DISA/DITCO/DTS31, 2300 East Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5406

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT COTS SOFTWARE SOL RFI22JAN99 POC Sheila I. Isert Rotter, (618) 229-9681 E-MAIL: rotters@scott.disa.mil, rotters@scott.disa.mil. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. Description of Requirement: (a) DISA has a requirement for acquiring a modern information technology inventory management system based on best commercial business practices. The system is needed to support the modernization and implementation of DISA's product and service offerings. The requirement is for a Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) software product, which shall be an application that will use the Government's relational database and provide the following functions: (1) Access and Data Security. The system shall have robust security capability that permits granting/restricting access to DISA-specified functions and to prevent unauthorized access to data. (2) Inventory. The system shall be capable of maintaining both physical and logical inventories. It shall be able to integrate a variety of static and real-time information from various sources. Inventory includes deployed assets ( those in use), non-deployed assets (those in warehouse), and those in transit. The product shall update the inventory as orders are filled. The system shall also have the capability of graphically displaying the physical and logical assets. (3) Growth Potential. The system shall have the ability to accept growth in the number of inventory items displayed and in the types of technology and/or services that may need to be displayed. (4) Management Analysis Needs. The system shall provide a means of extracting information to be used in management analyses. (5) System Interfaces. It is imperative that the product interface with other government and contractors systems/processes to allow the transfer of information pertinent to the management of services and assets. (6) Year 2000 Compliance. The product shall be Year 2000 Compliant. "Year 2000 Compliant" means, with respect to information technology, that the information technology accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it. (7) Authorized Users. DISA authorized personnel shall be the users of the software. (8) Documentation. The vendor shall provide copies of all relevant user manuals and sample reports. System documentation will be in accordance with Global Combat Support System/Management Information System (GCSS/MIS) Application Development Model. (9) Software Upgrades and Enhancements. Under the perpetual site license envisioned for this product, support of the product shall consist of updates to support new technology, improve performance, migrate to more modern platforms, and incorporate enhancements. (10) Life Cycle Support. The contractor shall support a wide variety of services for the implementation and life cycle maintenance of the process and tools. Support services include participation in user groups, and evaluation and implementation of customer, user, and industry requirements as technology changes or advances. (11) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Compliance. The vendor shall provide DISA medium assurance PKI which utilizes the X.509 version 3 Certificates and version 2 Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL). The vendor shall leverage Federal PKI and IETF standards to resolve standards ambiguities. (12) The product shall support access to Web services and technology and allow information distribution by electronic mail and or electronic interchange. (13) The product must be Defense Information Infrastructure/ Common Operating Environment (DII/COE) level 7 compliant and must utilize a DII/COE compliant relational database. (14) The product shall support distributed processing consistent with current client/server technology; available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week worldwide with concurrent data for end users processing. The systems applications and data base must be flexible enough to accommodate data requirements that support current business practices (i.e. adjust field lengths, easily add/delete/change data) fields within the core applications and data base. (15) Security Requirements. Key vendor personnel shall be required to have Secret security clearances. (b.) The following optional services may be required: (1) Consulting Services. The vendor shall provide consulting services that will enable DISA to tailor/optimize the product (via tables, user exits, and profiles) and develop user procedures. In addition, the vendor will recommend implementation parameters and naming conventions based on best commercial practices. The vendor will assist DISA interfacing the product to commercial suppliers and other automated systems. The vendor shall also assist DISA in the conversion of the product to operate with new/different operating systems and/or database management systems. Consulting services include software installation services. (2) Training. The vendor shall provide training on the product at Government-specified locations, worldwide. Training classes will be customized to the profiles; catalog of services, database conventions, and procedures adopted by DISA and will be tailored to the various user communities that will use the product. The vendor shall supply user manuals and hands-on workshops. Vendor shall provide a matrix identifying the requirements that can be met and the commercial documentation to support the matrix. Vendor shall submit 3 copies of the matrix and supporting documentation to Sheila I. Isert Rotter, ATTN: DTS6, 2300 East Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5406 within 20 working days of this notice. Posted 01/25/99 (W-SN290881). (0025)

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