AWARD
R -- RECOVERY ACT ACTION - eRA Systems Enginneering Support Services-eRA/NBS Integration
- Notice Date
- 9/22/2009
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- 09-225-EJB
- Archive Date
- 10/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Em'Ria J. Briscoe, Phone: 3014354384
- E-Mail Address
-
briscoee@mail.nih.gov
(briscoee@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- HHSN-276-2009-00012C
- Award Date
- 9/22/2009
- Awardee
- Z-TECH CORPORATION, 1803 RESEARCH BOULEVARD<br />, SUITE 301, BETHESDA, Maryland 20850-3152, United States
- Award Amount
- $213,900.00
- Description
- RECOVERY ACT ACTION THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY UNDER THE OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH, eLECTRONIC RESEARCH ADMIISTRATION, SUPPORT UNDER Z-TECH CORPORATION (DUNS #788291789) CONTRACT NUMBER HHSN-276-2008-00004C. In accordance with FAR Part 5.7 Publicizing Requirements Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) this is a notification of a modification to an existing, competitively awarded fixed priced delivery order using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The contract is for IT Professional Project Support Services and was previously competed and awarded in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Part 8.402 Federal Supply Schedules. It is the intent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to modify contract number HHSN-276-2008-00004C with Z-Tech CORPORATION (DUNS #788291789). Currently the vendor provides IT services necessary to support eRA in the business and requirements development; IT architecture; It security system and functional testing of software; configuration management; software development support; documentation and training support; and implementation of systems that are designed to accommodate NIH and DHHS research grants programs and initiatives. As a result of ARRA funding these funds will be in direct support of the NIH Grants Management System activities required for NIH & ARRA funded grants. The purpose of this modification is to provide support for the eRA/NBS grants Integration Project that will provide the capability for NIH to contract and account for NIH grant resources as defined in government-wide and HHS/NIH specific statues, regulations and guidelines. A modified Statement of Work is attached. The activities and labor categories are within the scope of the existing contract and does not constitute new work. The contractor shall provide resources in quantities and timelines in accordance with, and as notified by, the current ordering processes of the Project Officer to meet agency demands for surge support. Labor Categories and Descriptions Below are the labor categories and descriptions from the existing master contract that may be required under this contract. Architect - Assist with architectural alignment between eRA and the NIH, DHHS, and OMB Enterprise Architectures. Provide integration services between eRA and designated NIH enterprise applications as well as NIH IC's, other OPDIV's and Agency applications, develop and maintain eRA Architecture documentation, support Oracle software in eRA J2EE infrastructure, identify and apply security methods, policies, and procedures for the eRA infrastructure, support the testing of eRA's application development framework. Business Analyst - Collect, coordinate and document stakeholder needs, elicit, analyze, validate and communicate customer needs, expectations, and constraints to obtain customer requirements, questionnaires, interviews, and operational scenarios obtained from end users, conduct feasibility analyses. Configuration Management - Ensure Rational tools are available and accessible, develop/update end user training material for tools and ensure policies and processes are implemented, update branching/merging policy consistent with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) needs, develop, run reports/queries for phase gate reviews, validate build notes and merge code into production baseline, validate severity and priority of defects found during testing and task approval before production, post-deployment follow-up to ensure all ticket are checked-out and closed, software build improvement support, support automated validation of eRA architecture and development standards in the build environment. Program Manager - Provide risk management, issues management, maintaining and updating project schedules, release planning, level of effort estimating, technical dependency management. Requirements Analyst - Establish and document customer requirements, assess the adequacy of current software configuration, support the current eRA Configuration Management Plan, create a new eRA Requirements Management methodology, identify user interface requirements and develop interface prototypes, extract from sources such as documents and specifications, conduct feasibility analyses. Tester - Test approach determination, case creation, data management, script execution, results analysis status and summary reporting, automated test script development, defect reporting and tracking. This notice is for information purposes only. This is not a RFQ nor is a RFQ available. If you have any questions please contact Em'Ria J. Briscoe at briscoee@mail.nih.gov.
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