SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Capital Planning/Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, E-Government, an
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Federal Locations, All DOE Federal Contracting Offices, Office of HQ PS (HQ)U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Headquarters ProcurementMA-641000 Independence Ave., S.W.WashingtonDC20585
- ZIP Code
- 20585
- Solicitation Number
- DE-SOL-0000154
- Response Due
- 12/3/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2009
- Point of Contact
- Patrick A. Thornton<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks information for a suite of tools that can be utilized to enhance the management of Information Technology. The objective of this initiative is to establish an interoperable suite of tools that support best practices in Capital Planning/Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, E-Government, and Records Management to enable effective decision making and strategic planning. This is a Request For Information (RFI) issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request For Proposal (RFP). The DOE intends to assess the capabilities and then issue an RFP at a later date. Responses to this RFI will not affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any RFP that may follow. Please ensure that any sensitive or protected information is marked as such. PURPOSEThe purpose of this RFI is to provide industry and government service providers with a vehicle to describe solutions and implementation approaches for achieving the goals of these focus areas through the implementation of an integrated solution. This will enable DOE to incorporate strategies, alternatives, and experiences, representing best practices in developing and implementing a comprehensive solution for the management of Information Technology. The intent of the RFI response is to: Identify an integrated suite of tools that address Capital Planning/Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, E-Government and Records Management processes. Ensure tools deployed provide sufficient technical capability to meet all relevant current and foreseeable IT investment data collection, analysis and reporting requirementsSelect and deploy software tools that assist senior leadership in making improved business decisions (e.g., improved access to information, data and analysis encourages proactive response to changing/evolving business conditions)Determine the feasibility of aligning the suite with Asset Management, Cyber Security (e.g. FISMA Reporting) Management, and Records Management toolsets and activities. BACKGROUND?Capital assets should be compared against one another to create a prioritized portfolio of all major capital assets. Just as an individual invests in a diverse portfolio of securities, agencies invest in a diverse portfolio of capital assets. For the individual investor, returns are measured in dividends or capital gains. While the benefits and costs of capital asset portfolios should be quantified in monetary terms when feasible, agencies also measure return on the basis of outputs and outcomes.? DOE continues to build upon the existing integration of Capital Planning, Enterprise Architecture, E-Government and Records Management processes and work. DOE currently utilizes a number of software tools to support business operations, IT investment management, Enterprise Architecture, compliance activities (e.g., OMB reporting), E-Government, Records Management and other business functions performed by DOE OCIO. The current software tools are installed in the DOE Data Center located in Germantown, Maryland. The software tools are accessed by users through the native Internet and CITRIX (as appropriate) to provide an easily accessible and responsive interface for geographically dispersed DOE offices located throughout the continental United States. The tools are utilized in a distributed and federated environment. The users of these tools perform a variety of functions from user and system administration, analysis, and data entry. In addition, DOE sites utilize a va riety of Enterprise Architecture and modeling tools which must be able to exchange repository data. As an expected benefit, DOE is seeking to improve and enhance operational efficiencies, intra system integration with business decision-making processes and customer satisfaction. VISION The following describe the desired end-state for each of the solutions. Capital Planning & Portfolio Management ? To employ a Capital Planning and Investment software tool that will provide an easily understood and intuitive method for creating and maintaining IT Investment business case data. The solution will provide an easily accessible and responsive interface for geographically dispersed DOE offices located throughout the continental United States. It will provide DOE project managers and CIO Capital Planning staff project and portfolio analysis tools that enhance the efficient management of a DOE?s portfolio of IT investments. Providing investment and portfolio dashboard summary displays. The solution will provide for integrated information sharing capabilities between capital planning and enterprise architecture software tools. Enterprise Architecture and E-Government ? An enterprise architecture and E-Government software solution that is comprehensive and capable of bringing together business, information, technology, and solutions architectures. It will provide a Federated, collaborative model and document based management information used to support the Department in coordinating across diverse missions and leverage federal and industry best practices. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO) Your solution and approach should address these goals.Establish an enterprise architecture, (including business, data, and application, and technology layers) which conforms to the departmental (entire agency) enterprise architecture and supports the Lines of Business and Sub-Functions within the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Reference Models.Project is well run and has resources in place to manage and implement it.Risk is reduced and managed throughout the Project.Security and privacy issues are identified.Project earns the value as planned for costs, schedule, and performance goals.Costs reflect formulation that includes all of the required resources and is risk adjusted to accommodate items addressed in the Risk Management plan. KEY CONSIDERATIONSCapital Planning and Investment Control: Solutions must comply with all Office of Management A-11 Capital Planning requirements including submission, in OMB XML-compliant format, of the IT Portfolio to OMB for all reporting periods. The solution will support Portfolio Management, portfolio performance monitoring, ANSI-compliant Earned Valued Management, dash-boarding and reportsE-Gov: Solution must comply with all legislative, OMB, and regulatory requirements to include the E-Gov Act of 2002. The solution will allow for trending analysis, continuous quarterly reporting, a dash-board interface as well as the ability/flexibility to leverage data from other reporting tools. It will track eGov Milestones, MOUs, Inter-Agency Agreements and internal scorecard reviews.Configuration Management and Change Control: Solutions must provide configuration and change control capabilities.Federal Enterprise Architecture: Solutions must be implemented in a manner consistent with the Performance, Business, Technical, Service and Data Reference models outlined in the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA). Interfaces: The solution must interface with and leverage data and information from Asset Management, Cyber Security, Records Management and program support systems, where applicable.Non-exclusivity: The solution must preserve benefits of competition.Privacy Act: Work on this project may require personnel to have access to Privacy Information. Personnel shall adhere to the Privacy Act, Title 5 of the U.S. code, Section 552a and applicable agency rules and regulations.Roles-based Access: The solution must support roles based access to all functions to allow flexibility in delegating administrative and user access across an established base of users.Section 508 Requirements: All electronic and information technology procured must meet the applicable accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194, unless an agency exception to this requirement exists. 36 CFR 1194 implements Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and is viewable at http://www/acessboard.gov/sec508/508standards.htm. All deliverables will be Section 508 compliant. The contractor shall indicate for each line item in the schedule whether each product or service is compliant or non-compliant with the accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194. Further, the proposal must indicate where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor?s website or other exact location).Security: The solution must comply with the government-wide security requirement defined in NIST 800-53, effective date April, 2004, which will replace FIPS 199.Solution Requirements: Solution must be scalable, portable, and interoperable. a) The solution must be able to exchange data in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environmentb)Solution must be able to operate in a heterogeneous environment with systems running the UNIX, Windows, and Linux operating systems; Oracle and SQL*Server databases; SOA compliant web messaging; virtualization technology; and legacy systems. Solution operates on workstations compliant with the Federal Desktop Core Configuration requirementsOperating Environment: Solution will operate within the current Application Hosting Environment (AHE) which supports Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems. Windows is supported in both VMWare ESX environment and stand-alone mode however; the AHE plans to increase consolidation of servers. AHE supports both AIX and Solaris UNIX environments; however the AHE corporate Oracle database environment operates under the Solaris operating system. AHE supports both Oracle and SQL*Server database environments. The AHE standard application server middleware component is Oracle iAS. IMPORTANT: INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, PATRICK A. THORNTON, email Patrick.Thornton@pr.doe.gov, for a copy of the full questionnaire AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Responses (completed questionnaires) are due not later than close of business December 3, 2008.
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