SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- IV&V Desktop Assessment & Program Support Services
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 7.10-006, Washington, District of Columbia, 20523
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CIO-P-10-00006
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Veronica M. Moss, Phone: 202-567-4145, Michael A. Clark, Phone: 202-567-4136
- E-Mail Address
-
vmoss@usaid.gov, mclark@usaid.gov
(vmoss@usaid.gov, mclark@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- The scope of this Blanket Purchase Agreement is to p erform program funded independent verification & validation assessment reviews for technology system acquisitions or Information, Communications or Technology (ICT) projects > $100,000. The projected baseline forecast is for approximately 250 reviews per year. To date, however, only 65.5 such reviews have been conducted for FY 2005-2008. The contractor shall also provide program support through leveraging resources through USAID, CIO and external partner agencies involved in development assistance on a project specific basis. The contractor shall establish workflow and project management systems and activities in support of USAID external projects, subject to USAID approval. Such systems shall be readily accessible for USAID use and fully compliant with Agency Directive System (ADS) 548 reporting requirements. The CIO designates its Business & Consulting Client Services (BCCS) for the management and oversight of the administrative and staff functions identified under Clinger Cohen Act and relevant Federal laws and regulations. The major responsibilities of CIO/BCCS include the following: IV&V Reviews; Information Management-CCA/ADS 548 reporting requirements; Technology Transfer Program (TTP)- Identify, control and protect project-related technologies; ICT Analytic Support - Best practices and ICT convergence; and ICT Web Portal (ICT/WP) - Compilation of project/infrastructure technical information for internal and external ICT activities. The objectives for this BPA are to improve the principals of IV&V practices and increase the success of IT project implementation leading to country owned and country driven programs: 1) Conduct a range of IV&V support services based on the IT industry's best practices that focus on the following methods and standards: (1) the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), (2) Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), (3) Control Objectives for Information and Technology (CobiT) (4) Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA); (5) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) (ISO/IEC) 17799, and (6) the USAID IT Project Life Cycle Methodology. The IV&V support services would focus on improving the following: a. Understand better and share integration of data to support strategic planning; b. Understand effective practices and standards geographic data and tools; c. Facilitate improvements to the management of business process specifications; service delivery specifications; IT security specifications; and project lifecycle specifications; d. Leverage and collaborate with Bureaus and Implementing partners, as appropriate, where such activities improve the impact of project/program work; e. Provide targeted technical assistance to a selected number of 'buy-ins' with expertise sector specific; and f. Desk reviews of documents regarding specific country's projects/programs.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OP/WashingtonDC/SOL-CIO-P-10-00006 /listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Potomac Yards 2, 2733 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22022, United States
- Zip Code: 22022
- Zip Code: 22022
- Record
- SN02281127-W 20100916/100914235851-d22196e1975e2dbabf7744e94fe5534e (fbodaily.com)
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