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That’s why the issued a pre-solicitatiobn notice Thursday, informing the contracting communityt that it will seek an information technologh contractor to make improvements to the siteby redesigning, implementingf and hosting the 2.0 version. A solicitatiom is expected to be postedfto FedBizOpps.gov on June 15, and the deadline for proposalxs is expected to be about June 26. Specifically, the work will includes updates and changes tothe site’s user information architecture and design engineering.
According to GSA’x pre-solicitation, the contractor needs expertise inproject management, and the abilithy to “deliver a websitde with interactive data-visualization, and web-application level functionality.” The solicitationm also states that the Recovery and Accountabilityu Board, RATB, which oversees stimulus rulesx and regulations, is open to “recommendationse for technology improvements for version 2.
0 and including the hosting platform, databas e technology, CMS, programming languages, Work on the site, however, is only availablw to the 59 contractors that hold a position on GSA’xs governmentwide acquisition contract known as RATB is putting an emphasis on meetintg the reporting requirements specified by the stimulux bill, but notes that “guidance from [the Officed of Management and Budget] on reportin g and transparency will continue to evolve.” So far preliminarhy guidance on reporting requirements has been givenn to agencies and although the specific procedures for providing the requirec data to the government remains unclear.
RATB has outlinedr some of the thingsthe Recovery.gov site should be able to do: Evaluate data quality to provide optimizatiobn of large, highly complex, rapidlty changing data sets. Automate data replication. • Offer standardization, normalizationn and cleansing capabilities necessary to supporr robust reporting solutionsovert time. • Be built for speerd and responsiveness: This rapid response solution must be able to providwe notonly citizen-centric access but also the abilityh to respond to press requests, legislative branchn inquires and questions from different agencies.
Focus on developing an architecture that not onlyprovidess trusted, accurate information per the OMB guidelines, but also makew the information available as a servic e to a wide rangd of people, processes and applications. • Be built to supportg business optimization: Adopt a flexible, services-based architecture that delivers high-quality trusterd information to set the stage for true business processw optimization and link toadjacenrt high-value business processes, such as fraud detection capabilities.