Recovery Act Department of Agriculture ISDW

RECOVERY - THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE TO CONTRACTORS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER, ACQUISITION SERVICES DIRECTORATE, BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) REQUIREMENTS. The scope of work includes the following: The objective of this task order is to support the government in their role of managing the upcoming Electronic Data Warehouse (EDW) Program. Scope will include assisting the government in implementing an EDW program-level program management office (PMO) structure, policy, governance, processes, and tools needed to initiate, plan, monitor, and control the EDW program. The task order will then include supporting the government in operating the overall program-level PMO, and providing project-level PMO support for the EDW-related initiatives. Areas of support include milestone and deliverable reviews, acquisition support, enterprise architecture guidance, and organizational readiness necessary to help the program achieve its objectives. The EDW program will consist of the following individual project initiatives, each separately contracted out to system integrator(s) for execution: Transition to a New Data Warehouse Platform" Install a new data warehouse environment capable of supporting the agency's enterprise reporting needs." Migrate and document current data marts to the new environment." Position the agency to retire the legacy environment. Implementation of a New Enterprise Data Warehouse" Create an Enterprise Data Warehouse that provides a one-stop-shop for FSA data and metadata." Provide consistent access methods for integrated enterprise-wide reporting. Testing Services in Support of Data Warehouse Activities" Support integrated system and acceptance testing activities related to migration to new platform." Support integrated system and acceptance testing activities related to implementation of new EDW solution. While not a specific initiative to be managed within the scope of this task order, hosting services are provided by USDA's National Information Technology Center (NITC). The services provided by NITC include software, hardware, and system administration. Database administration services are provided by FSA personnel.