The Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), Army G-8, Program Budget Data Management Division (PBDMD), has a requirement for Planning Programming Budgeting Business Operating System (PPBBOS) – III.

The Program Budget Data Management Division (PBDMD) of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), Army G-8, Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E) manages the PPBBOS II contract and will manage the PPBBOS-III contract. G-8, PA&E is responsible for providing support during the Department of Defense Planning, Programming, and Budgeting (PPB) process culminating in the annual submission of the Army’s portion of the President’s Budget.

Inherent in this responsibility is the management of the ARC/cPROBE hosted in a cloud environment and the oversight of all Information Technologies (IT) and the requirements for developing, administering, maintaining, and enhancing automated data and information systems that ensure efficient business operating processes.

ARC/cPROBE consists of multiple managed cloud environments and numerous hosted data, applications, and processes that enable Army Planning, Programming and Budgeting (PPB) processes to develop the Army Future Years Defense Program.

• The contractor shall provide services for the business capability definition; architectural design and evaluation; prototyping; engineering development; configuration, integration, and migration activities, along with maintenance and sustainment of all business applications, and cloud infrastructure items. Each of these components will be executed throughout the life of this contract.
  • Component I: Cloud Infrastructure Activities
  • Component II: Security Activities
  • Component III: Maintenance and Sustainment Activities
  • Component IV: New Development of Systems/Applications
  • Component V: Enterprise Reporting
  • Component VI: Data Services
  • Component VII: Data Science Services
• The above 7 components are mutually exclusive; separate activities that will run in parallel throughout the contract period of performance. Conceptually this encompasses more than just the acquisition of a Defense Business System (DBS); it weaves together all Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF) to deploy a set of integrated business capabilities.
• During the course of contract performance, the contractor shall introduce and maintain innovative approaches for sustaining the application suite for the architecture and capabilities within the constantly changing environment. The contractor shall develop and implement processes and provide system support for new and current initiatives that are developed within the numerous process improvements underway within Army, G-8, and PA&E including:
  • Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS)
  • Single Army Financial Enterprise (SAFE)
  • Consolidated Identity Management (Army/DoD Enterprise Identity and Access Management (IdAM) and other evolving enterprise processes)
  • Army Request for Information Technology (ARFIT)
  • Model-Based Integrated Process Improvement Methodology
  • FEIMA
• The operating environment will dictate much of the engineering and project approach. Due to the nature and high frequency of changes within this environment, an integrated solution must be identified and deployed to meet emerging business requirements. Frequent, incremental updates will be the key to success; the analysis and engineering teams must be able to adapt their methodology to support the PPB operational requirements. This approach shall address all areas including maintaining an evolving architecture, maintenance and sustainment of Army Resource Cloud environment, systems and applications. The objective of the overall analysis of the architecture is to evolve system architectures and capabilities that enable future business process capabilities
• The contractor shall provide a plan for consolidating services while promoting Net- Centric data sharing, and Business Modernization Management requirements. Consolidation of IT services shall strengthen accountability and leadership and is a crucial strategy in achieving the PPB performance priorities and goals while better managing costs through centralization and elimination of redundant services and equipment. Consolidation will improve risk management by coordinating technical support staff’s plans for and responses to security threats. The contractor shall provide a methodology of system implementation that removes redundant or unnecessary processes.
• The contractor shall deliver an Implementation and Transformation project plan that addresses the government’s service needs, fits within the government’s financial constraints, and allows for future growth and change.