SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- SSA Intends to Negotiate Solely with Expert Choice, Inc.
- Notice Date
- 12/12/2001
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279
- ZIP Code
- 21207-5279
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-02-EXPERT
- Response Due
- 12/28/2001
- Archive Date
- 1/12/2002
- Point of Contact
- Cynthia Spencer, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109653369, Fax 4109659560, - Wayne Mcdonald, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659480, Fax 4109659560,
- E-Mail Address
-
cynthia.spencer@ssa.gov, wayne.mcdonald@ssa.gov
- Description
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate solely with Expert Choice, Inc. 5001 Baum Blvd., Suite 644, Pittsburg, PA 15213 to acquire commercial consulting services to support the implementation and use of the software tool Expert Choice 2000 Enterprise with Hardware, Model No. A23. Expert Choice, Inc. is the only known source for consulting services that provide clear and specific evidence of being able to meet all of the following requirements: 1) expertise with the implementation of the Expert Choice decision support software tool. This includes inherent knowledge of the tool, its capabilities and options; 2) direct experience with successful implementation of Expert Choice at U.S. Government Agencies; 3) expertise and demonstrated understanding in the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); 4) expertise and experience in helping U.S. Government agencies in developing enterprise strategic plans and budgets, and evaluating and prioritizing information technology (IT) initiatives that will be included in capital planning and investment control process(es); 5) expertise and experience with utilizing advanced optimization for modeling budget allocation processes using linear programming tools in conjunction with Expert Choice software; 6) expertise and experience in the use of the Expert Choice and ITIPS tools at U.S. Government agencies, developing interfaces and integrating the information between them; 7) expertise and experience at U.S. Government agencies supporting activities such as analysis, process support, risk assessment, skills inventory and gap analysis; 8) expertise and experience in the development of prioritization criteria using Expert Choice; 9) expertise and experience in the development of strategies and processes at U.S. Government agencies in how Expert Choice can support scoring of IT initiatives; and 10) expertise and experience in the identification and documentation process of what information is required to build Expert Choice models. Only contractors with actual experience that can substantiate their ability to meet all of the above characteristics are invited to respond to this announcement. Moreover, respondents must site specific references to experience provided at U.S. Government agencies. This should include, but not be limited to a) the name of the agency; b) an individual contact including telephone number; c) a description of the application, system, model, etc.; date(s) of experience; and d) other pertinent information. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any evaluation made from the information submitted. This is not a request for quotation or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of a solicitation and/or telephone calls will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government will not pay for information received. If after December 28, 2001, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, SSA shall initiate negotiations solely with Expert Choice, Inc. You may either mail your information to the attention of Cynthia Spencer, Contract Specialist at the address provided herein or email to Cynthia.Spencer@ssa.gov. The size limitation for email attachments is five megabytes per individual email message. The SSA utilizes Microsoft WORD 97 as the standard word processing software. Respondents should refer to Reference Number: SSA-02-EXPERT.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Social Security Administration, Main Complex, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD,
- Zip Code: 21235
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN20011214/00008320-011219124949 (fbodaily.com)
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