Bureau of ATF Enterprise Optimization of EPS Systems (E-OPES)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2025E-OPESATFRFI
- Agency
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Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
Department of Justice
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20226, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the Enterprise Optimization of EPS Systems (E-OPES) project, seeking to streamline and consolidate licensing form submission, processing, validation, workflow, and reporting functions into a fully integrated web-enabled firearm licensing application. The project aims to modernize and enhance ATF's firearms licensing and tracing applications, including eTrace, eForms, the Firearms Licensing System (FLS), and other enterprise platforms, supporting the full lifecycle of applications related to NFA controlled weapons, Federal Firearms Licenses, and firearm importation. Contractors must demonstrate capabilities in program management, application development using Agile methodologies, UI/UX design, security and compliance, quality assurance, and operations, with experience in technologies including Angular, .NET, AWS services, OpenShift, and various development and testing tools. Personnel must possess at least a Secret security clearance, with preference for Top Secret Facility Clearance, and the contractor will need to obtain a Top-Secret Facility Clearance for the work. RFI responses are due by 4:00 PM ET on September 25, 2025, and must be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Amanda Boshears at amanda.boshears@atf.gov, with responses limited to 25 pages and including company information, capabilities, qualified personnel, and estimated pricing.
This opportunity does not currently have any set-aside designation and represents a new requirement rather than a recompete, with the final acquisition strategy including potential small business set-asides to be determined through the RFI process. No incumbent contractors or current service providers are identified in the documentation, indicating this may be either a new initiative or a significant restructuring of existing contracts. While specific budget ranges or award values are not disclosed in the RFI, the comprehensive scope of modernizing multiple enterprise systems suggests this will be a substantial, multi-year engagement requiring significant technical resources and expertise. The primary place of performance will be remote work, with potential on-site requirements in Martinsburg, West Virginia, or Washington, DC. The project encompasses cloud migration to AWS GovCloud or Azure GCC High, containerization, legacy system modernization from Java 8 and .NET applications, and implementation of advanced capabilities including OCR, geomapping, and AI/ML form recognition technologies. The RFI specifically requests staffing estimates based on labor categories and expertise levels, indicating the government is seeking to understand the scale and composition of teams required to execute this modernization effort.
Notice text
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Update #3 · Latest ·
THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR QUOTE (RFQ). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS RFI DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFP, IF ISSUED. ALL SUBMISSIONS BECOME GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
PLEASE NOTE: Any document submitted that contains confidential/proprietary information must be marked on the outside as containing confidential information, and each page upon which confidential information appears must be marked as containing confidential information. The confidential information must be clearly identifiable to the reader wherever it appears.
The respondent shall include information addressing all the above sections within the 25-page limitation not including diagrams or images, consisting of single-sided, 8.5 x 11, Times New Roman or similar, and a 11-font size minimum.
Please reference the question numbers in Section 2 of your firm's RFI response. The RFI whitepaper shall provide the following information:
- Company Information. Name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail of designated point of contact.
- If your company would likely bid, please provide a written response identifying the company’s capabilities and qualified personnel available to perform the task(s) as well as related corporate experience.
- Please provide an estimated price for the work to include a staffing estimate based on (labor categories and expertise levels) for the team capable of performing each of the stated Task(s).
The response package shall be submitted via email to the following:
- Amanda Boshears, Contracting Officer (CO), amanda.boshears@atf.gov
Additional Submission Information
- This notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of qualified sources prior to issuing an RFP.
- ATF is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals.
- The Government is accepting questions in writing via email as part of this RFI process and shall be submitted NLT 4pm ET, Thursday, September 11, 2025.
- RFI responses are due NLT 4pm ET Thursday, September 25, 2025.
- No telephone calls will be accepted.
Please review the two attachments in the RFI posting carefully and respond accordingly to all sections in the attached RFI document.
The RFI attachment document was revised to reflect a 25-page limitation.
The Government is uploading a revised RFI attachment along with Government responses to Industry Questions.
Update #2 ·
THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR QUOTE (RFQ). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS RFI DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFP, IF ISSUED. ALL SUBMISSIONS BECOME GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
PLEASE NOTE: Any document submitted that contains confidential/proprietary information must be marked on the outside as containing confidential information, and each page upon which confidential information appears must be marked as containing confidential information. The confidential information must be clearly identifiable to the reader wherever it appears.
The respondent shall include information addressing all the above sections within the 25-page limitation not including diagrams or images, consisting of single-sided, 8.5 x 11, Times New Roman or similar, and a 11-font size minimum.
Please reference the question numbers in Section 2 of your firm's RFI response. The RFI whitepaper shall provide the following information:
- Company Information. Name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail of designated point of contact.
- If your company would likely bid, please provide a written response identifying the company’s capabilities and qualified personnel available to perform the task(s) as well as related corporate experience.
- Please provide an estimated price for the work to include a staffing estimate based on (labor categories and expertise levels) for the team capable of performing each of the stated Task(s).
The response package shall be submitted via email to the following:
- Amanda Boshears, Contracting Officer (CO), amanda.boshears@atf.gov
Additional Submission Information
- This notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of qualified sources prior to issuing an RFP.
- ATF is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals.
- The Government is accepting questions in writing via email as part of this RFI process and shall be submitted NLT 4pm ET, Thursday, September 11, 2025.
- RFI responses are due NLT 4pm ET Thursday, September 25, 2025.
- No telephone calls will be accepted.
Please review the two attachments in the RFI posting carefully and respond accordingly to all sections in the attached RFI document.
The RFI attachment document was revised to reflect a 25-page limitation.
Update #1 ·
THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR QUOTE (RFQ). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS RFI DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFP, IF ISSUED. ALL SUBMISSIONS BECOME GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
PLEASE NOTE: Any document submitted that contains confidential/proprietary information must be marked on the outside as containing confidential information, and each page upon which confidential information appears must be marked as containing confidential information. The confidential information must be clearly identifiable to the reader wherever it appears.
The respondent shall include information addressing all the above sections within the 25-page limitation not including diagrams or images, consisting of single-sided, 8.5 x 11, Times New Roman or similar, and a 11-font size minimum.
Please reference the question numbers in Section 2 of your firm's RFI response. The RFI whitepaper shall provide the following information:
- Company Information. Name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail of designated point of contact.
- If your company would likely bid, please provide a written response identifying the company’s capabilities and qualified personnel available to perform the task(s) as well as related corporate experience.
- Please provide an estimated price for the work to include a staffing estimate based on (labor categories and expertise levels) for the team capable of performing each of the stated Task(s).
The response package shall be submitted via email to the following:
- Amanda Boshears, Contracting Officer (CO), amanda.boshears@atf.gov
Additional Submission Information
- This notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of qualified sources prior to issuing an RFP.
- ATF is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals.
- The Government is accepting questions in writing via email as part of this RFI process and shall be submitted NLT 4pm ET, Thursday, September 11, 2025.
- RFI responses are due NLT 4pm ET Thursday, September 25, 2025.
- No telephone calls will be accepted.
Please review the two attachments in the RFI posting carefully and respond accordingly to all sections in the attached RFI document.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| EOPES RFI 09162025.pdf | ||
| EPS EOPES RFI Questions and Responses - 9182025.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| EOPES RFI 09042025.pdf | ||
| EOPES RFI 09042025.pdf | ||
| PWS - EPS Portfolio Mordernization v20250903.pdf |
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