Presented by:Chris Fornecker General Services Administration How the Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) eGov Program is Addressing Challenges Defense IT Acquisition Summit November 12, 2009

2 Federal Systems in the Acquisition Process Generate Requirement Solicit Requirement Review Offers Evaluate Offers/Select Vendor Create Contract Administer Contract Close-Out Now encompasses FedTeDS How do I let Vendors know that I need something? How do I know whether a Vendor is offering what I need? How do I create a contract with all of the appropriate information? How do all the right people receive the contract information they need? How does all the spending information get tracked? Federal/IAE Systems Support the Acquisition Process How do I know if a vendor is reliable? Agencies/Services Responsible for executing these steps

3 Current IAE Systems No shared services : Different Databases, Different Helpdesks Stovepipe services Challenges : Takes too long to make changes Costs too much to make enhancements Incomplete Requirements Testing fails to find latent defects While we have lots of room for improvement, sharing services is significantly cheaper than the alternative where each agency duplicates the services!

4 Approach 1.Emphasize business services rather than underlying information technology products – Implement Service Oriented Architecture 2.The IAE Program Management Office will become the system integrator A.The PMO will establish separate contracts for level 1 help desk, hosting, architecture and operations and maintenance, and system enhancements B.Move from individual contracts for each system to an overall IAE architecture and operations and maintenance support contract – ie, organize contract support to emphasize integration rather than the continuation of stovepipes 3.Enhance competition and the ability for small contractors to bid on enhancements A.Competitively award 2-4 software enhancement contracts per year B.Manage code base using open source methodology - Government owns and maintains all custom developed code

5 Acquisition Strategy – End State Hosting Contract Hosting Contract Architecture & O&M Contract Architecture & O&M Contract Help Desk Contract Help Desk Contract Software Enhancemen t Contracts Software Enhancemen t Contracts IAE PMO