AFRL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM Request for Information (RFI) -- AFRL Enterprise Business System Requirements Definition Support. 1. BACKGROUND: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is seeking information in support of its efforts in developing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for acquiring support in establishing its enterprise business system requirements leading to the selection of an appropriate business management information technology (IT) tool. AFRL is a 10,000 employee organization consisiting of military, civilian and contractor personnel engaged in research, located at over 10 primary locations throughout the United States. The organization is considering acquiring the assistance of an appropriate source to provide requirements definition support in areas such as human resource (HR) management, financial management (FM), planning and program management (XP) collaborative work-flow and knowledge management capabilities. The requirements definition phase, if implemented, is to produce: (a) AFRL organizational business requirements, (b) an evaluation and selection among at least four (4) solution sets such as: status quo, data warehousing, Government owned best-of-breed and integrated commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions (all price ranges). (c) formal business case analyses, (d) budgetary costs, schedule and risk estimates for both an accelerated implementation approach and a routinely paced approach. Requirements will have to be of sufficient detail to create a realistic Statement of Work (SOW) for selecting and implementing an HR solution module with assurance that FM, XP and collaborative work-flow and knowledge management capabilities may be integrated seamlessly at a later date. 2. REQUEST: AFRL is requesting, at no cost to the Government, information in the form of a white paper appropriate in defining the scope for the intial requirements definition and tool recommendation phase of this effort. Of particular interest will be budgetary cost, schedule and risk estimates for both a standard rate of implementation and an accelerated approach for the requirements definition and implementation phases. Additional information sought in this RFI includes recommended approaches to this effort, plus the vendor's specific experience in defining Air Force, militray or Government Information Technology definitions. 3. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Those desiring to submit information are requested to do so within 14 calendar days from the issuance of this notice. Please note that to avoid any potential conflicts of interest, or the appearance thereof, the firm competitively selected as a result of an RFP for the definition phase will not be permitted to compete for the subsequent implementation phase. 4. POINTS OF CONTACT: Ryan Evans, 937-257-8344 ext. 4429 or Carolle Henderson, 937-257-8344 ext. 4432. Address: ASC/PKWRS, 1940 Allbrook Dr, Ste 3, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5309. Fax number: 937-257-6390. This requirement will be posted to the Preaward Information Exchange System (PIXS) at http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil. Interested parties should check PIXS for any additional information that may be posted in the future regarding this requirement. All information or materials submitted in response to this request will become the property of the Government and will not be returned. FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) -- (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as inormation only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of obtaining information in support of AFRL efforts to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) for acquiring support in establishing its enterprise business system requirements (see "BACKGROUND" section above). (End of Provision) WEB: Click here for the PIXS home page., http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail Buyer*****, evansrr@pkwsmtp.wpafb.af.mil. Posted 04/02/99 (I-SN315829).

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