On June 25, the
Virginia Contracting Activity, on behalf of the Defense Intelligence Agency,
posted a request for information for a Converged Intelligence Mission Data
(IMD) Tool. Responses are due by 12:00 p.m. Eastern on July 23.
The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research for the
converged IMD tool requirement, At this time, the government intends to set
this acquisition aside for an 8(a) small business competition. However, the
results of this RFI will assist in the acquisition strategy decision (set aside
vs. full and open competition). The results of this RFI will assist in the
strategy decision.
The Department of
Defense (DOD) requires modular interfaces and microservices developed using
commercial best practices with requirements derived from direct collaboration
with stakeholders and end-users in order to support the processes and
interactions between and among acquisition, intelligence, requirements and
operational communities. These components will drive continued business process
improvement in the identification, planning, management, and tracking of
intelligence requirements and associated production to better understand and
mitigate risk.
DIA requires the Contractor to develop, update, sustain, operate and enhance a software tool capability to used by members of the acquisition, requirements, operational and intelligence communities to support and aid in the identification of intelligence requirements; management of priorities, planning and production of intelligence products, enterprise data analytics, communication, and other associated processes.
Full information is available here.
Source: FedBizOpps
By Loren Blinde
June 26, 2019
