IRS RFI: Business Tax Account

The contractor shall implement, develop, and support the capabilities that will transform the way business taxpayers interact with the IRS by providing a one-stop digital self-service solution that supports filing, data, and communication needs. The IRS is seeking a contractor with knowledge on digital integration activities, including collaboration with business and IT delivery partners.  Contractor support shall focus on the key components to enhance the business taxpayers experience as follows:

1. Implement innovative technologies to rapidly deliver user-centered, self-service digital capabilities that help business taxpayers manage their taxes.
2. Provide product development support with an emphasis on agile, test-driven development, and continuous integration methodologies to assist and enhance efforts to secure new applications.
3. Work collaboratively with Government designated points-of-contact to define requirements, provide infrastructure environments, and deliver functional capabilities.
4. Furnish all necessary services, qualified personnel, material, and methodologies as needed and approved by IRS to perform agile IT program and project management, and development support services for WebApps online applications.
5. Work with the Office of Online Services (OLS), IT, and business customers to build designs based on customer input through focus groups consisting of internal business stakeholders and external business taxpayer end users.
6. Provide personnel for planning including analysis, recommendations, and execution to support the delivery of working WebApps capabilities while interfacing with IRS leadership teams to ensure overall delivery is timely and meets functionality requirements.
7. Participate in capacity planning for new feature development, planning, elaboration, solution design, developing code and other artifacts against the user stories and security requirements documented or as assigned by the government …

The initial (base) period of performance (POP) for this order is 12 months. There will also be two option periods of 12 months, for a total period of performance for 36 months. The POP is expected to begin on the date of the contract kickoff meeting. The not to exceed (NTE) ceiling on this contract in totality between $15M and $20M. Total contract value will be determined at the time of award.

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