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That’s why the issued a pre-solicitatiob notice Thursday, informing the contracting community that it will seek an informatio technology contractor to make improvements to the site by implementing and hostingthe 2.0 A solicitation is expected to be postef to FedBizOpps.gov on June 15, and the deadlinw for proposals is expected to be aboutr June 26. Specifically, the work will include updatexs and changes tothe site’s user information architecture and design According to GSA’s pre-solicitation, the contractor needs expertise in project management, and the abilitg to “deliver a website with interactive and web-application level functionality.
” The solicitation also stateas that the Recovery and Accountability RATB, which oversees stimulus rules and is open to “recommendations for technology improvementsw for version 2.0 and beyond, including the hostiny platform, database technology, CMS, programming languages, Work on the site, however, is only availabl to the 59 contractors that hold a positionh on GSA’s governmentwide acquisition contract known as Alliant.
RATB is puttingg an emphasis on meeting the reportingh requirements specified by thestimuluw bill, but notes that “guidance from [the Office of Management and Budget] on reporting and transparency will continue to So far preliminary guidance on reporting requirements has been given to agencies and contractors, althouguh the specific procedures for providing the requirefd data to the governmen t remains unclear. RATB has outlined some of the thingthe Recovery.gov site should be able to do: Evaluate data quality to providee optimization of large, highly rapidly changing data sets. Automate data replication.
• Offer standardization, normalizatio n and cleansing capabilities necessary to support robusr reporting solutionsovert time. • Be builg for speed and responsiveness: This rapid response solutionn must be able to providr notonly citizen-centric access but also the abilitg to respond to press requests, legislative branchh inquires and questions from different agencies. • Focus on developinv an architecture that not only provides accurate information per the OMB but also makes the information available as a servicre to a wide range of processesand applications.
• Be built to supporrt business optimization: Adopt a services-based architecture that delivers high-quality trusted information to set the stags for true business procesx optimization and link toadjacenty high-value business processes, such as fraufd detection capabilities.