From a contracting notice posted recently by Social Security:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a need to acquire a commercial off the shelf (COTS) software product solution including software licenses, maintenance, training and engineering / implementation support, for an enterprise-level Document Identification Process (DIP) solution to identify duplicate documents in the Social Security Administration's electronic folder and provide the ability to remove those duplicate documents to support streamlining agency business processes. ... The size standard is $38.5M. ... SSA anticipates awarding one firm fixed price/Indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for this effort. The period of performance shall be for a 1-year base, with four 1-year option periods. ... It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about January 30, 2018.
That seems like a waste of time and money. Anyone looking at a file can see the duplicate information and most have the technical, know how to hit the delete buttons or move the stuff to the temporary folder. The problem will come when whoever sent the stuff asks what happened to the stuff he sent or had sent or whoever reviews it asks what happened to the missing documents or pages. Sounds like it was dreamed up by someone who never adjudicated or looked at a case
ReplyDelete8:50: you are correct; duplicates can be manually removed, but, believe it or not, this is hugely time consuming. Anything that can accurately automate the process would be, and should be, welcomed.
ReplyDeleteRight but why did SSA create such a defective product that they now have to spend that kind of money to fix it?
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