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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 27, 2003 FBO #0636
SOURCES SOUGHT

70 -- Enterprise Application Integration Tools

Notice Date

8/25/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

ACA, ITEC4, Directorate of Contracting , 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
 

ZIP Code

22331-0700
 

Solicitation Number

EAIT
 

Response Due

9/26/2003
 

Archive Date

11/25/2003
 

Point of Contact

Stacy Watson, 703-325-3315
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to ACA, ITEC4
(stacy.watson@itec4.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA Purpose. There is no planned procurement. The purpose of this request is to obtain industry information and recommendations regarding available enterprise application integration tools and associated enterprise architectural methods, models, and design products with descriptions of the capabilities. Factors such as planning, management, oversight, risk estimations, plan execution monitoring, and measurement are also of interest. Areas-of-interest. Enterprise integration requires a balanced view of people, technology, management, and resource concerns. The Army seeks methods to align current or as is and future or to be architectures with commercial software products. Associate d areas of interest are information regarding the best available practices, associated support tools, and architecture methods to achieve enterprise integration. Specific areas of interest follow. The Army seeks tools to help: Integration of domain applications and data Connectivity among Business to business, government to business, government to non-government agencies, and business to government agencies Map current integration styles and methods to future integrated enterprise styles and methods Data Centric Methods Process Centric Methods Utilize Industry standards Maintain and Improve Security De-conflict domain (or mission area) enterprise resource planning solutions versus total enterprise solutions Enhance Data collaboration Support Cost and Budget estimation Situation. The Secretary of the Army has formed the Army Enterprise Integration Oversight Office (AEIOO) to provide top-level policy, guidance, and direction in the definition, design, implementation, and integration of enterprise solutions across the Ar my and between Department of Defense, Army, and other external organizations. The AEIOO goals are: Support Army business transformation objectives for the operational and institutional Army, across all functional domains, through enterprise integration; Develop, validate, and maintain an end-to-end strategy and provide governance, for the integrated development and fielding of Army-wide functional enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise architecture, and enterprise integration initiatives, projects , programs, systems, and services; Ensure all ERP-related domain architecture, transformation, enterprise, application, business process modernization, integration, and development projects are coordinated, including costs, schedules, performance measures, and sustainment, and; Support executive decision-making on ERP integration and business process change through the identification of metrics and data repositories. The desired end-state or condition is that Army plans and policy helps assure the deployable and non-deployable Army processes, procedures, systems, and organizations, fit together to support objective force Army operations (e.g., home base operations, tra ining, contingency operations, and battle-war). Challenge. Current Army plans and policy to achieve the end-state within the Army appear partitioned by functional, mission, or domain areas of responsibility. The Army requires enterprise integration tools to help overcome this problem and achieve AEIOO goals by January 2006. The Army seeks to implement incremental solutions toward achieving the desired end-state or condition as soon as possible Schedule Information. The requested information may affect AEIOO operations and Army mid to long-range plans. Request industries provide preliminary information to the Army within 30. Industries are encouraged to update their submissions within 90-120 days as needed. This will support Army planning timelines. Administrative Information. The point of contact for this action is Colonel Robert Buckstad, 703-588-6809. The first alternate POC is David Ciummo, (703) 588-6803. The second alternate POC is Major (P) Edward Loewen, (703) 696-0350. The AEIOO maili ng address is: Director, Army Enterprise Integration Oversight Office Office of the Secretary of the Army 1777 North Kent Street, Suite 1100A - Plaza Level Alexandria (Rosslyn), Virginia 22209 Electronic Information Recommended. Please submit information electronically. Electronic mail account is AEIOO@hqda.army.mil. Call a POC above if there are difficulties.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, ITEC4 Directorate of Contracting , 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA

Zip Code: 22331-0700

Country: US
 

Record

SN00411538-W 20030827/030825213716 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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