D -- WORLDWIDE REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROCESSING SYSTEM

Notice to Vendors: The release of the solicitation has been delayed. The estimated release date is now 1 - 15 August 2006************************************************************ The United States Department of State will release the above referenced solicitation in approximately 60 days from todays date. If interested, respond by e-mail to contact@example.gov. No advance information will be provided prior to the release of the solicitation. The scope of this requirement is for a complete range of support to the management, operations, and WRAPS application software development, delivery, deployment and maintenance of the Refugee Processing Center (RPC) in Rosslyn, Virginia and the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS). The objective of this Task Order is to accomplish all the activities associated with providing the aforementioned support while employing industry best practices in project management and software development, including risk mitigation to ensure on-time delivery within budget and innovative techniques to minimize costs. The challenge is supporting and maintaining WRAPS as an operational system so that there is minimal or no disruption in the timely processing of refugees, and at the same time allowing for the planned addition of features and functionality as well as responding to field-driven changes. Rather than focus on simple operations and maintenance, DoS seeks a contractor that will bring a mission focus that provides highly effective, secure, and reliable computing and processing resources. The winning contractor must also continuously identify methods for applying information technology to improve PRM's mission performance and reduce program costs. DoS places special emphasis on the contractor's ability to proactively offer innovative solutions and look for ways to reduce the total life-cycle cost for WRAPS and the RPC, so that the savings realized from the program can be applied to benefit the processing of an even greater number of refugees. DoS is anticipating a best-value procurement emphasizing a stable cost environment with a potential term of 5 years.