SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- RFI: STATISTICAL TABLE PRODUCTION IN SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance, 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFI-10-1003
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nicole Taylor,
- E-Mail Address
-
nicole.d.taylor@ssa.gov
(nicole.d.taylor@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING A COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN STATISTICAL TABLE PRODUCTION IN SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. Reference SSA-RFI-10-1003 when responding to this announcement. This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for market research. The information provided may be used by the Social Security Administration in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to exchange information with industry related to its efforts to acquire Information Technology Support services. SSA is seeking Contractor support with automating and modernizing statistical table production and publication processes. SSA's statistical publications provide tabular data concerning the Agency's programs and are used by SSA, other executive branch agencies, Congressional staff, State and local government agencies, policy organizations, business organizations, and the research community. These tables are developed from SSA's Administrative records. The statistical products must be accurate and ready for publication on SSA's internet site and in hard copy. The principal challenges with the current statistical production process are: 1) old and complex SAS and FORTRAN coding used to generate the statistics, 2) attrition of staff who developed old SAS coding, 3) working with large volumes of administrative data, and 4) a very labor intensive process with numerous human touch points. The modernized procedures will benefit the Agency by streamlining the production process, promoting the use of consistently defined variable definitions and statistical processes, and enhancing the quality of the information and process documentation. By developing and implementing innovative and modernized statistical production procedures, SSA will also be better prepared to serve the social insurance research and planning community with accurate custom made tables, upon request, with little effort required. SSA is seeking vendors who are qualified in automating and modernizing statistical table production processes using the SAS Enterprise Guide platform. Qualified vendors MUST have an active General Services Administration Schedule 70 contract. We are looking for a company experienced in completing these services for internal or external customers or has experience partnering with organizations with the required expertise. The contractor (or partner) should have experience working with administrative data (insurance policy or claims, medical records or claims, and/or similar type data) on mainframe computer environments, as well as working with geospatial datasets. The contractor (or partner) should also have the ability and experience to: 1) review SSA procedures currently used to produce this information, 2) prepare data files for processing tables and develop necessary SAS programs that will produce tables suitable for publication, 3) document all modernized table production procedures, 4) develop and produce innovative statistical presentation methods and 4) train SSA staff to implement modernized procedures. Sources must sufficiently demonstrate the capability to meet these requirements and must provide detailed experience and qualifications in all previous work pertinent to this effort. Vendors who believe they have the capability to successfully deliver these services are invited to submit information concerning their company's capabilities, including their GSA schedule number, to SSA. Simple marketing information or incomplete responses will not be considered. Reference to vendor websites is not considered a valid response. Vendors responding should indicate whether their services are available on the GSA Schedule. This is not a request for proposals and the government does not intend to pay for information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the information received. No contract award will be made on the basis of responses received. Electronic responses to this notice should be submitted, in writing, directly to Nicole.D.Taylor@ssa.gov no later than Friday January 15, 2010, 4:00 pm EST. Questions regarding the information in this RFI will not be answered. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/OAG/SSA-RFI-10-1003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- Zip Code: 21235
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN02030983-W 20091225/091223235158-e6b2ead36c123564dc6f4b567896e780 (fbodaily.com)
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