HR Connect Industry Day January 20, 2011. Agenda Welcome/introductions/ground rules Background...

HR Connect Industry DayJanuary 20, 2011

Agenda

• Welcome/introductions/ground rules• Background• Acquisition strategy/timeline• HR Connect concept of operations• Wrap-up

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Agenda


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• No handouts will be provided• Focus for today

– Provide background information to vendors

• Intention– Increase competition

• Any question/any time

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Ground Rules

• The remarks today by the HR Connect Program Office are not a guarantee of the Treasury’s course of action in proceeding with this procurement.

• The information shared today represents current HR Connect program status and may change based on internal and external circumstances.

• The formal solicitations, when issued, are the only documents that should be relied upon in determining the Treasury’s official requirements.

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The “Fine Print”

• Mitigate project risk by removing as much ambiguity as possible; develop realistic expectations for HR Connect and industry, before release of RFP

– Inform industry of current acquisition status/seek industry’s feedback on approach, viability and risks as they relate to industry’s ability to meet Treasury’s HR IT requirements

– Encourage industry to gain better insight into current HR Connect capabilities, Treasury customer requirements, and IT management processes/ mitigate risks

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Today’s Objectives

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● Designated HR LOB since 2005● Strength and relevance through HR/IT collaboration ● Dedicated and service-oriented● Outward-looking● Established in 2000/Serving 150,000● Major customers:

– All Treasury Bureaus– GAO– HUD– Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms (Justice)– U.S. Secret Service (Homeland Security)

● Aligns with human capital mission

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What is HR Connect?

● Integrated platform: information/processes/tools

● Supported by a hybrid of products – customized COTS, SaaS applications and other federal applications

• PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 and PeopleTools

– New user interface

– Expanded functionality

• EODS

• Workforce Analytics/MD 715 compliant

• Other considerations: Monster Government Solutions, Plateau LMS, NFC payroll integration, eOPF etc.

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Today’s HR Connect

• System of Record – complete by 9/2011• Enhanced EODS (incl. provisioning/pre-hire) –

complete by 9/2011• Integrated Talent Management application

– Competency management– Performance management– Workforce planning– Career development

• Building identity management (PDS)– Employees– Contractors– Service-oriented architecture (SOA)

• Upgraded LMS to Plateau 6.2• Portal: employees and managers

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Recent / Current Projects

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• Two contract vehicles:– Operations, maintenance and improvement (firm

fixed price contract via TIPSS-4)– New projects (firm fixed price and time and

materials BPA via GSA, Schedule 70)• Goals:

– Maintain effective and efficient operation– Maximize flexibility and innovation: customers gain

more value for their money

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Current Thinking – Acquisition Strategy

• Manages relationships

• Sets the vision

• Works with non-Treasury customers and Treasury Bureaus

• Works with contractor partners through hands-on engagement, and on-site

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HR Connect Government Team

• Management• Technical Architecture (System

Administration, Database Administration, Network Administration)

• Development (Functional Requirements, Design, Development, and Deployment)

• Deployments for New Customers• Configuration Management• Functional Enhancements• System Problem Reports• Pay Adjustments• Interfaces• Tier 3 Support• Includes optional CLINS, e.g. O&M of new

customers• Software patches and upgrades• Usability Improvements and Web Design

• Deployments for new customers• Emerging Technologies• New Projects• Usability Improvements and Web Design

One vendor for Operations/MaintenancePerformance Work Statement/Firm, Fixed Price

Multiple Vendors for New Work (Blanket Purchase Agreement/Firm, Fixed Price and

Time and Materials)

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Contract Components

• Treasury Enterprise HR IT Capability (with an interface to the National Finance Center) that meets Federal HR Business Requirements

• Entry on Duty, Workforce Analytics, Employee, Manager, and HR Self Service for Employees, Managers, and Human Resources Practitioners, ePerformance

• Information security• Technical architecture• Functional requirements• Software development• Test and evaluation• Deployment• Production operations• Maintenance and improvement• Integration to software as a service product suite includes eOPF,

CareerConnector, Treasury Learning Management System, Timekeeping, Integrated Talent Management, and Bureau unique systems

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Optional CLINs, primarily for acceptance of products from the BPA – examples: two new customer deployments per year ; two new projects per year; one usability improvement project insertion per year

Operations and Maintenance Contract

• Deployments for new customers Phase I (Fit-Gap Review) Phase II (Deployment) Cost to transition to O&M will be part of deployment price, if appropriate

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BPA Workstreams

• New Technologies– Phase I: technology assessment– Phase II: prototype (proof of concept)– Phase III: verification (capability built to HR

Connect standards)– Phase IV: validation (capability meets validated

functional requirements) – Cost to transition to O&M part of new technology

implementation project, if appropriate

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BPA Workstreams

• New Projects– Phase I: requirements– Phase II: design – Phase III: development and unit test– Phase IV: acceptance– Cost to transition to O&M will be part of the new

project cost, if appropriate

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BPA Workstreams

• Usability improvements, web design, and deployment– Phase I: technology assessment– Phase II: prototype (proof of concept)– Phase III: verification– Phase IV: validation – Cost to transition to O&M part of usability

improvement project cost, if appropriate

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BPA Workstreams

• Government Responsibilities:– Technical authority and final authority for portfolio

of capabilities – Requirements Management– Test and Evaluation– Final authority on design– Contract Management and oversight of all

activities

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BPA Workstream Transition to Operations and Maintenance

• BPA vendor responsibilities:– Plan and develop new capabilities– Transition the new capabilities to O&M based on

established criteria:• Developed in accordance with standards to ease

transition to O&M• Pass government user acceptance testing • Provide consulting support after production go-live for

period of time, depending on complexity (Government’s option)

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• O&M vendor responsibilities:– Responsibility for operations, maintenance, and

improvement– Plan for acceptance of new capabilities (both

technologies and new projects) developed under the BPA

– Ensure that new capabilities can be maintained– Accept responsibility to maintain new capabilities

upon government approval

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• Request for proposal– end of second quarter, FY 2011

• Contracts awarded– end of fourth quarter, FY 2011

• Period of Performance:– O&M (TIPSS - 4), base + 5 option years– BPA (GSA Schedule 70), base + 5 option years

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Acquisition Timeline Goals / Assumptions

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• Available - 99.0%• Usable - 90% customer satisfaction level• Continuously improved - 100% of deployment milestones

achieved• NIST Security Categorization –

– HR Connect categorized as a High System per NIST guidelines– EODS categorized as a Moderate System per NIST guidelines

• Interoperable - 100% interface accuracy with downstream systems

• Compliant - Meets OPM HR LOB HR and payroll requirements

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Key Performance Parameters

• Five O&M Managed HR Connect Data Centers1. IRS Detroit Computing Center (DCC)

• HR Connect Production, Development & Test• EODS Development & Test

2. USDA National Information Technology Center (NITC)• HR Connect DR site

3. OPM Macon, GA• Public Internet facing EODS PeopleSoft Portal application• Production and UAT

• www.workplace.gov/DO/• test.workplace.gov/DO/ • OPM manages physical hardware, network and O/S• HRCPO O&M vendor manages applications and portal databases.

4. OPM Boyers, PA• EODS DR site

5. HR Connect Program Office, Washington, DC• Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting servers• HRCPO Network hardware

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Infrastructure

Data Center Footprint

http://www.workplace.gov/DO/

Infrastructure (cont’d)

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O&M WAN & LAN Information

• Treasury network – TNET– Wide Area Nework (WAN) provider is AT&T– Managed under the Networx Universal contract– Maintains “treasury.gov” network

• HR Connect Virtual Lans (VLAN)– Managed by HRCPO O&M vendor– Two domains– Remote system administration to all HRCPO managed data

centers.• Utilize secure SSH, SFTP & Terminal Server access.

– In-house Certificate Authority (CA) for non-production applications and servers.

O&M Vendor Managed Infrastructure Software• Sun Solaris 10 Operating System• Windows 2003 Operating System• Cisco Network hardware• Fujitsu, Netapp & DataDomain Storage• Symantec NetBackup• Veritas Cluster Server, File System and Volume manager software• HR Connect HCM application

– Oracle 10gR2– Peopletools 8.49.16– Integration Broker

• EODS Peoplesoft Portal application– Oracle 11gR1– Oracle Advance Security Option – Transparent Data Encryption– Peopletools 8.50.03– Integration Broker

• PIV Data Synchronization (PDS) application– Oracle 11gR1 SOA repository– Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.3.0 – Weblogic 10.3.3– Jdeveloper Studio 11.1.1.3.0

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O&M Vendor Managed Infrastructure Hardware


Data Center Unix Servers

Windows Servers

Enterprise SAN/NAS

Network firewalls, routers,

and switches

DCC Data Center 20 5 2 6

NITC DR Data Center 6 1 1 4

OPM Data Center (Macon, GA)*All hardware and O/S managed by OPM staff via HRCPO and OPM data center SLA

9 0 0 3

OPM DR Data Center (Boyers, PA)*All hardware and O/S managed by OPM staff via HRCPO and OPM data center SLA

4 0 0 2

HR Connect (Washington, DC) 2 19 1 5

• HR Connect has configurable functionality for customer needs

• One business unit with 17 unique SETIDs• Approximately 20,000 customizations (objects

touched)– External Objects as of 10/27/10 ~ 1,000– PeopleSoft Objects as of 10/27/10 ~ 19,000

• Job scheduling: Control-M• Configuration Management Tools: Rational Unified

Productivity Package (RUP)• WAN provider: AT&T

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Wrap-UpThank You For Attending!!!

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