Enterprise Data Platform – Engineering and Development Support

BACKGROUND

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires the IRS to modernize tax processing systems and enhance taxpayer experience. The Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) facilitates the integration of data into the enterprise data lake and provides platform services to ensure data accessibility across the organization. EDP is built on a managed service- TCloud (FedRAMP High), provided by the Department of the Treasury.

REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION

The IRS desires to acquire Data Engineering, Data Management and Data Analytics technical expertise. The IRS seeks to acquire proven technical expertise in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Domain. This competence is required to successfully create a complex Enterprise Solution for centralized data storage and access to the IRS Enterprise Data Platform (EDP). The contractor shall provide the necessary architecture, engineering, technical advisory, design, development, post deployment and strategic support to the EDP program and build data pipelines, data products, data access, and analytics to support the Information Technology (IT) Modernization at IRS.

The period of performance will be a One Year plus two option years.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORRMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response: Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact specialist listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice.

• Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI).
• State if your company is the proprietor or has proprietary rights of the identified service that normally provides the identified service. If the latter, indicate whether the proprietor authorized in writing for your company to sell the identified services on behalf of the company.
• Discuss whether the service that your company provides and which you describe in your response to this notice may be customized to specifications and indicate any limits to customization.
• Describe how soon after award you can begin performance.
• For the NAICS code listed in this notice:

• • Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. See the SBA Size Standards and the associated, pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information.

• • If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement.

• Describe warranty services that are available with the purchase of the aforementioned service from your company.
• Describe standard terms and conditions of sale offered by your company for the aforementioned services such as: performance time after your company accepts the order; FOB shipping terms: warranty (including details regarding nature and duration); if available, description(s) of available extended warranty. Provide a copy of standard terms and conditions that typically relate to the sale of the specified services, if available.
• State published price, discount or rebate arrangements for aforementioned services and/or provide link to access company’s published prices for services.
• State whether your company is in the United States and, if not, state the name of the country where the company is incorporated.
• If the aforementioned services are available for purchase on any existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts against which the IRS may be able place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information.
• Identify any customers in the public or private sectors in which you provided the aforementioned or similar services. Include customer(s) information: company name, phone number, point of contact, email address.
• Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for the IRS to know as part of its market research for this requirement.
• State if you require the IRS to provide additional information to improve your understanding of the government’s requirement and/or would like to meet with IRS representatives to discuss the requirement and the capabilities of the identified service.
• Alternative Solutions: In addition to responses that meet the direct requirements, we encourage submissions from sources offering alternative solutions that may provide equal or superior performance in meeting the operational needs. Proposals should clearly demonstrate how the alternative solution meets or exceeds the stated requirements. Importantly, any vendor proposing an alternative solution should address whether their solution would require any modifications to perform effectively within the IRS operating environment. This includes detailing any changes needed to integrate with existing systems, processes, or infrastructure to ensure full functionality and compatibility. The technical POC is Robert Green and can be reached at robert.m.green@irs.gov or 901-707-5471.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE

Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on February 20, 2025. Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline.

IMPORTANT NOTES

The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the IRS may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future.

This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the IRS to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations. No award will be made as a result of this notice.

The IRS is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

The IRS reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.

Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request!