SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Army Global Force Information Management (GFIM) Prototype
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2020 11:48:54 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-PICA PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ 07806-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-20-X-0ADG
- Response Due
- 3/16/2020 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 03/16/2021
- Point of Contact
- Trisha Fitton, Phone: 9737241936
- E-Mail Address
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trisha.a.fitton.civ@mail.mil
(trisha.a.fitton.civ@mail.mil)
- Description
- This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or firm requirement. Any information provided in this notice is subject to change.�This is strictly a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND MARKET RESEARCH REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) for tentative services for the United States Army G-3/5/7 and the Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). No Request for Proposal (RFP) or Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the RFP/PPON. The Government is considering pursuing this requirement using the Other Transactions Authority, in accordance with 10 USC 2371b: Authority of the Department of Defense to carry out certain prototype projects. See link: ( https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?hl=false&edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title10-section2371b&num=0&saved=%7CZ3JhbnVsZWlkOlVTQy1wcmVsaW0tdGl0bGUxMC1zZWN0aW9uMjMwMg%3D%3D%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim ) Responses to this RFI are not proposals to which Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) can issue contracts or agreements. Responses may be used to refine the Government Requirements and Acquisition Approach. The Government will not pay for any response. All costs incurred responding to this Sources Sought / RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Failure to respond to this Sources Sought / RFI will not preclude participation in any future Solicitation or Prototype Proposal Opportunity Notice. Any information received will become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Responding interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or sensitive information. Responses to this RFI shall return two of the attached files completed per the file instructions:� 1) GFIM Qualifications-Questions (Corporate Demonstrated Experience); 2) Army GFIM Quad Chart (Corporate Capabilities).� No other information will be accepted. Responses to this RFI may be reviewed by Government technical experts drawn from Army G-3/5/7, PEO EIS, Army FORSCOM and other Army Headquarters staff. The Government intends to use selected in-house support contractor personnel providing Advisory and Assistance Services to assist in the review of the RFI responses. These support contractors will be bound by appropriate non-disclosure agreements to protect proprietary information. Responses will be used to inform a planned Government / Industry Collaboration Day on 20 March 2020 and One-on-One Sessions to be held 20 March with additional sessions on 23 � 24 March as needed.� The location will be on Fort Belvoir with the building/room published later. The One-on-Ones will begin after the Collaboration session and will permit at least 30 mins for interested qualified prime offerors to meet with the Government team. �An update posted to FBO will provide the details for date/time and location of the Collaboration Day along with number of time slots and registration form.� Government feedback will not be provided for individual responses to this RFI. Requirement Overview: Background � �as-is� environment: The Army currently supports the Department of Defense (DoD) deploy-to-redeploy/retrograde (D2RR), Department of Defense (DoD) Global Force Management (GFM), and Joint Command and Control (C2) processes using a portfolio of 12 systems (and related subsystems) developed over the past 15-20 years to conduct force management for the Total Army, monitor and assess readiness, and respond to the dynamic force and capability requirements of Combatant Commanders. The 12 systems that comprise the current GFIM portfolio, listed below by prototype phase, provide mission critical functionality: Prototype Phase 1: Dynamic Force Structure (DFS) 1. Structure and Manpower Allocation System (SAMAS) 2. Force Management System (FMS) 3. Force Management System Website (FMSWeb) 4. Army Organization Server (AOS) 5. **Reserve Component Automation System (RCAS)� **(RCAS- Organizational Authority and Permanent Orders System Applications Only) 6. **Defense Readiness Reporting System � Army (DRRS-A)� ** (Force Registration Application Only) Prototype Phase 2: Dynamic Force Employment (DFE) � 1. Enterprise Management Decision Support (EMDS) 2. Army Force Generation Synchronization Toolset (AST) 3. Computerized Movement Planning and Status System (COMPASS) 4. Equipment Common Operating Picture (ECOP) 5. Mobilization Common Operating Picture (MOBCOP) 6. Worldwide Individual Augmentation System (WIAS) These 12 systems, developed independently, lack the interoperability needed to enable an enterprise, automated machine-to-machine information sharing approach.� The current Army GFIM portfolio requires significant manual input and manipulation of data, which impacts the timeliness and accuracy of information to support senior leader risk-informed decisions. Requirement �to-be� GFIM Objective Environment (GFIM OE): The Army requires an enterprise approach that integrates force structure, readiness, mobilization, and requirements validation to meet Service and GFM requirements (i.e., assignment, allocation, apportionment). �The vision for Army GFIM OE is an enterprise approach that will not only provide workflow automation to support D2RR End-to-End (E2E) business process, but also provide a common operating picture of the Total Army (Active, Reserves and National Guard), �at rest� and �in motion�. Guiding tenets for Army GFIM OE include leveraging cloud technology (Impact Levels 5 and 6) and commercial solutions to: �� automate force management functions that enable Army D2RR and DoD GFM processes �� consolidate and maintain unclassified and classified data supporting the Army D2RR process using a single authoritative data repository (i.e., Government Cloud hosted data lake) �� manage organizational structure and command relationships in a dynamic and transparent manner to show an Army �at rest� and �in motion� (i.e., dynamic force structure) �� conduct force generation, mobilization, deployment, and re-deployment functions that ensures the Army�s ability to fully implement DoD dynamic force employment as prescribed in the 2018 National Defense Strategy Summary �� distribute data in a GFM Data Initiative (GFM DI) compliant format to designated Army enterprise resource planning (ERP) and mission command (tactical) systems, as well as Joint command and control systems �� comply with DoD GFM DI and Army Data Plan standards and business rules to ensure data is visible, accessible, understandable, trusted, interoperable and secure across the DoD enterprise �� achieve and maintain an authority to operate (ATO) on Army unclassified (NIPR) and classified (SIPR) networks in compliance with the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) Army GFIM OE will direct support the Chief of Staff of the Army�s emphasis on readiness and will enable Multi-Domain Operations with visibility of readiness at the lowest employable entity. GFIM OE will provide a common operating picture for the Total Army and provide fully integrated information from across D2RR to enable risk informed decisions by senior leaders to meet the challenges of the current and future operating environment. The Government is considering using the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) under 10 USC 2371b with a �stand alone� (not consortium based) opportunity to initiate GFIM OE Prototypes that will serve as the baseline for continued configuration to demonstrate of an enduring Army GFIM OE capability.� The Government�s current planning approach is to demonstrate GFIM OE prototypes in two overarching Phases with varying capabilities culminating with a production release.� Phase 2 will build off existing capabilities demonstrated by those Vendor(s) selected for Phase 1. Phase 1 � Demonstrate a Dynamic Force Structure (DFS) Prototype Capability:� Vendor(s) shall demonstrate an integrated planning, programming, and production capability that serves as the single entry point for conducting force management activities for an Army �at rest� and �in motion�. �The end of phase 1 will culminate with the demonstration of capabilities for the following legacy systems within the GFIM portfolio of information technology investments:� (1) SAMAS; (2) FMS; (3) FMSWeb; (4) DRRS-A (Force Registration Application Only); and (5) RCAS (Organizational Authority and Permanent Orders System Applications Only). Each of those solutions will be decommissioned once capability is replaced.� The Army Organization Server (AOS) will remain the authoritative source for force structure authorizations and be fully integrated and interoperable with the Phase 1 prototype. Phase 2 � Demonstrate a Dynamic Force Employment (DFE) Prototype Capability: �Vendor(s) shall demonstrate an integrated solution that builds off phase 1 success by addressing the remaining GFIM capability requirements to automate D2RR sub-processes that guide force generation, employment, sustainment, re-deployment, and regeneration and fully enable DFE. The end of phase 2 will culminate with the demonstration of capabilities for the following legacy systems and subsystems within the GFIM portfolio of information technology investments:� (1) AST; (2) MOBCOP; (3) COMPASS; (4) ECOP. �Each of those solutions will be decommissioned once capability is replaced. � Phase 2 Note: Vendor(s) should be aware that WIAS was previously decommissioned as a standalone system at the end of calendar year 2019.� The functional capabilities WIAS previously provided are being subsumed into a Requirements Sourcing Application Module (RSAM) within AST. However, the functional requirements for validating CCDR sourcing requirements that previously WIAS conducted and now AST RSAM application will do, would need to be addressed as part of Phase 2 (DFE). See the following attachments for additional information about the Government�s requirement: A-Army_GFIM_Portfolio_System_Briefings_2020.pdf� (12 information briefings for the Legacy systems in GFIM portfolio) B-Army_DFS_Problem_Statement_2015_02_05_Redacted.pdf C-Army_GFIM_OV-1_2020_01_03.pdf D-Army_D2RR_To-Be-ABEA_Approved_2020_02_10� (Level 1 and 2) E-Army_D2RR_Definitions_and_GFIM_Actors_2020_02_25.xlsx� (Army D2RR End-to-End Business Process Definitions (Level 1 and 2) and GFIM Actors (User Roles) F-Conduct_Force_Mgt_D2RR03-03_Architecture_Process_Maps_2020_02_05.pdf (ARIS Workflow Models) � The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice by providing the Company/Team's responses by completing and returning the following attached files: 1) Quad Chart and 2) Government Qualifications/Questions (this file includes detailed instructions and the format for optional Vendor Questions) � � Follow the instructions embedded in these files to include page limit and font sizes. The instructions require a one page Cover Sheet to accompany the response to the Government Qualifications/Questions that includes the following: Company name, point of contact, address, telephone, website and email addresses, DUNS number, CAGE Code, NAICS Size category, socioeconomic status and a declaration of contractor status as �nontraditional� or �traditional� defense contractor if known. � � Responses are due no later than 1:00 p.m. EDT time on (16-March 2020). The maximum page limit for each submitted response: One page Cover Sheet, One (1) page Quad Chart, five (5) pages for Qualifications/Questions. � � Responses shall be sent electronically to ( trisha.a.fitton.civ@mail.mil; and kyle.t.burke.ctr@mail.mil )
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