FAA shares draft RFI for NISC Enterprise Support Tasking (NEST) and announces related Virtual Demonstration Event

Notice ID 693KA9-24-NEST

The FAA will host a (virtual) live demonstration of the current NISC Information Management System and invite interested parties to attend. The demonstration is scheduled to take place on 1 November 2023. See demonstration and registration information listed below.

The purpose of the demonstration is to give a high-level overview of system capabilities and show how the current system functions. The demonstration will be non-technical in nature and no technical information will be given. The live demonstration will take place via Zoom or MS Teams.

The contractor must provide independent quality assurance and quality control of the currently operational NIMS/CMIS systems and its software rewrite efforts. This effort requires development, integration, upgrading, and automation with other associated systems as stated within subsection C.1.3. Offerer will maintain NIMS/CMIS security 2 certifications required to operate the software and its associated server hardware. In addition, the contractor must provide transition support to any potential new vendor.

Objectives The objectives of this SOW are to provide the following support:

• Software Architecture development oversight for the NIMS/CMIS program software development, KITT Financial Database (KFDB) reporting database, and NISC Invoice Approval Tool (NIAT);
• NIMS/CMIS (including test, dev, and mirror instances) documentation, testing, upgrades and implementation;
• Operations support for NIMS/CMIS for both NISC and TSSC through the workday downloading of Delphi and PRISM data into NIMS/CMIS to be used by NISC and TSSC customers;
• Create integrated reports in a database (KFDB) to include funding and other pertinent information from FAA Systems (PRISM/Delphi);
• Maintenance support for the NIMS/CMIS, i.e., correcting data inaccuracies and responding to customer requests to make routine changes and correct defects as they are identified;
• Maintain and update CMIS, which is dormant. CMIS needs to be available to users during contract closeout and as requested by Project Management Office (PMO), Contracting Officer Representative (COR), and Contracting Officer (CO);
• System upgrades would also include developing and integrating EVM financial dashboard (NED: NISC Enterprise Database) from the Contractor’s financial systems into NIMS. This would include but not be limited to projecting Task Order EAC (Esimate at Completion), ETC (Estimate to Complete) and other financial metrics;
• Support and maintain the current level of security certification by interfacing with the FAA Cyber security organization and conducting the necessary security threat detection and the associated documentation such as System Characterization Document (SCD), System Security Plan (SSP), and Plan of Action & Milestones (POAM) fixes;
• Comply with FAA IT policies and guidelines to include PIV/My Access security authentication layer integrated into CMIS;
• Transition NIMS/CMIS support to a potential new vendor over three – six months;
• Training and Updating User Guides as requested by PMO

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