SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- SSA Electronic Folder and Document Management Interface Development
- Notice Date
- 2/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related 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-1008
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2011
- 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
- The Social Security Administration intends to negotiate solely with Iron Data, LLC, 400 South Woods Mill Road Suite 150, Chesterfield, MO 63017 under the authority of 41 U.S.C (253)(c)(1) as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subsection 6.302-1 " Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements" for continued development and implementation of the Electronic Folder (EF) generic interface and Document Management Architecture (DMA) interface for a disability system operating in a DDS using licensed proprietary software developed by Iron Data, LLC (Iron Data) into 47 supported Iron Data DDS sites. The resultant award will have a base period of performance of one year, with four one-year option periods to extend the terms of the Contract. Over the last few years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the State Disability Determination Services (DDS) have been engaged in major initiatives to improve the administration of the disability programs. These initiatives included enhancements to the disability information systems used within SSA and the DDSs. Iron Data developed and implemented the DDSs Disability Determination Case Processing System, which is the legacy system used by each state to process disability claims. SSA has updated its strategy for automating enhancements to the Disability program. Iron Data developed and implemented the DDSs Case Processing System changes by utilizing COBOL, JAVA and XML languages on an AS/400 platform. In addition, Iron Data has worked with the current SSA infrastructure, which consists of IWS/LAN, WebSphere Messaging Queues, IBM Content Manager and interface with SSA mainframes. Iron Data is the only known source that can provide the support required by each state. Iron Data has provided some form of DDS support for more than 20 years and has developed all the user interfaces and screen designs. Iron Data owns the source code and it is assumed that they have total familiarity with the code and data structures for all the DDSs they serve. The Electronic Disability system (eDib) is a comprehensive project for all components in the disability processing enterprise. One of the major objectives of eDib is to provide access to and sharing of disability information to all disability processing components through an Electronic Folder. The Electronic Folder is pictured as a data store that contains information that is directly or indirectly important to processing disability cases. To support the next and any subsequent releases of eDib, modifications are needed to the Iron Data EFI/DMA interface software and its supporting processes. The modifications will allow the DDS software systems to receive additional data elements from SSA's Electronic Folder. The new data from SSA will provide additional case processing and update capabilities required to process disability cases after initial establishment. These modifications must be designed so that, in the future, the interface and its supporting processes can be implemented in additional states. The modifications must preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the specific user interfaces and user screen presentations that exist in the current DDS systems. Any responding vendor must demonstrate success in writing COBOL and JAVA applications utilizing the AS400 platform, process WebSphere Messaging Queues transactions, interface with IBM Content Manager and interface with SSA mainframes. Vendors authorized and capable of continuing SSA's EFI development and implementation must present electronic/written evidence of such capability by SSA's close of business on February 16, 2011 and refer to SSA-RFI-11-1008. The Government does not intend to pay for information received and does not intend to provide evaluation results to the sender. Instead, the knowledge obtained from information submitted will be used to determine whether there appears to be a competitive source in the marketplace. Written responses to this Notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill this requirement. Simple marketing information or incomplete responses will not be considered. Reference to vendor websites is not considered a valid response. A solicitation is NOT available. Therefore, written and/or verbal requests for copies of a solicitation related to this announcement will not be honored. A determination by the Government, not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation of information received. The government will not pay for any information submitted. Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Nicole.D.Taylor@ssa.gov. Email size is limited to 5 MB. NO PHONE CALLS OR FAXES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- Zip Code: 21235
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN02371014-W 20110203/110201234431-433c5626efd1b51b2375a39620cda0cf (fbodaily.com)
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