Notice ID: 36C10B24Q0511
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Information Resource Center (VIReC) requires software and associated support services to modernize its web environment that runs on the open-source DotNetNuke (DNN) platform. This includes commercial off the shelf (COTS) software designed for developing and customizing the open-source DNN platform and optional tasks for support services, professional services for software maintenance, troubleshooting, and customization.
The COTS software shall support development and customization of the DNN open-source platform and shall be maintained and updated regularly to ensure compatibility with the most recent versions of this platform.
The COTS software shall be used in four web environments (sandbox, test/development, staging/pre-production, and production) and licensing shall accommodate the addition of any future web environments.
The software shall be extensible and include but not be limited to modules for the following:
- Online communities and community collaboration spaces (Q&A and topical discussion forums, threaded conversations and comments, community management tools, blogs, Wikis, etc.)
- Social engagement and community interaction (user profiles; follow topics, tags, users; notifications; gamification and reputation systems; voting/rating; sharing attachments, code, links, etc.)
- Knowledge organization and publication (structure content with tags, type, group, hierarchy, etc.; admin/user generated tags; tag management system; workflows; permissions; versioning)
- Global search features (advanced search/filter by tag, type, community; search across all modules/entire site)
- Improving user experience (responsive user interface (UI); accordion, tabs, tooltips; themes; robust search; centralization of information)
- Analytics tools (dashboard, measures key metrics like user engagement, participation, page views)
The Contractor shall provide perpetual software licensing for the COTS software. The contractor shall provide access to product updates, new features, and patches. The contractor shall include documentation and videos provided with the software licenses.
The Period of Performance (PoP) shall be a 12-month base period from date of award with four (4) 12-month Option Periods to be exercised at the Government s discretion. This effort includes two (2) optional tasks for support services and professional services that can be exercised at any time during the period of performance.
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