SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EVMS)
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNT05ESMD-EVMS
- Response Due
- 12/7/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2005
- Description
- Background With the announcement of the Vision for U.S. Space Exploration, NASA has formed a new Exploration Systems Mission Directorate that will be charged with development of systems to be used in the exploration of the moon, Mars, and other destinations. The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is responsible for developing and demonstrating the strategies and systems that will allow human and advanced robotic exploration of other worlds through the use of innovative approaches, new vehicles, and breakthrough technologies. In order to provide project management capabilities for these mission activities, an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) is required. NASA/HQ is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) products and solutions that provide the functionality in the categories listed below. Organization ? Provide for the integration of the Agency?s and/or program?s planning, scheduling, budgeting, work authorization and cost accumulation processes with each other, and as appropriate, the program work breakdown structure and the program organizational structure. ? Provide for integration of the program work breakdown structure and the program organizational structure in a manner that permits cost and schedule performance measurement by elements of either or both structures as needed. Planning and Budgeting ? Schedule the authorized work in a manner which describes the sequence of work and identifies significant task interdependencies required to meet the requirements of the program. ? Identify physical products, milestones, technical performance goals, or other indicators that will be used to measure progress. ? Establish and maintain a time-phased budget baseline, at the control account level, against which program performance can be measured. ? Establish budgets for authorized work with identification of significant cost elements (labor, material, etc.) as needed for internal management and for control of subcontractors. ? To the extent it is practical to identify the authorized work in discrete work packages, establish budgets for this work in terms of dollars, hours, or other measurable units. ? Identify and control level of effort activity by time-phased budgets established for this purpose. Analysis and Management Reports ? At least on a monthly basis, generate the following information at the control account and other levels as necessary for management control using actual cost data from, or reconcilable with, the accounting system: o Comparison of the amount of planned budget and the amount of budget earned for work accomplished. This comparison provides the schedule variance. o Comparison of the amount of the budget earned the actual applied where appropriate) direct costs for the same work. This comparison provides the cost variance. ? Identify, at least monthly, the significant differences between both planned and actual schedule performance and planned and actual cost performance, and provide the reasons for the variances in the detail needed by program management. ? Identify budgeted and applied (or actual) indirect costs at the level and frequency needed by management for effective control, along with the reasons for any significant variances. ? Summarize the data elements and associated variances through the program organization and/or work breakdown structure to support management needs and any customer reporting specified in the contract. ? Develop revised estimates of cost at completion based on performance to date, commitment values for material, and estimates of future conditions to be used in comparing information with the performance measurement baseline to identify variances at completion important to company management and any applicable customer reporting requirements including statements of funding requirements. Revisions and Data Maintenance ? Reconcile current budgets to prior budgets in terms of changes to the authorized work and internal replanning in the detail needed by management for effective control. ? Control retroactive changes to records pertaining to work performed that would change previously reported amounts for actual costs, earned value, or budgets. ? Prevent revisions to the program budget except for authorized changes. ? Document changes to the performance measurement baseline. Additionally the following Information Technology considerations need to be addressed. Please provide information for the following IT related functional areas. Information Technology Considerations ? Identification of the operating systems and support software needed to provide access to EVMS functionality and information ? Identification of any database criteria or configuration needed ? Identification of the LAN/WAN/WWW capabilities for use of the product in a local and enterprise environment ? Identification of the licensing methodology for local site or enterprise-wide implementation. This should in include server-based and/or client-installed licenses. ? Identification of system scalability for growth ? Identification of ?connectors? or available interfaces to Windchill, Microsoft Office Suite software, Microsoft Project, P3. ? Identification of SAP data import capabilities for financial and PM information ? Identification of supported import/export file formats such as XML, X.12, etc. ? Identification of data protection and information security methodology. ? Identification of the product maintenance and cost methodology. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror?s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references. All documents shall be delivered in an electronic format using Microsoft Word. Responses shall be no longer than 5 pages in length. All responses shall be submitted to Rhett Herrera no later than December 7, 2004 at 5pm EDT. Please reference NNT05ESMD-EVMS in any response. This requirement is considered to be a commercial type product. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. Questions regarding this sources sought should be directed to Terry Jackson.
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