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
• Welcome/introductions/ground rules• Background• Acquisition strategy/timeline• HR Connect concept of operations• Wrap-up
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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
Agenda
• Welcome/introductions/ground rules• Background• Acquisition strategy/timeline• HR Connect concept of operations• Wrap-up
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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
Agenda
• Welcome/introductions/ground rules• Background• Acquisition strategy/timeline• HR Connect concept of operations• Wrap-up
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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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BPA Workstream Transition to Operations and Maintenance
• 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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BPA Workstream Transition to Operations and Maintenance
• 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
Agenda
• Welcome/introductions/ground rules• Background• Acquisition strategy/timeline• HR Connect concept of operations• Wrap-up
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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
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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Infrastructure (cont’d)
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O&M Vendor Managed Infrastructure Hardware
Infrastructure (cont’d)
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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Infrastructure (cont’d)
Wrap-UpThank You For Attending!!!