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This draft request for proposal outlines requirements for an integrated logistics management system contract. The Department of State intends to issue the solicitation to provide enterprise supply chain management support through a suite of integrated technologies. This will include requisition, procurement, warehousing, transportation, receipt, and tracking of goods and services domestically and overseas. The contract will also facilitate federal assistance, fleet management, and diplomatic pouch and mail services. The solicitation will result in a single award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a base period of one year and nine one-year options. Offerors must demonstrate a facility clearance at the top secret level. The pre-solicitation event is scheduled for August 2, 2021, with questions due by July 20, 2021. The tentative RFP release is September 2021.
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TASK ORDER 001 - ILMS OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
Table of Contents
| 1.0 TASK ORDER NUMBER AND TITLE | 2 |
| 2.0 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION | 2 |
| 2.1 CONTRACTING OFFICER | 2 |
| 2.2 CONTRACTING OFFICERS REPRESENTATIVE (COR) | 2 |
| 2.3 GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL MONITOR (GTM) | 2 |
| 3.0 PERIOD OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE | 2 |
| 4.0 Pricing | 2 |
| 5.0 LOCATION OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE | 3 |
| 5.1 STANDARD WORKWEEK | 3 |
| 6.0 BACKGROUND | 3 |
| 7.0 CLEARANCE, LICENSES, PERMITS | 3 |
| 7.1 FACILITY CLEARANCE | 3 |
| 7.2 Licenses, Permits, and other Official Documentation | 3 |
| 8.0 Statement of Objectives | 4 |
| 8.1 Tasks | 4 |
| 8.1.1 Task 1: ILMS Program Management and Support | 4 |
| 8.1.2 Task 2: Tier 3 Support | 8 |
| 8.1.3 Task 3: Technology Management | 10 |
| 8.1.4 Task 4: Customer Support Desk | 15 |
| 9.0 Travel | 19 |
| 10.0 Personnel | 19 |
| 10.1 Personnel Clearances | 19 |
| 10.2 Position Description and Qualifications | 20 |
| 11.0 Key Personnel | 20 |
| 12.0 Reporting | 21 |
| 13.0 Deliverables | 21 |
| 14.0 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan | 27 |
| 15.0 Attachments | 27 |
1.0 TASK ORDER NUMBER AND TITLE
· Task Order Number: TO-001
· Title: ILMS Operations & Maintenance
2.0 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
2.1 CONTRACTING OFFICER
Christina Black (blackce@state.gov)
2.2 CONTRACTING OFFICERS REPRESENTATIVE (COR)
To be determined.
2.3 GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL MONITOR (GTM)
To be determined.
3.0 PERIOD OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE
This task order shall include a base period of one (1) year and four (4) 1-year option periods. The first three months (90 days) of the base year have been designated as the transition period. The transition period is anticipated to begin [to be inserted]. The anticipated standard performance start would then begin 90 days later.
The performance period is as follows*:
| Base Year |
| to be inserted |
| Option Year 1 |
| to be inserted |
| Option Year 2 |
| to be inserted |
| Option Year 3 |
| to be inserted |
| Option Year 4 |
| to be inserted |
*To be updated upon award.
The Government is not obligated to exercise the option(s), and the dates as presented above are subject to change. Task order period of performance will be finalized after award.
4.0 Pricing
The following is provided as a sample of the contemplated base year CLIN structure. This structure would be expanded to cover the four (4) option years, with CLINs identical for each performance year.
| CLIN No. |
| Description |
| Unit Type |
| x001 |
| ILMS Program Management and Support |
| FFP |
| x002 |
| Tier 3 Support |
| FFP |
| x003 |
| Technology Management |
| FFP |
| x004 |
| Customer Support Desk (Tiers 0, 1, and 2) |
| FFP |
| x005 |
| Award Fee* |
| FPAF |
*A Firm Fixed Price with Award Fee hybrid-type contract shall apply to this task order. Award Fee provisions are under development and will be included in the final RFP. The task order Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) shall include a Schedule of Decrements, defined herein elsewhere, which shall be applied to the task order price in the event of failure to achieve satisfactory performance. An Award Fee Plan to be developed and included in the final RFP shall provide for Fee Awards in addition to the task order price in the event that certain performance requirements are exceeded, as defined in the Award Fee Plan.
The final RFP will identify which CLIN the award fee will apply against.
5.0 LOCATION OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE
This task order requires a mix of on-site support at DOS’s State Annex (SA-15) building (1800 N. Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209) and off-site at the contractor-site unless otherwise recommended by the contractor and agreed to by the Government. Occasional local travel for meetings in the National Capital Region is required. The government has 85 seats available to the contractor in SA-15. The contractor can determine which resources will work at SA-15 and at the contractor’s site depending on the nature of their work and required interactions with ILMS program government resources. However, at a minimum the program manager and other key personnel will be required to work on-site at SA-15.
5.1 STANDARD WORKWEEK
Non 24x7 personnel must be available business days during the core hours of 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM eastern standard time. Telework is permissible on a case-by-case basis and must be approved in writing by the COR.
6.0 BACKGROUND
This task order is intended to provide ILMS with a base level of operations and maintenance support.
7.0 CLEARANCE, LICENSES, PERMITS
7.1 FACILITY CLEARANCE
A facility clearance at the level of Top Secret is required for this task order.
7.2 Licenses, Permits, and other Official Documentation
Not applicable.
8.0 Statement of Objectives
The Offeror shall note that upon award Section 8.0, Statement of Objectives, shall be replaced with the accepted offeror provided Performance Work Statement.
This SOO addresses DOS’s objectives for operating and maintaining the ILMS Integrated Suite.
Below identified are the performance objectives and areas of service.
8.1 Tasks
Within the below identified tasks, the contractor shall meet identified performance metrics. In the event that performance metrics are not met, the task order price will be decremented in accordance with the Schedule of Decrements contained in the QASP. To be eligible for an award fee, the contractor must exceed specified performance metrics as provided in the Award Fee Plan.
8.1.1 Task 1: ILMS Program Management and Support
The contractor shall support the ILMS program and its overall goals and responsibilities at the Department of State by providing program management and related support services. T0-001 Attachment 1 – Incentives Matrix identifies the objectives and performance incentives and disincentives for this task. This solicitation will identify the required performance incentives and disincentives and will ask the offeror to propose others. [Required performance incentives and disincentives to be completed in final RFP].
The task’s requirements are detailed in Table 2 below. The contractor shall accomplish these tasks in alignment with ILMS’s operational structure.
Table 2 – Task 1 Requirements
| Task Area |
| Capability Area |
| Requirement |
| 1.1: PMO Support |
| 1.1: PMO Support |
| The contractor shall work under the direction of the government ILMS program management team to provide relevant input for ILMS’s program management requirements. |
As needed, the contractor will be asked to support or participate in certain programmatic activities such as, but not limited meetings and workshops, development of information assets such as fact sheets, researching particular questions, or supplying up-to-date information on supply chain performance.
The contractor will provide the appropriate information or expertise to support ILMS requests for information, financial management (including budgeting), strategic planning, risk management, schedule and cost management, resource management, as well as what is needed for the independent verification and validation reviews conducted by a separate contractor.
The contractor shall support the program’s ability to accurately and consistently respond to individual taskers. These taskers may originate externally or internally and include but are not limited to:
· Quarterly software capitalization reporting on ILMS development efforts.
· Periodic requests for ILMS investments by the DOS ITEC.
· Periodic budget reporting and Budget Resource Request formulation.
· Periodic requests for ILMS program overview, financial, and performance information.
The contractor shall support and facilitate strategic planning as needed for the ILMS program. The contractor shall collaborate with DoS and the ILMS Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) contractor to address current and future program needs.
| 1.2: Strategic Communications and Engagement |
| 1.2: Strategic Communications and Engagement |
| The contractor shall support the government ILMS PMO in managing ILMS’s strategic communications and engagement activities, including development of supporting artifacts. |
The contractor shall work with the government program management team to develop and execute a communications and engagement strategy that proactively engages ILMS stakeholders, effectively communicates program benefits and accomplishments, and helps advocate for key initiatives.
The contractor may be asked to develop and disseminate program reports (including reports to Congress and DOS leadership), manage working groups, plan and execute program-wide events, and create and maintain artifacts such as fact sheets, video clips, and other media types.
| 1.3: Strategic Planning |
| 1.3: Strategic Planning |
| The primary objective of this role is to conduct long term visioning and planning specifically for the direction of the ILMS program. Supply chain and logistics operations and constantly evolving new viewpoints, and emerging technologies create opportunities for improvement. |
The contractor shall assist the ILMS program with developing and advancing its vision and strategic plan to revolutionize supply chain operations and strategy by bringing industry standard best practices and driving innovations. As part of analyzing potential innovations, the contractor shall develop an analysis of alternatives which includes a cost benefit analysis and justification of the benefits.
The contractor shall also assist in updating the ILMS Value Realization Plan which captures the program’s on-going benefits.
| 1.4: Performance Management |
| 1.4: Performance Management |
| The contractor shall be responsible for developing and managing an overarching ILMS performance management system acceptable to government to manage and monitor ILMS contractor performance which is tied to the contractor’s incentive fee. |
The contractor shall be responsible for the following performance management activities or products as well as any additionally relevant activities or products that will help the contractor and ILMS manage performance:
· Service Level Agreement self-assessments
· Dashboards to monitor performance
· Measures
· Contracting Officer Representative contract meetings and reviews cycle
· Data readiness
| 1.5: Program Management |
| 1.5: Program Management |
| The contractor shall conduct program management and earned value management reporting in compliance with federal ANSI 748-A and DOS standards. |
The contractor shall propose a work breakdown structure for each task in an awarded task order. In constructing the proposed structure for each authorized work element, the contractor shall consider OMB standards for IT projects which have increased considerably in since 2019. In particular, OMB and the Department of State require greater specificity and detail in an IT project’s WBS. The Government requires a clear cross-walk between the completion of key milestones and the functional delivery of a capability. As the Government moves towards an agile framework, milestones of six months or shorter are common. In preparing the proposed WBS and underlying project plan, the contractor shall meet with the A/LM/PMP/SYS prior to establishing a baseline.
The contractor shall provide monthly program status reports and present program status at regular ILMS program and financial management review meetings.
The contractor shall conduct program management and earned value management reporting using an earned value management system in compliance with federal ANSI 748-A and DOS standards. The contractor shall conduct value engineering for the contract in compliance with OMB Circular A-321 and DOS Value Engineering policy.
The contractor shall support Information Technology Executive Council reporting in support of OMB information technology Investment reporting.
The contractor shall support an annual Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), to include a presentation with supporting materials, an overview of active tasks, the established baselines, cost performance planned, deliverables, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), key activities, and key assumptions. The baseline review establishes the baseline for the ILMS program for the duration of the task. The baseline is added to when new work is authorized. The baseline is subtracted from when a previously authorized task is terminated.
The contractor shall devise a satisfactory invoice format so the Government can adequately review and approve invoices for their projects only, without the inclusion of other resources who may be supporting work on a similar contract CLIN.
The contractor shall develop, maintain, and distribute the ILMS Program Master Schedule contained in the Contractor Program Management Plan, and the work breakdown schedule approved in the Integrated Baseline Review.
As an attachment to the Contractor Program Management Plan, the contractor shall develop, execute, and maintain a management and Staffing Plan that outlines how the contractor will manage resources to ensure sufficient coordination across all of the contractor teams, including for task orders sponsored by other DOS organizations (e.g., Diplomatic Security or Overseas Building Operations), but managed by the ILMS program. For each team under the contractor, the plan shall include the organizational structure, staffing and skillset requirements, personnel resources, planned hours. In addition, the plan shall include cross team coordination processes, resource retainment and replacement processes, and on-going training requirements and plans.
As part of the Contractor Program Management Plan, the contractor shall provide a program organizational chart. The organizational chart should identify roles and responsibilities, identify management and key personnel, and show how the proposed organization aligns to the government’s ILMS programmatic functional areas outlined in the introduction. In addition, the organizational chart should identify key lines of communication and critical points of coordination across the various teams.
At a minimum, the contractor shall maintain the key personnel with the required qualifications listed in Solicitation Attachment J.
| 1.6: Management |
| 1.6: Transition Management |
| The contractor shall develop and execute a transition-in plan. The plan shall address how the offeror will accomplish a full transition within 90 days. |
The transition-in plan shall address the following components and any other activities deemed necessary or important by the offeror:
· Badging/Security Clearance
· Orientation to the contract
· Knowledge transfer
· Kick-off approach/cadence The contractor’s transition-in plan and execution shall ensure timely transfer of responsibilities with the least amount of disruption to current activities.
The contractor shall develop a transition-out plan within 30 days of the CO’s request. The contractor shall execute the plan in coordination with the new contractor’s transition-in plan and ILMS, modifying the plan as necessary.
Section F.8 of the IDIQ solicitation describes the transition-out plan requirements for the IDIQ. The Task Order 1 transition-out plan shall address these requirement with particular emphasis on the following components and any other activities deemed necessary or important by the offeror.
· Knowledge transfer plan and schedule
· Knowledge transfer materials
· Knowledge transfer execution
8.1.2 Task 2: Tier 3 Support
The contractor shall provide Tier 3 production support that helps address and resolve more complex customer support issues that cannot be resolved by Tier 1 and Tier 2 customer support personnel for ILMS, Secure ILMS, SAMS, and myServices. As part of Tier 3 support, the contractor shall provide functional support to end users, implement software break-fixes, and implement small enhancements. This includes providing personnel with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish functional and break-fix technical support as well as minor enhancements across ILMS’s technology stack. T0-001 Attachment 1 – Incentives Matrix identifies the objectives and performance incentives and disincentives for this task. This solicitation will identify the required performance incentives and disincentives and will ask the offeror to propose others. [Required performance incentives and disincentives to be completed in final RFP].
The task’s requirements are detailed in Table 4 below.
Table 4 – Task 2 Requirements
| TASK AREA |
| CAPABILITY AREA |
| REQUIREMENT |
| 2.1: Functional Support |
| 5.5: Consulting |
| The contractor shall support A/LM/PMP supply chain excellence by providing subject matter expertise, outreach, and support. The contractor shall provide dedicated support to A/LM/PMP to address user questions on the ILMS system and the annual inventory submission process during annual inventory season. |
| 2.2: Tier 3 Issue Root-Cause Analysis and non-break fix issue resolution |
| 2.3: Development |
| The contractor shall perform Tier 3 issue root cause analysis and resolve functional and technical issues that do not require a break-fix. Tier 3 issue Root Cause Analysis requires both functional and technical expertise. Functional subject matter experts work with customers to identify the issue and resolve issues that do not require software changes. Technical resources troubleshoot software problems. |
| 2.2: Development |
| 2.3: Development |
| The contractor shall resolve critical break fix issues according to performance service level agreements. |
The contractor shall perform an impact assessment that will identify the level of effort, cost, and risks associated with each requested break-fix or enhancement for Government review and approval.
Using Agile development methodologies (including establishing scrum teams and using sprints to release software changes), the contractor shall develop and implement software changes based of government prioritization of the backlog. As part of the Agile process, the contractor shall coordinate with government product owners, IV&V contractor, and user community stakeholders throughout the design and development process to ensure optimal design and common understanding or changes.
| 2.3: Testing |
| 2.4: Testing |
| Using Agile development methodologies, the contractor shall test the software changes within the development environment and behind the Departments OpenNet firewall testing environment. |
The contract shall work with IV&V to coordinate IV&V testing and identify testing scenarios and data for all software changes.
The contractor shall conduct user acceptance testing for break-fixes changing business processes.
The contractor shall conduct performance testing to ensure changes did not negatively impact system performance.
The contractor shall use automated testing tools to conduct regression testing to ensure break-fix is not impacting other ILMS components.
| 2.4: Release Management |
| 2.5: Release Management |
| The contractor shall conduct release and configuration planning and management of Tier 3 break-fix/enhancement activity in coordination with simultaneous development, modernization and enhancement activities performed under other task orders. |
The contractor shall work with configuration management resources to manage release related configuration items and transition of configuration items from development, testing, and production environments.
For each break-fix or enhancement, the contractor shall review production readiness and obtain a Government Go/No-Go decision before deployment begins.
| 2.5: Communication and Training |
| 5.2: Change Management and Communications |
5.3: Training The contractor shall communicate upcoming training to the user community and provide training on new functionality and features as needed. This communication is focused to keeping users informed of planned process improvements. Whereas strategic communications focuses on developing and employing an engagement strategy that proactively engages ILMS stakeholders, effectively communicates program benefits and accomplishments, and helps advocate for key initiatives.
The contactor shall communicate and train Tier 1 and Tier 2 resources on the use of the new functionality and features.
8.1.3 Task 3: Technology Management
The contractor shall provide end-to-end technology management services to manage and maintain the ILMS program’s technology stack for ILMS, Secure ILMS, SAMS, and myServices, and ensure system reliability, availability, and flexibility. The contractor’s technology management approach shall align with ILMS’s overall product management (Capability Area 2) and data management and analytics (Capability Area 3) requirements to ensure effective coordination of interdependent activities.
T0-001 Attachment 1 (Incentives Matrix) identifies the objectives and performance incentives and disincentives for this task. This solicitation will identify the required performance incentives and disincentives and will ask the offeror to propose others. [Required performance incentives to be completed in final RFP].
The task’s requirements are detailed in Table 6 below.
Table 6 – Task 3 Requirements
| TASK AREA |
| CAPABILITY AREA |
| REQUIREMENT |
| 3.1: Enterprise Architecture, System Management, and Configuration Changes |
| 4.1: Enterprise Architecture, System Management, and Configuration Changes |
| The contractor shall plan, organize, direct, accomplish, document, and control the technical efforts required to operate and maintain the ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS systems. |
The contractor shall manage the ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS systems’ technical architectures and infrastructures—maintaining appropriate supporting documentation and coordinating with product and data management teams as needed.
The contractor shall maintain ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS software and hardware components, providing fixes and repairs as required, and applying patches and upgrades to ensure compliance with DOS security policies to all production and non-production environments.
The contractor shall provide database administration for ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS production and non-production environments.
The contractor shall provide system administration and monitoring of the ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS systems to ensure 24x7 system availability and assurance for all production and non-production environments. Activities include:
· Providing system administration and monitoring for all application components.
· Conducting interface/integration administration and monitoring.
The contractor shall provide configuration management for ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS production and non-production environments, including:
· Managing configuration items using configuration tools for all software environments, including development, test, staging, and training.
· Managing separate integration environments as required.
· Conducting code and data migrations using automated configuration tools. Refer to Solicitation Attachment 4 for the number of migrations performed on an annual basis
· Conducting data refreshes as required.
· Installing, maintaining, and updating server configuration settings as required. Maintaining server configuration documentation.
· Supporting Information Technology Change Control Board requirements and submissions when required for the addition of new software and hardware components.
The contractor shall provide performance monitoring and tuning for all ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS application and integration components, including:
· Conducting end-to-end performance monitoring and testing—tuning components based on results of monitoring and testing.
· Conducting network and application performance monitoring using Oracle Enterprise Manager tool.
· Collecting and reporting performance statistics.
The contractor shall develop and execute a comprehensive plan for ILMS Integrated Suite Architecture, System Management, and Configuration Changes Management. This plan shall address how the offeror will:
· Manage and maintain the ILMS Integrated Suite architecture
· Maintain high-availability services (99.9% uptime)
· Manage necessary configuration changes
| 3.2: Security and Contingency Planning and Preparation |
| 4.2: Security and Contingency Planning and Preparation |
| The contractor shall maintain an acceptable security posture for ILMS, Secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS. Activities include Security Authorization and Acceptance, Security Audit Support, Security Management, and Contingency Planning. |
Security Authorization and Acceptance:
The contractor shall support security authorization and acceptance activities. Activities include:
· Verifying system releases fall within DOS policy.
· Supporting Certification and Authorization (C&A) for new application components and recertifications to obtain Authority to Operate on the DOS network for new components/systems and systems previously certified.
· Conducting annual Contingency Testing and documenting results.
· Conducting annual Security Controls testing (Information Resource Management (IRM)/Information Assurance (IA) mandated security testing) and documenting the results.
· Conducting penetration testing.
· Providing supporting documentation (including but not limited to System Security Plan (SSP), Contingency Plan, and test results).
· Maintaining acceptable iPost security scoring for all systems as defined by the service level agreement standard for this task.
· Creating and Managing Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for all systems.
· Conducting IRM/IA mandated security testing.
Security Audit Support:
The contractor shall provide security audit support. Activities include:
· Supporting internal and external audits as required.
· Establishing an internal procedure to provide Standard Audit Requests (SARs) to system ISSO.
Security Management:
The contractor shall provide general security management activities required to maintain an acceptable security posture of all systems. Activities include:
· Performing Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), documenting findings and recommendations.
· Proactively supporting and information release management activities by performing a Security Impact Assessment and Risk Analysis for all releases, and advising release teams on security best practices to ensure these are taken into account during the analysis and design phases of new efforts.
· Creating, updating, and maintaining system security documentation.
· Conducting independent reviews of system components to identify weaknesses to remediate in order to maximize system security posture.
· Maintaining Splunk security monitoring infrastructure and dashboards and implementing enhancements to or introducing new Splunk dashboards.
Contingency Planning:
The contractor disaster recovery operations and support for all ILMS, secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS systems. Activities include:
· Maintaining the disaster recovery site.
· Maintaining Continuity of Operations Plan.
· Developing, updating, and executing step-by-step procedures for system of application component failover.
· Ensuring contingency planning for disaster recovery is current and tested.
· Developing and updating a system recovery execution plan.
· Supporting and testing data retrieval from back up tape or servers.
| 3.3: Technology Lifecycle Management |
| 4.3 Technology Lifecycle Management |
| The incoming contractor shall develop and execute a Technology Lifecycle Management plan. This plan shall address how the offeror will: |
· Implement software patches and COTS upgrades as required to ensure secure operations, continued vendor support, and ability to leverage new functional and technical features
· Continuously identify new and emerging technologies potentially relevant to supply chain
· Assess the ability of new and emerging technologies to meet requirements and help DOS achieve its long term goals
· Manage and maintain existing technology licenses and agreements to ensure no gaps
· Help acquire and implement new technology, including obtaining necessary security approvals such as an ATO, if needed.
8.1.4 Task 4: Customer Support Desk
The contractor shall be responsible for operating a 24x7 customer support desk for ILMS, Secure ILMS, SAMS, and myServices that is capable of supporting the global user base, including on holidays.
The contractor shall provide 24x7 Tier 0, 1 and 2 customer and user technical support using multiple support channels (e.g., chatbots, voice, in app, etc.) for the ILMS, Secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS systems. The contractor shall be responsible for managing all aspects of global customer support desk operations, including issue management to provide customers and users comprehensive support services. Tier 0 through Tier 2 support shall be tightly integrated to ensure seamless and timely resolution of customer’s issues, providing transparency of issue status and visibility for global customers. In addition, the contractor shall be responsible for the ensuring all customer support desk personnel have the required technical and interpersonal training to provide appropriate levels of service. As the primary face to customers, the contractor shall answer questions, fulfill requests or facilitate request fulfillment, deliver program communications, and ensure timely, accurate resolution.
Excellent customer service is a priority on this program, and as such, an innovative and creative approach is expected. Consequently, the contractor’s approach shall incorporate industry best practices and include innovative processes and technology.
T0-001 Attachment 1 – Incentives Matrix identifies the objectives and performance incentives and disincentives for this task. This solicitation will identify the required performance incentives and disincentives and will ask the offeror to propose others. [Required performance incentives to be completed in final RFP].
The task’s requirements are detailed in Table 9 below.
Table 9 – Task 4 Requirements
| TASK AREA |
| CAPABILITY AREA |
| REQUIREMENT |
| 4.1: Tier 0 Customer Support |
| 5.1: Customer Support Desk |
| The contractor shall develop/implement and maintain Tier 0 support vehicles such as chatbot and embedded intelligent application assistance tools. |
The contractor shall maintain and update Tier 0 support vehicles such as chatbot and embedded intelligent application assistance tools.
The contractor shall monitor the chatbot operations to ensure issues are properly logged and escalated to Tier 1 if they cannot be resolved by Tier 0.
| 4.2: Tier 1 Customer Support |
| 5.1: Customer Support Desk |
| To deliver high quality customer service, the contractor shall provide 24x7 Tier 1 support. |
Through Tier 1 support, the contractor shall perform full incident and problem lifecycle management following industry best practices. This includes but is not limited to logging all inquiries that are received by the CSD and addressing less complex issues such as ticket referrals, basic error handling and basic application “how-to’s”. Specific activities include:
· Serving as the single point of contact for all ILMS issues (including requests for adding new users, vendors and locations)
· Identifying and tracking incidents
· Classifying and prioritizing incidents
· Diagnosing and resolving incidents
· Closing incidents
· Monitoring incidents and communicating incident status (including notifying the user of both cause of the issue and the action taken)
· Processing user account management requests such as password resets and resolving account lockouts.
The contractor shall use automated incident response tools to capture specific information about the calls and e-mails received.
| 4.2: Tier 2 Customer Support |
| 5.1: Customer Support Desk |
| To deliver high quality customer service the contractor shall provide 24x7 Tier 2 support. |
The contractor shall be responsible for managing application configuration updates due to DOS personnel role changes, business process modifications, and software updates.
Tier 2 shall support the more complex issues such as resolving more complex incidents and problems logged by Tier 1. These include but are not limited to performing root cause analyses, identifying system changes, and escalating to Tier 3. Specific activities include:
· Identifying issues
· Conducting root cause analysis.
· Resolving issues in a timely manner.
· Escalating issues to Tier 3 as appropriate in a timely and documented manner.
· Maintaining access request forms.
· Conducting incident trend analysis of all Tier 0 through Tier 2 issues.
· Subsume support for new modules 3 months after dedicated functional support ends.
· Processing request for the creation of new user accounts and user permission changes across all ILMS, Secure ILMS, myServices, and SAMS modules,
· Processing user request for adding and updating configuration data in ILMS for vendors and office locations.
· Providing updates to vendors and established production catalogs.
· Process Ariba workflow configuration changes.
· Fully addressing customer requests that cannot be resolved by Tier 1, such as adding new users to the system Tier 2 shall be tightly integrated with both Tier 1 and Tier 3.
9.0 Travel
This task order does not contain travel requirements. Travel charges for attendance at National Capital Region (NCR) meetings will not be reimbursed.
10.0 Personnel
10.1 Personnel Clearances
See the below breakdown, by area of performance under the task order:
· National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Review: Roles that do not require any system or facilities access.
· Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT): Roles that do not require OpenNet / System or facilities access, such as AWS development and unit testing environments.
· Secret: Roles needing access to OpenNet and/or DOS facilities to fulfill their job responsibilities. Also required for roles traveling overseas to Posts.
· Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI): Roles requiring ClassNet Administrator access or for accessing OpenNet Amazon & Azure cloud environments.
10.2 Position Description and Qualifications
See IDIQ Solicitation Attachment 6 for personnel descriptions and qualifications.
11.0 Key Personnel
The key personnel specified in this contract are considered to be essential to work performance. The Contractor shall assign the following key personnel to this task order:
POSITION/FUNCTION
NAME
Program Manager
Procure to Pay Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Transportation and Warehouse SME
Courier and Mail SME
Fleet SME
Property and Asset Management SME
Technical Infrastructure and Architecture Lead
Cyber Security Specialist
See Solicitation Attachment J for key personnel position descriptions.
During the first 180 days of performance (including transition period), the Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is required due to illness, death, or termination of employment. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer within 5-calendar days after the occurrence of any of these events and provide the IDIQ Section H.3 required information.
After the first 180 days of performance, the Contractor may substitute a key person if the Contractor determines that it is necessary. The Contractor shall provide notice at least 45 days prior to diverting any of the specified individuals to other programs or contracts (or as soon as possible, if an individual must be replaced, for example, as a result of leaving the employ of the Contractor), the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer and shall submit comprehensive justification for the diversion or replacement request (including proposed substitutions for key personnel) to permit evaluation by the Government of the impact on performance under this contract. The proposed substitute shall possess qualifications comparable to the original key person and meet the minimum standards set forth in the contract.
The Contractor shall not divert or otherwise replace any key personnel without the written consent of the Contracting Officer. The Government will modify the contract to reflect any changes in key personnel.
See IDIQ Section H.3 for additional information on key personnel.
12.0 Reporting
Reporting requirements shall be as defined in the PWS and shall additionally include requirements specified in the basic IDIQ as applicable at the task order level. Reports shall be as further described in and delivered in accordance with Section 13.0 below.
13.0 Deliverables
All dates are calendar days unless otherwise stated.
Section 7.0 deliverables are identified below.
| TASK/ CAPABILITY AREA |
| DELIVERABLE |
| DESCRIPTION |
| DUE DATE |
| DELIVERED TO |
Task 1 / 1.1
| Value Realization Plan |
| Updated ILMS Program benefits (quantified as cost savings, cost avoidance, and productivity improvements as defined by OMB) related to ILMS modernizations, innovations, and process improvements. |
| Annually and as required to capture the benefits of new initiatives as they are implemented. |
| GTM & COR |
Task 1 / 1.1
| Value Engineering Change Plan (VECP) |
| A Value Engineering proposal submitted during performance of the task order to suggest VE opportunities to lower lifecycle costs to the government without impairing essential functions or performance. |
| 90 days after Award and updated annually |
| GTM & COR with a copy to the CO |
Task 1 / 1.2
| Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Plan |
| Plan for worldwide communications and engagement strategy that proactively engages multi-national program stakeholders, effectively communicates program benefits and accomplishments, and helps advocate for key initiatives. |
| Initial Plan – 60 Days After Award |
Updated annually.
GTM & COR
Task 1 / 1.4
| Contractor Performance Management Plan |
| Describes contractor’s plan for managing their performance of their ILMS program contracts. |
| Initial Plan – 30 Days After Award |
Updates as Required.
GTM & COR with a copy to the CO
Task 1 / 1.5 Task Order Program Management Plan
| Plan for managing the ILMS program initiatives, including the master schedule and program organizational chart. See section G.4.1 for more information. |
| Initial Plan – 30 Days After Award |
Updated annually.
GTM & COR with a copy to the CO
Task 1 / 1.5
| Program Management Review |
| Summary of major accomplishments, key required decisions or issues, and upcoming activities and key milestones for the reporting period. |
| Monthly, No later than the 20th of the month for the prior month |
| GTM & COR with a copy to the CO |
Task 1 / 1.5
| Financial Management Review (FMR) |
| Summary and supporting detail of the financial management status of the task per the ILMS project plan for the task. Includes budgeted cost of work performed and scheduled and actual cost of work performed for the current period and cumulative for the task, at the WBS levels 1, 3 and 5. Graphs depicting planned versus actual cost and schedule variance are incorporated. Variances greater than three percent require explanation. A financial summary of sources and uses of funding and funding needs status by task order is also incorporated. |
If the final FMR varies from the “ILMS program actuals” work products (which supports iMatrix reporting), the vendor will highlight those differences in a separate appendix.
Monthly, No later than the 25th of the month for the prior month.
In cases when an FMR meeting is scheduled less than 3 business days after the 25th, vendor will provide a draft copy to the ILMS IV&V 3 business days prior to the FMR meeting.
GTM & COR
Task 1 / 1.5
| Basis of Estimate and Work Breakdown Structure dictionary documentation (includes planned costs at L3 WBS) |
| Work breakdown structure which is the basis of program work. |
| 30 days after contract award, updated annual with budget cycle. |
| GTM & COR |
Task 1 / 1.5
| Earned Value Management Reporting |
| Earned Value Management reports in CPR Format 1, 3, 4, and 5 at WBS LEVEL 1, 2, and 3 |
| Monthly, no later than the 15th of the month for the prior month. |
| GTM & COR with a copy to the CO |
Task 1 / 1.5
| ILMS Program Actuals Report |
| Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled, Budgeted Cost of Work Planned, Actual Cost of Work Planned by month and cumulative for all ILMS program initiatives required for iMatrix reporting. |
| Monthly, no later than the 15th of the month for the prior month. |
| GTM & COR |
Task 1 / 1.5
| Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) |
| A presentation with supporting materials, an overview of active tasks, the established baselines, cost performance planned, deliverables, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), key activities, and key assumptions. A soft copy CPR3 by Task Order and CLIN in Excel format is required. |
| Annually, no later than 2 months after the contract period |
| GTM & COR with a copy to the CO |
Task 1 / 1.5
| Staffing Plan |
| For each T&M issued task order task, the planned resources (and associated labor categories) and hours and cost by month for the period of the task. The staffing plan adheres to the baseline version established in the IBR and may be updated with a re-baselining of the task. |
| Within 5 days of the IBR and upon the request of the Government Task Monitor or COR. |
| GTM & COR with a copy to the CO |
Task 1 / 1.5
| Quality Control Plan |
| Quality Control Plan that defines how the contractor provides quality control and assurance of deliverables and other support across the ILMS program. |
| Initial 30 days after contract award |
Updated annually or as needed based on evolving requirements GTM & COR with a copy to the CO
Task 1/ 1.5
| Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan |
| QASP shall be developed by the contractor and subject to final approval by the government. Plan contents and specifications shall include a Schedule of Decrements corresponding to each SOO/PWS requirement and each parameter of Table 8, Task 1 Minimum Performance Levels, which Schedule shall apply in the event of any failure to meet required performance standards. |
Initial 30 days after contract award Updated annually or as needed based on evolving requirements
GTM & COR with a copy to the CO
Task 1 / 1.5
| 508 Compliance Plan |
| Describes the methods and processes the contractor will use to ensure 508 Compliance |
| Initial 30 days after contract award |
Updated annually or as needed based on evolving requirements
GTM & COR
| Task 1 / 1.5 |
| Subcontracting Plan |
| Describes how the contractor will ensure compliance with DOS’ subcontracting requirements identified for this IDIQ. |
| Initial with proposal; updated annually or as needed based on evolving requirements |
| CO, with a copy to the GTM & COR; OSDBU |
Task 1 / 1.6
| Transition-In Plan |
| Plan describing the steps and schedule for transitioning Task Order 1 services within the 90 day transition-in period |
Days after Award
GTM & COR
Task 1 / 1.6
| Transition-Out Plan |
| Plan describing the steps and schedule for transitioning Task Order 1 services to the new contractor within the transition-out period. Plan aligns with new contractor’s transition-in plan. |
| Within 60 days of CO request |
| GTM & COR; CO |
Task 2 /
2.1 - 2.5
| Tier 3 Operating Plan |
| Plan the defines the Tier 3 activities and stand operating procedures. |
| 15 Days after Award |
Updates as Required.
GTM & COR
Task 2 /
2.1 - 2.5
| Tier 3 Metrics Reports |
| Application scorecard and system incidents open, closes, backlog count, and productivity |
| 4th business day of each week for the prior week |
| GTM & COR |
| Task 3 / 4.1 |
| Enterprise Architecture, System Management, and Configuration Changes Plan |
| Overview of the ILMS enterprise architecture (including hardware/software inventory) and configuration management processes, system deployment and procedures for implementing changes to ILMS. |
| 30 Days after Award |
Updated annually or as required to incorporate new technologies.
GTM & COR
| Task 3 / 4.1 |
| ILMS Integrated Suite Integration Document |
| Provides a schematic and describes the integration points for all ILMS modules within the ILMS Integrated Suite. |
| Updated Annually |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.1
| ILMS Integrated Suite Database Schema |
| Diagram depicting the logical and physical table layouts and associated table and field definitions for the modules and systems comprising the ILMS Integrated Suite. |
| Updated Annually |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| ILMS Integrated Suite System Security Plan (SSP) |
| Updates to and maintenance of the ILMS Integrated Suite SSP to conform to the current version of the IRM/IA template. Comprehensive documentation of all ILMS and S-ILMS HW/SW Components (including HW/SW descriptions, server names, components, contents, SW versions) |
| 90 days prior to Notification of Change (NOC) submission of Information Assurance (IA) |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| Planned Change Comparative Analysis (PCCA) and Notification of Change |
| Submit required IRM/IA package used for assessment and authorization request to IA. |
| 90 days prior to each IA and Information Technology Change Control Board (IT CCB) submission |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| Annual Security Controls Test Results |
| Annual Security Testing and Test Results based on 800-53 control and applicable revision provided by Information Resource Management (IRM)/IA documenting which controls were tested. |
| Annually (except in years where a full recertification occurs, which satisfies this IRM/IA requirement) |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| IT Audit Responses |
| Information requested by CGFS auditors submitted to dedicated SharePoint site for audit. |
| Response due to government 3 days prior to audit response due date |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| ILMS integrated Suite Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) |
| Privacy Impact Assessment |
| 30 days prior to Xacta submission (DOS’s security risk management tool) or annual review |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| Authority to Operate |
| DOS Authority to Operate Certification |
| As required |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| Targeted Assessment and Authorization Document |
| For each change to the ILMS baseline, provide Plan Change Comparative Analysis (PCCA) document, updated SSP and Contingency Plan document |
| 15 days after ILMS PMO approval to implement new technology |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.2
| Contingency and Disaster Recovery Plan, Validation, and Test Results |
| Updates to and maintenance of the ILMS and S-ILMS Contingency and Disaster Recovery (DR) Plans, Documentation required by IRM/IA to meet requirements of annual contingency and DR testing and results |
| 30 days after Award Updates as Required |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.1
| Technical Performance Review Report |
| Summary of system and application performance issues and resolutions |
| Monthly on the 15th day of the month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 3/ 4.3
| Technology Lifecycle Management Plan |
| Plan for and processes for ensuring technologies and their licenses are up to date, including patch an upgrade plan. Plan and processes for assessing new and emerging technologies. |
| 30 Days after Award |
Updates as Required.
GTM & COR
Task 4/ 5.1
| Performance Metrics |
| Support metrics for the month including but not limited to: Speed to Answer, Abandonment, number of reopened tickets, service level agreement scores |
| No later than the 15th of the month for the prior month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 4/ 5.1
| Support Desk Quality Improvement Plan |
| Identifies opportunities for customer support desk improvements and actions to address those opportunities. |
| 15th of each month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 4/ 5.1
| Customer Satisfaction Survey Results |
| Detailed results from customer support desk incident customer satisfaction surveys. |
| No later than the 15th of the month for the prior month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 4/ 5.1
| Monthly Incident Trend and Post Deployment Support Desk Ratio Analysis |
| Analyze Incident data for the month to identify patterns by module and post. Analysis will include the Support Desk Ratios for all ILMS modules |
| No later than the 15th of the month for the prior month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 4/ 5.1
| Root Cause Analysis |
| Describes recurring system issues escalated to Tier 3 and the analysis completed to identify the actual root cause of the problem. This analysis will be used to resolve issues and prevent their recurrence rather than continue fixing them as they are reported. |
| No later than the 15th of the month for the prior month |
| GTM & COR |
Task 4/ 5.1
| Weekly Production Support Reports |
| Production support issue management report from Phire showing Tier 3 system incidents, status, and priority. |
| 1st business day of each week for the prior week |
| GTM & COR |
All other task order deliverables are identified below.
| Reference |
| Deliverable |
| Due Date |
| E.6 and F.9 |
| Monthly Progress Report |
Submitted to: CO and COR By first Wednesday of the month
| H.8 |
| Non-disclosure agreements |
Submitted to: COR Before performance, as applicable
| H.10 |
| Certifications re Required Coverages |
Submitted to: CO Before performance, as applicable
| H.17 |
| Small Business Participation Commitment Progress Report |
Submitted to: CO, COR, and OSDBU Every 6 months, from award
| H.23 |
| Reconcile Excess Funds |
Submitted to: CO and COR Semi-annual
14.0 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
QASP shall be developed by the contractor and subject to final approval by the government. Plan contents and specifications shall include a Schedule of Decrements corresponding to each SOO requirement and each parameter of Table 8 – Task 1 Minimum Performance Levels, which Schedule shall apply in the event of any failure to meet required performance standards.
15.0 Attachments
· Attachment 1- Incentives Matrix
· Attachment 2 – Task Order Management Plan (to be incorporated upon award)
· Attachment 3 – Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (to be incorporated upon award)
· Attachment 4 – Award Fee Plan (to be provided with final RFP)
File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .