IPAWS-OPEN GovCloud Recompete GSA Questions Requirements.pdf

IPAWS-OPEN GovCloud Recompete Questions and Requirements

Questions:

• What AWS Consulting Partner Tier does your company possess?

• For personnel supporting requirements and objectives identified in the BPA, what certifications would be recommended as required and desired (as a differentiator but not required)?

• How many AWS GovCloud projects has your company supported as the lead IaaS reseller vendor and Managed Services provider and estimated cumulative value?

• Does your company have experience supporting emergency alerting projects? If so, provide some detail on the scope, number of projects, and cumulative value of the contracts?

• Does your company have experience with planning and implementing cloud migrations. For example, if IPAWS-OPEN is required to migrate from AWS GovCloud to another commercial or

Government cloud provider?

• What is your company’s level of experience with assessing and maturing the governance, project controls, and management disciplines, to include SELC, CI/CD, and Agile development for a federal system development project?

Requirements:

• U.S. citizens for all support

• SINs: 132-40 and 132-51

• NAICS Code: 518210

• AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner (Advanced Tier at a minimum)

• Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for AWS GovCloud architecture engineering and maintaining

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Experience with planning and implementing cloud migrations

• Experience with network management, to include network management within an AWS boundary (as well as providing collaborative support on behalf of the Government during network planning/discussions with DHS network management)

• SME personnel and extensive experience with implementing, maintaining, and improving (see

BPA Requirements and Objectives Sections for details):

▪ Systems Engineering, IaaS, Managed Services, and Operations & Maintenance experience

▪ Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Agile system development, to include Agile reporting

▪ IT Service Management (such as Information Technology Infrastructure Library [ITIL]) experience in support of Managed Services and Service Desk

▪ Systems management disciplines and controls for the full systems development lifecycle and operations

▪ Cybersecurity mandates/directives compliance during the development lifecycle and O&M

▪ Experience with analysis and implementation of Observability capabilities

▪ Contractor shall possess experience and skills to be able to redesign the IPAWS-OPEN application and support functions, additionally Contractor shall possess knowledge of the alert and warning domain, standards, and interfaces/interoperating systems o ATIS C-Interface Specification (https://www.techstreet.com/atis/standards/atis-0700037-v003?product_id=2248537) o ATIS C-Interface Test Specification (https://www.techstreet.com/atis/standards/atis-0700038-v003?product_id=2248538) o OASIS CAP 1.2 Standard (http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2.html) o OASIS IPAWS Profile (http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/ipaws-profile/v1.0/cs01/cap-v1.2-ipaws-profile-cs01.html) o ECIG EAS CAP Implementation Guide (http://www.eas-cap.org/ECIG-CAP-to-

EAS_Implementation_Guide-V1-0.pdf) o FCC Regulation for WEA (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-10) o FCC Regulation for EAS (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-11)

Key Personnel: Project Manager

To be considered for the Project Manager (PM) position for the BPA, the PM must have the following:

• Minimum of ten years recent project management experience managing system implementation and maintenance contracts of similar size and complexity in the Government domain

• Minimum of three years recent project management experience specifically managing Cloud implementation activities

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex, time-critical support activities simultaneously, including analysis and data collection

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

• Ability to anticipate support needs in order to develop and execute detailed project work plans for addressing those needs

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Required Certifications

For the Contractor to be considered for the BPA award, the following are required:

• Contractor (to include Subcontractor, if applicable) at the corporate level shall possess and maintain in good standing AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner (Advanced Tier at a minimum)

• ITIL 4 Foundation (at a minimum) certification required for personnel leading ITSM management responsibilities, to include the Service Desk

Desired Skills and Certifications:

Though not required, the following are certifications the Government considers desirable for assigned Contractor personnel to the BPA award:

• AWS Professional or Specialty certification for lead cloud architect

• DevOps certification for lead developer, such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or equivalent

• Cybersecurity certification for the cybersecurity lead, such as CISSP, CCSP, or CISA

• Agile certifications for sprint team members, such as ScrumMaster, PMI-Agile Certified

Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or equivalent