USM-RFI-14-0001_(Data_Mart_ _Data_Warehouse).pdf

UNITED STATES MINT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

DATA MART AND DATA WAREHOUSE

USM-RFI-14-0001

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE

The United States Mint's Information Technology Department (ITD) has identified a need for the implementation of an enterprise data warehouse environment to include individual business unit specific data mart access layers.

The purpose of this Request For Information (RFI) is to obtain industry information and identify potential sources capable of replacing the United States Mint’s current data mart solution with a robust analytics and decision support system that will provide timely and cost-effective access to relevant sales campaign information for product development projects and miscellaneous marketing efforts. This information is being sought for market research and acquisition planning purposes only.

2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

The United States Mint anticipates that implementation of the overall solution will occur in a phased approach. The first phase will be to implement an individual data mart and/or possibly an entire data warehouse for the Sales and Marketing Department (SAM). Vendors are requested to submit information for both a data mart only solution and a data mart with data warehouse solution.

Ultimately, the United States Mint intends to implement an enterprise data warehouse environment that will serve as a central repository for data by integrating data from one or more disparate sources in order to provide storage of and access to current/historical transactional, product, customer, and other relevant information/data.

The desired Data Warehouse solution will improve the ability of the United States Mint to:

• Integrate sales and marketing transactional, product, customer, and other relevant information/data from multiple systems into a single repository.

• Provide a single repository for current, future, and legacy sales and marketing transactional, product, customer, and other relevant information/data to its business units for both decision support and data retention purposes.

• Provide data warehouse framework for utilization by other business units (i.e. Financial Department, Manufacturing Department, Workforce Solutions Department, etc.) to accommodate for future growth.

The desired Data Mart solution will improve the ability of the United States Mint to:

• Provide access to sales and marketing transactional, product, customer, and other relevant information/data at current service levels once the new order management system has been fully implemented.

• Provide a readily available system to the United States Mint for querying that is capable of producing ad hoc and/or customized reports, recurring reports, and dashboards in a short period of time.

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3.0 CAPABILITIES STATEMENT

Vendors shall provide a general capabilities statement that includes a description of their standard line of business, information outlining their experience, and narrative demonstrating their ability to perform the implementation of data mart and/or full data warehouse solutions. The capabilities statement shall also include at least two (2) past performance references for which applicable services were provided.

4.0 TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Vendors shall provide specific technical information in regard to their recommended solution for building the framework of an individual data mart and/or an entire enterprise data warehouse.

4.1 Data Warehouse Solution: At a minimum, the data warehouse solution must:

• Store current and historical information/data; and

• Store new data streams (such as social media data).

4.2 Data Mart Solution: At a minimum, the data mart solution must:

• Provide an ability to create, run, and distribute sales analytic reports.

5.0 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions shall not exceed ten (10) single-sided pages; Time New Roman font; 12 point or larger (or equivalent) including any attachments, brochures, and/or published materials.

In addition to the general capabilities statement and specific technical information, vendors shall provide the following information with their submissions: 1) company name, 2) address, 3) DUNS number, 4) business size including any applicable socioeconomic classifications, and 5) a point of contact including name/phone number/email address.

6.0 INQUIRIES

Any questions regarding this RFI shall be submitted electronically to the attention of the Contracting Officer (Steve Nulter) at PSB1@BPD.TREAS.GOV. Please reference the RFI number in the subject line of the email. Vendors are encouraged to submit questions at their earliest convenience to allow for the time necessary to review and provide responses.

7.0 DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES

Interested vendors are asked to submit responses no later than 5:30PM (ET) on October 3, 2013.

Responses shall be submitted electronically to the attention of the Contracting Officer (Steve Nulter) at PSB1@BPD.TREAS.GOV. Please reference the RFI number in the subject line of your response.

8.0 DISCLAIMERS

This is not a request for proposal/quote and does not imply an obligation on the part of the United States Mint to purchase services or to proceed to any request for proposal/quote for such services. The United States Mint shall not be liable for any costs incurred by vendors in preparing and submitting a response to this RFI. Submission of a response confers no rights upon the responder.

In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 5136, provisions of law governing procurement or public contracts shall not be applicable to the procurement of goods and/or services necessary for carrying out United States Mint programs and operations.