Notice ID: RFI202508
The Government plans to schedule one-on-one sessions with a few industry respondents with commercial software sourcing and vendor management experience, based on their RFI responses.
Problem Statement – The IRS currently lacks the knowledge, expertise, and market information to establish and manage commercial software license agreements and licensing models that effectively and efficiently support enterprise-wide modernization initiatives and provide cost avoidance.
Technology improvements at the IRS must always be driven by what will improve customer service and enforcement and in a way that secures taxpayer information. The key dependency for many IT initiatives is the modernization of our core IT infrastructure and business processes to get the full value of the data we have.
This Statement of Objectives describes the objectives and outcomes the IRS requires to improve the utility of commercial software license agreements that enable IT modernization initiatives and maximizes cost efficiency.
The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain contractor services to establish and operate a Software Portfolio Management program that transforms how the IRS acquires commercial software, incorporates vendor management best practices, and optimizes cost avoidance.
The Software Portfolio Management program is essential to the delivery of the following Objectives and Initiatives in the IRS’ Inflation Reduction Act’s Strategic Operating Plan.
Objective 4 – Deliver cutting-edge technology, data, and analytics to operate more effectively.
- Initiative 4.2 – Accelerate technology delivery.
- Initiative 4.3 – Improve technology operations.
- Initiative 4.4 – Continue to ensure data security.
Business Task Areas: Establish and operate a Software Portfolio Management program that enables IRS modernization initiatives, transforms software acquisition, and maximizes cost avoidance.
- Develop a Software Portfolio Management plan that includes strategic goals and objectives, program governance, forecasting, business process improvement, risk management, and knowledge management.
- Establish performance goals, measures, and metrics to evaluate the overall cost efficiency, effectiveness of commercial software license agreements and licensing models.
- Draft acquisition package documents to implement the goals and objectives of the Software Portfolio Management program. Development and approval of acquisition strategies and software requirements are an IRS responsibility.
- Develop and refine standard operating procedures, to include business processes and a vendor management roadmap, for acquiring commercial software.
- Monitor & measure progress towards established performance goals, objectives, and metrics with a focus on cost avoidance and return-on-investment.
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