Notice ID: OS310976
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
NAICS Code: 541511 – Custom Computer Programming Services
Product Service Code: DH10 – IT AND TELECOM – PLATFORM AS A SERVICE: DATABASE, MAINFRAME, MIDDLEWARE
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Description: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY.
This RFI, as outlined in FAR 15.201(c)(7), is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Office of Acquisition Management Services (OAMS) is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if any is issued.
Background
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary (OS) Immediate Office of the Secretary (IOS) Executive Secretariat (Exec Sec) Office has a need to continue maintenance and software licenses on the Secretary Policy System (SPS). SPS is essential to the mission of the HHS Exec Sec and to the HHS partner divisions and offices that rely on and interact with SPS. This is a system that routes and tracks the following types of documents and actions:
SPS replaced the Strategic Work Information Folder and Transfer system in March 2015 and is now in its operation and maintenance life cycle phase. Therefore, Information Technology Services are required to ensure the operation of the system.
Purpose
The purpose of SPS is to store documents electronically through several intake methods such as scan-to-case, email-to-case and, in the future, web-to-case. SPS is a software-as-a-service system. SPS resides on the Salesforce GOVCloud. In addition, a function of SPS resides at the Management Application Hosting Center (MAHC) on the SPS extract, transform and load (ETL) server.
Objective
The objective of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to provide daily SPS maintenance, software licenses and administration to SPS…
The response must be submitted no later than May 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The response should be e-mailed to the following address: Angela.Fox-Meade@psc.hhs.gov. The email shall reflect the following in the Subject Line, “RFI Notice: Secretary Policy System (SPS)”.
Questions regarding this announcement must be submitted no later than May 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The response should be e-mailed to the following address: Angela.Fox-Meade@psc.hhs.gov. E-mailed questions sent to any other email address other than Angela.Fox-Meade@psc.hhs.gov will not be accepted. The email shall reflect the following in the Subject Line, “RFI Notice Questions: Secretary Policy System (SPS)”. Telephone solicitations and verbal questions will not be accepted. Questions will be answered by posting answers to Sam.gov.
Primary Point of Contact: Angela Fox-Meade Angela.Fox-Meade@psc.hhs.gov
