Notice ID: 2032H5-24-N-00005
The Web Apps Application Development (AD) operates as a “prime integrator” across Web Apps Business and IT Delivery Partners in the organization across the Enterprise to deliver web-based applications…
The Web Apps AD performs the following services:
- Manages the execution of the program and is accountable for overall Program success
- Acts as the front door between IT and the Business
- Manages and executes the Product Roadmap & Release Plan
- Communicates and integrates across the Enterprise
- Executes the governance framework
- Manages scope, schedule, and cost associated with application delivery
- Coordinates resource and risk management
Objectives
The IRS is seeking to deliver information technology solutions and digital capabilities with improved reliability, using a common services approach to application development. The focus of the IRS model will be an agile approach utilizing Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI) methodologies to deliver applications that are fully tested with release-ready products scheduled for implementation.
The IRS has chosen a strategy for application development that will maintain an IRS staff presence but outsources most of the work, which alleviates resource shortages in the IRS IT organization while maintaining IRS oversight and direction for product development.
Applications will be designed to be user friendly for taxpayer self-assistance across a broad audience and seamlessly integrated with the rest of the IRS offerings. Work products will be designed pursuant to an agile or iterative development process as a preferred methodology. As IRS applications are subject to accessibility and early security reviews, close coordination with review protocols and stakeholders are necessary to achieve short development cycle(s) and application deployment(s). The Agile teams will have access to the Dev and Test environments while higher environments are restricted to Enterprise Operations (EOPSs) personnel.
Skill Requirements
The contractor shall provide technical methods, techniques, and concepts that are innovative, practical, cost-effective, and conducive to Agile/iterative application development, 508 Compliance and security testing. The contractor shall develop applications based on user stories that are evolving and emerge as the business climate shifts. It is expected that all code developed by the teams will be for new functionality or critical changes to existing functionality as identified and prioritized by the government product owners.
These acceptance criteria will specify expected functionality for a user story, as well as any non- functional requirements that must be met in story development. The IRS Product Owners supported by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Business Analysts will determine whether acceptance criteria have been satisfied.
A User Story will only be considered done when all the following conditions have been met:
- Code Completed and meets defined acceptance criteria
- Unit Test Passed
- Code Reviewed by EA and/or other applicable party
- Necessary logging has been incorporated (when applicable)
- Penetration Test Assessment/Vulnerability/Weakness/Defect Reports provided to Cybersecurity group
- Functional Testing Passed
- 508 Testing Passed (if applicable)
- Integration Testing Passed (if applicable)
- Performance Testing Passed (if applicable)
- Product Owner signs off on functionality delivered
The anticipated period of performance for this task order is:
Base Period: May 15,2024 – May 14,2025
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