IETSS RFI Questions v2 FINAL TO POST SAM.gov.pdf

Independent Enterprise Testing and Support Services (IETSS)

VA-24-00050415

1. Describe your expertise and experience with:

• VA modernization initiatives such as Electronic Heath Record Modernization, Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT), Supply Chain Modernization and any other Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) and COTS applications.

• Integration/interface testing of VA Health Information Technology Systems such as Master Veteran Index, Enrollment System, Joint Legacy Viewer, eHealth Exchange, Vista Imaging (Consolidated VistA Imaging Exchange (CVIX)), Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy, Laboratory Electronic Data Interchange, or Health Data Repository

• Test and evaluation for Health Information Exchanges, in support of interoperability between a commercial HIE such as Commonwell, Carequality and federal agency HIE such as DoD and Veterans Affairs eHealth Exchange

• Test and evaluation of a COTS electronic health record implementation across a national or large (more than 6 facilities in 12 months) regional Health Care Delivery System

• Engineering joint VA/DoD test environments, developing interagency test data and executing interagency test events to meet the needs of interagency / interoperability testing between Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) and VA, particularly creation of test patient identities and establishment of patient correlations between Defense Eligibility Enrollment Registration System and Master Veteran Index test environments.

• Large scale data validation and data integrity validation required for a large-scale data migration during a new product implementation.

• Identifying and implementing courses of action on projects that have a compressed/shortened test and evaluation schedule with a fixed delivery deadline.

2. Please provide a summary of your experience with testing in a DevOps model including continuous testing and/or automated testing.

3. As a prime contractor, have you or are you currently performing testing services at the level of complexity and size and scale of VA? If so, provide a description of the work conducted by your firm.

4. What testing tools are you familiar with, or what testing tools do you think would provide benefit to the testing requirements in the PWS?

5. To facilitate a seamless transition without a break in testing and testing support services, the requirement is to quickly ramp up to support the extensive portfolio of testing activity. In the last year VA testing has supported:

- 6,116 test activities; 2,005 findings/defects; 1,678 fixes validated

- 589 test environments created and/or maintained; 305 virtual machines hosted/operated

- 22M data migration records validated covering 4M patients at 1 VA site

- 2,482 formal technical reviews of VA test documents and contractor test results

- 3,139 product build/configuration requirements analyzed for risk

Independent Enterprise Testing and Support Services (IETSS)

VA-24-00050415

- 36 electronic health record system integrations

- 3 on-site end-user integration validation events

- Appx 9,000 testing aligned user support requests

A prime contractor must be able to accomplish the desired objectives within 30 calendar days.

a. Describe your approach to achieve this level of support in response to dynamic testing and testing support requirements.

b. Describe your approach to maintain the level of support for one program area, and also support a similar/identical level of effort on a second program area (i.e. double the service amounts listed above).

6. The VA intends to include the following into this proposal:

INDEPENDENCE CLAUSE: Proposed bidders for this contract must show independence by confirming that it does not currently and has not during the five-year period preceding the date of award, participated as a prime or subcontractor in any project or program that will be tested and validated under this contract.

Furthermore, an entity is not eligible to be awarded this contract unless the bidder can show that it is currently performing or has performed, during the preceding five-year period, not fewer than three prime contracts for the independent testing of IT systems; or the independent testing of the development or acquisition of IT systems. Proposed bidders must maintain independence as defined above during the period of performance of this contract.

a. Can you currently comply with this clause?

b. If not, what is limiting you from complying?

7. Please provide a list of any contract vehicles (GSA, NASA SEWP, etc.) that your company has a current contract that could support this effort.

8. Please provide your Small Business status (SDVOSB and VOSB) per the NAICS code 541511 size standard.