RFI--DASI--SAM--7 Nov 2024.docx

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT SYTEM (DEAMS) AGILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION (DASI)

Program Description: DEAMS is an accounting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution based on the Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS), for the USAF and the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) as established by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Financial Management and Comptroller (SAF/FM). DEAMS provides accurate and timely financial information using standardized business rules and processes and complies with existing laws, regulations and policies. DEAMS is a long-term solution toward sustaining audit readiness and correcting financial reporting weaknesses. The Program and Functional Management Offices reside at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

Objective: Continued Development and Sustainment of the DEAMS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System to achieve a fully integrated, auditable financial management system.

Scope: The DEAMS System Integrator (SI) will provide development, operations and support, cybersecurity, training, and sustainment activities of the DEAMS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and using SAFe 6.0 methodologies in the Cloud environment during and after the program’s transition to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.

This effort is a follow on to DEAMS Delivery Order FA8770-21-F-B002

Anticipated Acquisition Approach: FAR Part 16 Fair Opportunity Selection via a TBD Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

Period of Performance: June 2026 – June 2031 with 60-day transition beginning in April 2026

Anticipated RFP Release Date: 1QFY26

Estimated Dollar Value: To Be Determined (TBD)

Anticipated NAICS Code: 541519 – Other Computer Related Services

Small Business Set Aside: TBD

Request for Information:

1. Please provide your Company Name and Address:

2. Please provide Point of Contact Information:

3. What is your company's UEI number?

4. What is your company's CAGE code?

5. Is your company a registered small business under SAM.gov?

a. Is your company a registered small business under N AI CS code: 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services, 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services, or 541519 – Other Computer Related Services? If not, please list the NAICS code applicable to your company.

b. Please list each socio-economic designations that apply to your small business.

6. If a solicitation were issued with requirements similar in scope to those listed in the “Program Description” section of the RFI, would your company bid on this effort or pursue subcontracting opportunities?

7. If your company were to bid, would your company subcontract any portion of the effort? If so, what percentage would be subcontracted?

8. Does your company have any experience acting as a prime contractor and managing one or more subcontractors on a Department of Defense (DoD) or other Government contract?

9. Is your company a registered contractor under a Government Wide Acquisition Contract?

a. Provide the following information for up to three Government Wide Acquisition Contracts on which your company is a registered contractor: Contract Vehicle and Delivery/Task Order Number.

10. In the past five years, describe your experience supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications (SP) 800-37, 800-53, and 800-53A, and any other applicable regulations or standards regarding Risk Management Framework (RMF) control work. List the contract, program name, and lessons learned with the associated work.

11. In the past five years, describe your company’s experience using CyberSecurity Official repository Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (EMASS).

a. Which artifacts did your company provide the program to populate EMASS in support of an Authority to Operate (ATO)?

b. Describe the Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) and workflow processes that are unique to Financial Systems.

12. Which Cyber testing tools are you familiar with and have used when doing security testing of software releases and application security testing?

13. Does your company have experience with the Atlassian tool suite, namely JIRA and Confluence and to what level?

a. Creating Stories and Features for Cyber items?

b. Tracking Stories and Features for Cyber items and updating?

14. Has your company utilized Agile software development methodologies on other government contracts?

a. If yes, please provide contract and delivery/task order numbers and please describe your company's software development processes, including number of developers on an average team, frequency and type of stakeholders engaging, cadence for releases, length of sprints, and testing methodology.

15. Which methodologies and tools (ex. Oracle Enterprise Manager, Atlassian Agile Tools, Config Snapshot, etc.) are your company proficient with in conducting Agile software development?

16. Did your company utilize these Agile software development methodologies as a prime contractor or a subcontractor?

17. Which Agile methodologies does your company utilize?

18. Provide the following information for up to three Government Wide Acquisition Contracts on which your company performed as the prime contractor for Agile software development: Contract Vehicle, Contract, and Task Order Number

19. Has your company worked closely with Government teams in the past on large scale efforts? If so, please describe the experience, articulate the roles among Government (ex. Product Owner, Engineering, Test, etc.) that you interfaced with, and how frequently these interactions took place?

20. In the past five years describe your company’s experience supporting programs’ Systems and Organizational Controls (SOC) audit.

a. What specific software solutions did you develop, test, and provide that ensured controls were demonstrated to the auditor to receive a favorable opinion?

b. List the contracts, program names, and lessons learned.

21. Does your company have software development experience with the R12.2.7 (or later) Oracle platform?

a. If yes, does your company have experience leading a successful upgrade with minimal user impacts to R12.2.10 (or later) application?

22. Does your company have experience with successful Reports, Interface, Conversions, and Extensions (RICE) reduction efforts? If so, please briefly describe and include any innovative ideas that you may have incorporated.

23. Does your company have experience in providing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs with a robust "L2" Help Desk (HD) support group, that supported the Government with Production troubleshooting, system performance tuning, and/or similar support for your development teams? If so, please describe how your L2 HD support group provided these various activities/services.

24. In the last five years, how many large-scale ERP projects has your company performed Agile software development on?

25. Were any of the large-scale ERP projects on which your company performed Agile software development ACAT I or BCAT I?

26. What size of the team did your company utilize when supporting your largest ERP project using Agile?

27. On your largest ERP project, what percentage of software development involved customization (versus out of the box functionality)?

28. What was the maximum number of users on the largest ERP system of which your company performed Agile software development?

29. For contracts your company worked where Agile was employed, provide relevant metrics such as: Defect density, Change failure rate, Cycle time, Failed deployment recovery time, and Agile flow metrics (minus velocity).

30. If your company worked Agile, please provide a cumulative flow diagram encompassing the last three years of data (or how many years are available) and a % Completion Trend encompassing up to five years (or how many years are available).

31. In the past five years, describe your company’s experience with implementing Acceptance Test-Driven Development. Provide the contracts, program names, and lessons learned.

32. In the past five years, describe your experience in delivering automated testing capabilities. Provide the contracts, program names, and specific tools implemented.

33. In the past five years, describe your experience implementing application programming interfaces (APIs). Provide the contracts, program names, and lessons learned with the implementation.

34. Please provide an example of a recent project in which your company had to create documentation, and please provide an example of that documentation?

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