MODIFICATION
R -- Market Survey - Request for Information - IT Services for DoD Purchase Card Data Mining and Risk Analysis
- Notice Date
- 2/7/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, OSD Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy, OSD Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 2B137, Washington, District of Columbia, 20301-3060, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20301-3060
- Solicitation Number
- HQ0102-12-0001
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2011
- Point of Contact
- Chris Webster,
- E-Mail Address
-
chris.webster@dla.mil
(chris.webster@dla.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Amendment: The Sources Sought HQ0102-12-0001 - Amendment 0001 is amended as follows: 1. A Purchase Card On-Line System (PCOLS) Webinar Demonstration will be conducted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) for the following: a. White Paper responders to the original Sources Sought - HQ0102-12-0001 b. White Paper responders to the Sources Sought - HQ0102-12-0001 - Amendment 0001 c. An e-mail invite to all the White Paper responders listed in 1.a and 1.b. above will be sent on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 with connectivity information. d. The Government is NOT responsible for any costs associated with the responder's ability to attend the webinar. 2. The Government reserves the right to invite selected White Paper responders to demonstrate their systems, at no cost to the Government, in the D.C. area the third week of April 2012. The objectives to showcase Commercial off-the-shelf (COTs) solution(s) that fit the needs of the program. Potential respondents are reminded that the acquisition objective is to acquire the services of a system integrator (SI). Hence, software solutions that not offered by a prospective system integrator (SI) do not meet the criteria of this market research effort. E-mail invitations and No Cost Demonstration Agreement will be sent on Friday, 23 March 2012. Criteria for selection to participate in a No Cost Demonstrations include: a. White Paper content b. PCOLS Webinar Demonstration attendance c. Bilateral No Cost Demonstration Agreement returned NLT Monday, 02 April 2012 - The Government is NOT responsible for any costs associated with the responder's demonstration. 3. White Paper responses to HQ0102-12-0001 - Amendment 0001 are required to be submitted to: Mr. C. W. Webster, e-mail: chris.webster@dla.mil by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Wednesday, 07 March 2012. If a company previously submitted a white paper to the original HQ0102-12-0001, it is not necessary to respond to this announcement unless the company has new information to provide based upon this amendment.. 4. The Government will only accept written questions, via email, to Mr. C.W. Webster, e-mail: chris.webster@dla.mil until 4:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, 06 March 2012. 5. Those responding to the original Sources Sought are not required to submit a second White Paper and will be invited to the PCOLS Webinar Demonstration. 6. Synopsis amended to add paragraph 2 after the second bullet of paragraph 1. 7. Vendor Qualifications amended 8. White Paper content amended. 9. No additional information amended. Synopsis: This is a Market Survey for Information Technology, I.T. professional services. In 2007, the Department of Defense (DoD) Purchase Card Program Management Office (PCPMO) procured a Data Mining and Risk Assessment (DM/RA) capability to: • Identify and report fraudulent and abusive spending and theft and misuse of government property associated with its purchase/payment cards; and • Report on the overall health of DoD Purchase Card programs at various levels in the reporting hierarchy, based on compliance with purchase card internal controls as a component of the Purchase Card On-Line System (PCOLS) This Market Survey represents a restructuring of the acquisition strategy for the Data Mining-Risk Assessment (DM-RA) portion of the PCOLS Program. There are two over-arching goals: 1) System integration as a program management function that achieves efficiency and intelligent use of existing data and data streams. 2) Use of the latest and most effective technology to mine purchase card data and create dynamic analysis of that data through business intelligence. Acquisition Objective: The Purchase card On-Line System (PCOLS) has several components. This Market Survey is related to the integration of the Data Mining and Risk Assessment (DM & RA) applications associated with the PCOLS application suite. The Government is seeking information on how an interested contractor would perform as the System Integrator (SI) for the DoD Purchase Card Program Management Office to perform tasks associated maintaining and sustaining the Data Mining and Risk Management functions of PCOLS while bringing together the component subsystems of the Purchase card Program into synergy and helping ensure that those subsystems function seamlessly. Such a firm would act as the Purchase Card Program Management Office's primary crossing point to PCOLS vendors, ensuring that business requirements are appropriately interpreted and integrated into the functional and technical architecture. This includes project management, scheduling, requirements gathering, software development, testing, and change control processes in coordination with the Program Management Offices. Business Objective(s): The over-arching business objective is the adaptation of new technology which can be effectively and affordably deployed in PCOLS quickly by the selected System Integrator (SI). The functional business objective is to mine data from Purchase Card transactions via the deployment of a data-screening tool that uses a combination of discreet DoD-tailored business rules to detect card misuse, and a "neural learning" capability that enables the identification of transactions at the most risk of being fraudulent or abusive. The transactions mined will be screened, scored, and when appropriate, referred-to card mangers for review, and archived. In addition, the system is to "learn" from past transactions to build a knowledge base that improves scoring accuracy over time. This fully scalable risk assessment application will be equal or equivalent-to the current COTs sub-system (FICO's Falcon® Fraud ManagerTM). On a monthly basis, it provides a report card, based on transaction through-put from numerous financial institutions, which identifies and stratifies at-risk transactions, based-on the internal business rules established to ensure robust internal control of card use. This objective also includes the delivery of configurable web-delivered reporting within the confines of DoD Information Assurance regulations, including CAC-enabled single-sign-on for users. Systems Description: PCOLS includes the DMDC Enterprise Monitoring and Management of Accounts (EMMA) which is used by multiple DoD information systems, Authorization, Issuance, and Maintenance (AIM), Data Mining (DM) and Risk Assessment (RA). EMMA is an application for the verification and provisioning of credit card officials and their supervisors. AIM is a workflow application for the approval, issuance and maintenance of the purchase card and provides the capabilities to the DM application to screen each purchase card transaction. DM and RA are a combined third party service. The DM algorithms uses DoD specific risk indicators coupled with account profiles, purchase patterns and purchase card transactions with the greatest potential for fraud, waste and abuse in regards to the laws, regulations and policies governing the DoD Purchase Card Program. The RA application provides Approving/Billing Officials (A/BOs), Agency/Organizational Program Coordinators (A/OPCs) and the Office of Program Development Implementation (PDI) with system generated transactions that have been identified at various levels of risk for action and response in the RA application. System Architecture: Closely associated with DM&RA is a sub-system developed by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) which uses existing DoD personnel data in an integrated workflow to authorize Purchase Cardholder accounts and to process the results of the data mining output. DMDC maintains the historical files on purchase card transactions for the PMO. The selected contractor will be required to work closely with DMDC to ensure well-coordinated integration of these sub-systems. PCOLS Transaction Profile: In FY 2010 DoD issued over 40,000 cards, at any time having approximately 105,783 cards and 48,800 managing accounts and processed 8,884,734 purchase card transactions through the PCOLS application valued at $7,772,622,463. Vendor Qualifications: The contractor shall exhibit experience as a System Integrator (SI). The contractor will be responsible to possess the necessary facilities, qualified personnel, supplies and equipment necessary to operate as a System Integrator (SI) to connect with the existing FICO Data Mining (DM) and Risk Assessment (RA) applications, or an equal-or-better COTS Data Mining and Risk Assessment application suite that is fully developed and tested. No vapor ware or under-development Data Mining and Risk Assessment applications will be entertained. If a respondent chooses to utilize the services of sub-tier vendors or subcontractors, those vendors or subcontractors must also meet these criteria. The Government anticipates full and open competition procedures for a single award of a Firmed Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), for a base award and four option periods. White Paper Content: Interested companies should submit a white paper that includes a brief description to include the following information: 1. System Integrator (SI) capabilities and experience. 2. The Contractor has a developed and tested COTS application or applications which are equal to or better than the FICO Data Mining and Risk Assessment applications. If yes, provide information on the Data Mining and Risk Assessment applications to include the type of technology for the development and testing of the applications along with deployment histories; and then proceed to Item 3. If no, proceed to Item 3 3. Summary Personnel Qualifications 4. Past experience in Data Mining and Purchase Card Operations 5. Past U.S. Government Contract experience. 6. Facility security clearance level. 7. Technology NAICS Codes in which the offeror normally conducts business. 8. Is the offeror small or large business. Note: Clearly mark any information that is proprietary. More information about PCOLS may be located at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/eb/pcols.html. Vendor Notification: This Market Survey is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U. S. Government. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. No award will be made as a result of this Market Survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Any information that the responder considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned, including any proprietary information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. All submissions become the property of the Government without restriction as-to their future use. Please submit your responses to: Mr. C. W. Webster, e-mail: chris.webster@dla.mil by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Wednesday, 07 March 2012. The Government will only accept written questions, via email, until 4:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, 06 March 2012. Contracting Office Address: 3060 Defense Pentagon 2B137 Washington, District of Columbia 20301-3060 United States Primary Point of Contact: Chris Webster, POC chris.webster@dla.mil
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