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The Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) on behalf of the Product Lead (PL) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) – Army Case Execution System (ACES) (hereafter FMS-ACES) under U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) is seeking information on the following: (1) approaches in developing and deploying a secure solution that automates Army Case Execution business processes in support of FMS, (2) delivery timeline, to include incremental releases, and (3) overall costs.

Specifically, the Army is seeking an innovative FMS-ACES solution that accounts for technology evolution and technology insertion with minimal impact to solution composition, provides dynamic business rules generation to accommodate evolving mission scenarios, allows for data model extensibility for unique Government data elements associated with Laws, Policies, Regulations, and Directives (LPRDs) and interfaces, and meets requirements with minimal customization.

In addition, the FMS-ACES solution must be successfully delivered through agile development and deployment cycles that maximize (1) Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) automation to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), (2) compliance with the Continuous Risk Management Framework (cRMF), and (3) attainment of a Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO).

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes and responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Information received in response to this RFI shall be safeguarded adequately from unauthorized disclosure.

Disclaimer: This RFI is for informational purposes only. This is not a “request for proposal (RFP)” to be submitted. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of response to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned to the responder. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor websites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. *Review all attachments before responding to this RFI.