RFI-FEC-21-ITSERVICES.docx

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Attached to: Enterprise Architecture IT Services
Solicitation number: RFI-FEC-21-ITSERVICES
Issued by: Federal Election Commission

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Federal Election Commission Enterprise Architecture IT Services

RFI-FEC-21-ITSERVICES

Question No.

Document Reference

Document Page Number and Section

Question

Draft SOW

4.0, Key

Positions, pg. 2 Please explain the role the key staff will play in moving to “a modern, state of the art, cloud-based, secure, platform-independent environment.” E.g. are they responsible for the cloud architecture and executing the migrations (or are they just playing a supporting rolen (e.g updating/testing application s)?

They are not responsible; they play a supporting role

Draft SOW

4.0, Key

Positions, pg. 2 Will the key and staff targeted for this RFI/RFP be primarily responsible for the application and systems from a development, operational and management standpoint or are these positions to enhance existing team(s) or staffing?

both

Draft SOW

4.0, Key

Positions, pg. 2 Will the key and staff targeted for this RFI/RFP be integrated into existing teams? If so please describe the other teams.

Yes, OCIO team and FEC Customer teams

Draft SOW

2.0, Objectives,

pg. 1 Who is the incumbent leading the cloud migration?

AWS

Draft SOW

2.0, Objectives,

pg. 1 Who is the incumbent currently providing application O&M?

SalientCRGT

RFI

3.0, Responses,

pg. 2 Will the bidder be required to have a CMMI Maturity Level 3 to support this effort?

Draft SOW

6.0 Resources, pg. 4

Discovery Documents from IT Modernization study

• Disclosure Suite and Data Capture.zip

• Enterprise Applications.zip

• RAD Modules.zip

• Searchable Legal Systems.zip Will the government provide the discovery documents zip files listed on the Draft SOW section 6.0 Resources?

Yes

Draft SOW

Pg. 3, Section 5.0

Requirements, Thorough software test plans, testing and reporting of same; - There is no role identified in the RFI for testing. Can the respondent to provide tester(s) also?

Yes

Draft SOW

Pg. 4, Section 6

Resources, mentions the list of zip files for the discovery documents from IT modernization. Will the agency be sharing us the zip files as it helps us understand the actual complexity of the project and give accurate estimation?

Yes

Draft SOW

Pg. 2, Section 4

This has the key personnel mentioned. Will these key personnel be involved in both cloud migration and production support?

See question 1

Draft SOW

Pg. 2, Section 4

There are 10 roles. Can the respondent propose the no of personnel required for each key position ?

Yes, FEC is looking for information/suggestions

Draft SOW

Pg 2, Section 4.0

For each of the 10 roles, is it enough that we give the hourly labor rate ?

Yes, FEC is looking for information/suggestions

Draft SOW -

Section 4 -Key Positions

What would be place of performance for all the resources specified in Section 4 of Draft SOW document ;

1. Senior C#.Net Developer (Key Position)

1. Senior Analyst/Senior Database Developer/Java Programmer/Crystal Reports Developer (Key Personnel Position)

1. Program Manager/Project Manager/Analyst (Key Personnel Position)

1. RAD Modules Project Manager (Key Personnel Position)

1. Senior Informatica Programmer (Key Personnel Position) FEC (home if FEC building is closed)

Draft SOW

Section 6 -Resources

How can we get access to documents mentioned in Resources Section 6 of “Draft SOW “ document ;

1. Disclosure Suite and Data Capture.zip

1. Enterprise Applications.zip

1. RAD Modules.zip

1. Searchable Legal Systems.zip

Sending with response to questions

RFI

Pg. 3 Section 3.2.5 Section 5: Price Estimate

The RFI requests as part of the submission a Price Estimate to “perform services described in the draft SOW. Does the government require an estimated Firm Fixed Price or do they require a Time and Materials Basis of Estimate?

Additionally, for rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate, we would need more details on the applications being migrated to the cloud. Would the Government allow for a ROM range to take into account unknowns and complexity?

FEC is looking for information/suggestions Yes to second question

Draft SOW

Pg. 1 Section 2.0 Objectives

The RFI and Draft SOW states that this work is to be considered Staff Augmentation. If this is the case, where does the government intend the work to take place? On-site at the government facility, off-site at the contractor’s facility, or both?

See question 12

Draft SOW

Pg. 1 Section 2.0 Objectives

The Draft SOW states one of the main objectives is to migrate the identified legacy applications/services to the cloud. Does the government envision a hybrid environment that includes both cloud and on-premises production environments?

It is possible FEC has not identified all the applications to be migrated yet

Draft SOW

Pg. 1 Section 2.0 Objectives

For the cloud migration requirements, does this migration include the development and test environments in addition to the production environment(s)?

Yes

Draft SOW

Pg. 1 Section 2.0 Objectives

As part of the government’s initial assessment/study, have they determined their preferred Cloud Service Provider(s), and could the government provide a list of preferred providers?

FEC is currently using AWS

Draft SOW

Pg. 1 Section 2.0 Objectives

RFI Section 2.0 references a Cloud Migration Plan. Would the government be willing to provide access to the document(s) listed?

Yes

Draft SOW

Pg. 2 Section 3.0 Objectives

Section 3.0 of the Draft SOW references Java and .Net as the two primary development technologies, but it does not provide what development IDEs are used, such as IntelliJ, Eclipse, and Visual Studio. Could the government provide what IDEs are currently used?

Eclipse, Visual Studio

Draft SOW

Pg. 3 Section 5.0 Objectives

The government mentions JIRA as their preferred toolset for incident tracking, but does not mention the preferred toolsets for requirements development/management, configuration management, build, test, deployment, etc. Would the government be willing to provide a list of their preferred toolsets?

Jira, Confluence, Slack

Draft SOW

Pg. 3 Section 5.0 Objectives

The government provides the platforms for their applications/services, but does not provide other information such as the number and types of data bases used for the list of applications/services described in the Draft SOW. Would the government be willing to provide a list of the types and how many databases include in the project scope?

Oracle, SQL Server, postgres

Draft SOW

Pg. 4 Section 6.0 Objectives

RFI Section 6.0 identifies several documents. Would the government be willing to provide access to the documents listed?

See question 14

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