(2) How does your company address data normalization for inconsistent data between multiple data sources for the same domain of data?

7. What Agile processes and tools do you have experience with? Do you utilize any automation?

8. In the ICAMP environment, data sources for products cross many platforms and technologies (e.g. n-tier, cloud, web, SOA, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and employ iterative development lifecycles (agile, SAFe, DevOps) using specialized tools to facilitate transparent, focused, and efficient resource utilization and workflows (such as Azure, Github, Visual Studio, ServiceNow).

9. What approaches and/or tools do you use to maximize value, promote innovation, and ensure continuous improvements?

For example, what best practices do you use to ingest, understand, analyze, and spot trends, outliers and/or inaccuracies in data as well as identify opportunities for solution optimization. What best practices do you use to analyze a product team’s processes to identify bottlenecks or constraints, remove impediments, increase uninterrupted workflows, align to value streams, and overall ensure efficient, quality product delivery?

10. In your estimation, how much of this potential PWS requirements would your company need to subcontract to other companies?

(1) None

(2) Less than 15%

(3) Between 15 and 30%

11. How much lead time would your company need from notification of award to start of contract performance?

(1) None

(2) 30 days or less

(3) 30 – 60 days

c. Corporate experience or expertise in performing these services and specific examples or references. Specific examples or references provided must include the agency, point of contact, dollar value, and contract number.

a. Your company’s intent and ability to meet the set aside requirement in accordance with VAAR 852.219-73 (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) VA Notice of Total Set-Aside For Certified SDVOSBs and 13 CFR §125.6, which states the contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs listed in the SBA certification database (excluding direct costs to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the acquisition and the SDVOSB/VOSB does not provide the service, such as airline travel, cloud computing services, or mass media purchases). When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract.

Your response shall include information as to available personnel and financial resources; full names of proposed team members and the PWS requirements planned to be subcontracted to them, which must include the prime planned percentage or the names of the potential team members that may be used to fulfill the set aside requirement.

b. Has the draft PWS provided sufficient detail to describe the technical requirements that encompass the software development and production operations support services to be performed under this effort.

______ YES _______ NO (if No, answer question f)

c. If “NO”, please provide your technical comments/recommendations on elements of the draft PWS that may contribute to a more accurate proposal submission and efficient, cost effective effort.

Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM EST on Monday, March 3, 2025 via email to Candice Mazzetta, Contract Specialist at candice.mazzetta@va.gov and Nicole Beall, Contracting Officer at nicole.beall@va.gov. Please note “RFI for iCAMP Technical Development and Support” in the subject line of your response. Mark your response as “Proprietary Information” if the information is considered business sensitive. The email file size shall not exceed 5 MB.