On November 18, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
posted a request for information for Research Acquisition Suite (RAS) Support. Responses are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on
December 19.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking
information on continued development of the Research Acquisition Suite (RAS)
Tool. 1.2 The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to determine
interest, feasibility, and capability only for state of the art solutions for
further prototype development and deployment efforts related to the RAS Tool.
The NGA Research Programs and Plans, and Program Execution
teams started an initiative in January 2017 to overhaul old Research
acquisition processes, while being responsive to NGA Acquisition Strategic
objectives. The initiative involved developing new business processes, a new
concept of operations, and a new acquisition framework. The Research
Acquisition Suite (RAS) tool evolved from this initiative. Once fully completed
and implemented, the RAS tool will become the formal mechanism to capture and
approve Programs, Projects and Acquisition Requirements within Research and
other NGA directorate(s).
To be able to support NGA, NGA is seeking information that
demonstrates experience in all areas listed below:
· Intelligence Programming,
Planning, Budgeting, and Execution (IPPBE).
·
Industry standard agile software development.
·
Developing acquisition requirement and approval workflows.
·
Developing dashboards and integrated data visualization tools.
·
Generating custom reports based on data analysis.
· Transitioning prototype
systems from development to operations.
· Cloud compliant
applications.
·
Security accreditations.
· Cleared personnel.
Full information is available here.
Source: SAM
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