Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is conducting market research for a cost modeling and financial management software solution. The solution should be able to categorize and report costs against the VA's Office of Information & Technology (OI&T) Budget Structure and calculate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for IT products and services. The desired outcome is to have a single, unified view of IT cost and related resource consumption. The contractor will provide ongoing configuration support, mentoring, and education to ensure the VA can fully utilize the product. Key features include IT cost transparency, support services, product education, accessibility, security, and performance.
Some key features of the software include:
• Ability to model multiple dollar types, including budget, obligations, expenditures, and expenses
• Ability to calculate, visualize, and optimize application Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Support demand-driven decision-making by aligning IT spend to business processes, capabilities, and outcomes
• Ability to allocate costs in various ways, including recursive, percentage-based, and data relationship-based allocations
• Ability to provide backend and front-end environment access to specific users
• Configurable reporting access on a Report-by-Report basis for each persona or user
• Customizable personas