Sources Sought- IIPE 08092023.docx

Identification Number: 5000170048 Notice Type: Sources Sought

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids, quotes, or proposals. This Notice does not obligate the Government to solicit for this requirement or award and does not obligate the Government to reimburse interested parties for any cost incurred to prepare or provide a response to this Notice nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.

This Notice is being published to identify potential small business sources capable of providing new data formats and storing data in a relational database to increase business efficiency. See the attached Draft Performance Work Statement for a more thorough description of the overview, Government objectives, and scope of work.

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code proposed for the requirement is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services, with a size standard of $34.0M. Comments on this NAICS and suggestions for alternatives must include supporting rationale.

No decision has yet been made regarding the business strategy for this acquisition. The Government is interested in small businesses that can perform the requirement at a fair market price. Small businesses are advised that FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

The Government requests that all interested parties submit a statement of capability outlining current and past work that is related to this requirement as stated below. The statement of capability shall include:

· Contractor Name and Address

· Point of Contact (POC) name, phone number and e-mail address

· UEI number

· Business status (i.e., large/small business, disadvantaged, Hub Zone, woman-owned, etc.)

· Brief description of the company's business size (i.e., annual gross revenue for the prior three (3) years)

· Anticipated teaming or subcontracting arrangements (delineate between work accomplished by prime and work accomplished by teaming partners)

· Experience and capability of performing the subtasks in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) (See, Attached PWS).

· Best in Class (BIC) - Relevant BIC Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) or FSS Schedule Contract held by your company (e.g., 8(a) STARS II, Alliant 2, VETS, NITAAC).

· Are you CMMI Level III or ISO 9901certified?

Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this Notice is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses, or the Government's use of such information. The information obtained from responses to this notice may be used in the development of an acquisition strategy and future solicitation.

The Government will use the information in the table below in addition to other information requested to determine its small business set-aside decision. The company's standard format is acceptable; however, the limit for all responses is not to exceed ten (10) single-sided, 12 font size, 8 ½ x 11-inch pages.

International Information Processing & Exchange (IIPE) Support Areas Matrix

IIPE Support Role

Requirements Development

Architecture

Design

Solutions Engineering

Development

Test

a. Code acceptance testing

b. Load and performance testing

c. User acceptance testing

d. Integration testing

e. IRS 508 compliance testing

Security Services

a. Security Testing

b. Penetration Testing

c. Security Architecture and Design

d. Security Engineering Services

e. Security Assessment and security documentation

Deployment

Cloud Hosting and/or Storage

Operations and Maintenance (to include legislative change updates)

Documentation Development and Maintenance

User and Operations Training Materials Development and Class sessions

Program Management Support

Organizational Change Support

1. Have you supported any systems with similar scope and complexity? If so, provide information that demonstrates your experience with supporting systems?

2. Describe the necessary steps you would take to transition the current IIPE activities (e.g., Filing season changes, congressional mandates, Infrastructure/software upgrades and Cyber compliance). What information would you require and what timeframe would you expect transition activities to occur? What is your project and development transition strategy?

3. Provide examples of previous projects where you designed and built resilient, high-performance transaction processing and storage systems (e.g., in Java language) and modern reporting applications using Big Data technologies in Cloud.

4. Provide examples of previous projects using Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) products to manage applications.

a. What positions would your company recommend be key personnel? What types of experience and certifications/qualifications should be considered for IIPE Key Personnel? Does your company employ said personnel or would you have to team to meet the technical requirements?

b. For the business unit of your company that may bid on this work, how many personnel possess relevant experience and/or relevant certifications in the following areas and could provide services for the requirements outlined in the draft PWS:

· Agile Development (e.g., Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Professional Scrum Developer (PSD), etc.)

· Project Management (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), etc.)

· Information Security (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) etc.)

· Cloud Services (e.g., Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)

· Enterprise Architecture (e.g., Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), etc.)

5. Describe your company's best practices and solutions that could enable IIPE.

6. Describe contract types (e.g., firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, cost reimbursement, etc.) that your company has experience with in providing Agile software development services.

Teaming Arrangements: Responses based upon anticipated teaming arrangements and Joint Ventures are acceptable. The capability of each team member (prime contractor and subcontractors) shall be demonstrated relative to the anticipated functions/roles to be performed by each. All teaming arrangements shall also include the above-cited information and certifications for each entity on the proposed team. Specifically, the capability statement must address how much effort would be performed by any proposed team member. Note that any resulting small business set-aside must be performed in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

Submission Requirements:

All capability statements shall be submitted no later than 3PM Eastern Standard Time, on September 7, 2023 via email to:

wikiki.l.henton@irs.gov.

The title of the email subject line shall read “Response to IIPE RFI”

The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation.

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