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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 12, 2002 FBO #0192
SOURCES SOUGHT

D -- Web Content Management System

Notice Date

6/10/2002
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

United States House of Representatives, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Procurement, Room 359, Ford House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515
 

ZIP Code

20515
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-IHIR2002089
 

Response Due

6/24/2002
 

Archive Date

7/9/2002
 

Point of Contact

Jim Caskey, Senior Procurement Specialist, Phone 202-226-2108, Fax 202-226-3850, - Lawrence Toperoff, Procurement Director, Phone 202-226-2523, Fax 202-226-2214,
 

E-Mail Address

Jim.Caskey@mail.house.gov, Lawrence.Toperoff@mail.house.gov
 

Description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CURRENT TECHNOLOGY. This is a request for information only. This is not a notice of RFP issuance. The purpose of this RFI is to gather information from commercial enterprises that provide current or existing web content management capabilities. This information is designed to give the U. S. House of Representatives knowledge of commercially available technologies and to assist in the development of requirements and terms of any subsequent, competitive solicitation. Respondents of interest to the House may be invited to demonstrate their system. The House has an existing Windows NT network providing connectivity to all of the offices as well as the Intranet. Electronic mail is handled through an integrated Microsoft Exchange system. The Intranet infrastructure is UNIX/NT with Epicentric Foundation server version 4.0. The Information Management department is responsible for the entry point into the Intranet and the individual service providers are responsible for their content. The House desires a technology solution to provide Internet and Intranet content management that (a) Provides a mechanism to allow content management by casual users as well as rich tool sets for more advanced users (b) Provide a means to implement workflow for content approval processes prior to publishing (c) Provide a means to manage a wide range of content assets including common word processing documents, spreadsheet documents, PDF files and HTML documents. (d) Provide a means to publish content to a wide range of applications and web sites. (e) Provide a means to publish content to wireless devices. (f) Integrates with Epicentric Foundation sever 4.0. The House welcomes any information received from interested parties. Specifically, please respond to the following: 1. What commercially available technologies exist to provide content management capabilities to complex and distributed customer bases? 2. What is the scope of a deployment effort of such a commercially available product in the House of Representative's environment? 3. What types of information are required to effectively respond to a solicitation based upon these requirements? 4. What are the terms and conditions under which such services and products would be supplied? 5. What performance and acceptance measures are commonly employed in these technologies? 6. What customers currently use the suggested technology? 7. What improvements in service/response are other organizations realizing as a result of using these types of technologies This Sources Sought Notice is initiated to compile a list of companies that can provide assistance to HIR in the development of a comprehensive, secure Inter/intranet content management system for the House of Representatives and its support offices. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Written responses are due no later than June 24, 2002. Interested parties shall provide to this office a letter stating that they can meet the minimum needs with current technology along with company name, address, telephone number, fax number, point of contact, e-mail addresses and company web-site. Address your response to Office of Procurement, 359 Ford House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. Mark response Attn: Jim Caskey and reference this RFI number and/or title. Direct questions to the attention of Mr. Jeff Isenhour, Technical Point of Contact, telephone 202-226-6283, or via email at jeff.isenhourl@mail.house.gov. This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Washington, DC

Zip Code: 20515

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00091006-W 20020612/020610213716 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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