Notice ID: GSA-RFQ-1696978
The official Request For Quote (RFQ) for the Enterprise Systems Testing (EST) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is posted on GSA eBuy under GSA RFQ No. 1696978. All quotes must be submitted via GSA eBuy.
Historically, the EST program has been operating the functional testing, integration testing, and performance testing with contractual arrangements utilizing Work Requests that indicate the required work to be performed, period of performance of each project/system, contractor resources (skill mix and hours), work details, deliverables and due dates within a specific the Period of Performance. These Work Requests were changed when contractor resources required movement from one project to another based on the urgency of the needs or legislation that dictates testing. Deliverable due dates were also often changed due to late delivery of programs or testing environment issues. The intent of this BPA PWS is to issue individual Task Orders (TOs) that were previously issued as Work Requests.
The IRS requires contractor support to accomplish the following objectives:
- Perform application and system testing functions and services for EST.
- Deliver applications to production with zero defects.
- Automate and streamline testing activities to occur earlier in delivery cycles reducing manual labor and increasing coverage.
- Promote more efficient Test Data Management (TDM) processes to ensure application software can be validated with minimal dependency on copies of sensitive production data.
- Help the IRS transition its current testing practices to establish and continuously improve a disciplined practice that increases delivery velocity, quality, and job satisfaction while reducing cost and risk.
The period of performance of the BPA will be five (5) years.
The contractor shall conform to the prescribed IRS One Solution Delivery Life Cycle (OneSDLC) Development Paths for designated projects, which employ some of the key attributes of the Waterfall and Agile methodology.
The contractor should demonstrate extensive experience in enterprise-wide independent verification and validation.
Evaluation
The Government intends on awarding three (3) Unrestricted BPAs and three (3) Small business BPAs for a total of six (6) BPAs to the responsible Offerors whose offer conforming to this solicitation presents the greatest overall benefit or “best value” to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will employ a “trade-off” approach for making this determination.
The Government intends to conduct evaluations in two (2) pools. One (1) pool of evaluations will be conducted for Small Business and one (1) pool of evaluations will be conducted for Unrestricted. Vendors must clearly declare if they wish to be considered for the Small Business pool or the Unrestricted pool.
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