SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Continuation of NLM Purchase Order 467MZ300297
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-03086SAN
- Archive Date
- 4/3/2003
- Point of Contact
- Susan Nsangou, Contract Specialist, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
NsangoS@mail.nlm.nih.gov, kr33v@nih.gov
- Description
- The Division of Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine (NLM) requires the continuation of professional services of Ms. Susan Wagner Jeffery (NLM Purchase Order 467-MZ-300297) to complete the development of an Internet-based, retargetable, update maintenance editing system which uses the proprietary tools, designs, and code she has created to support the new SIS database maintenance initiative. Ms. Jeffery has worked for NLM for 3 years ? from the time this project was envisioned. Ms. Jeffery has been developing custom tools in this area for 18 years. She is part of the founding development group, which created the Icon and Unicon programming languages. Ms. Jeffery has been the sole developer of the SIS software now under development. Ms Jeffery has skills in formulating medical and legal databases questions in terms of VHL languages, specifically, Unicon. Ms. Jeffery has worked on SIS databases and has worked with WestLaw; she is the principal developer of wide-area update capabilities for Unicon applications through GUI code generators; she has worked with programming teams in private industry and in government. She is skilled in producing large text-oriented editing environments, which are front ends to remote, and backend databases. Including the expertise in generalizing specific data creations and manipulations environments so that they are easily modifiable for future projects. Ms. Jeffery had demonstrated her ability to document both user and maintenance programmer procedures; design software supporting a high level of chemical and health knowledge which can be used for both advanced and neophyte users; analyze complex human medical chemical problems and present these with software context; and support of end users and programmers with diverse cultural, academic, medical and legal backgrounds. Ms. Jeffery? expert knowledge consist of internet database protocols and the way they are designed through modifications of implementation of the POSIX and ODBC standards to support wide-area networking; Unicon program language and its associated GUI-development tolls; medical and legal database environments; and text-based database per- and post- processing. In addition, Ms. Jeffery has demonstrated the required experience with Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms and with the MySQL database management system. She has previous experience with SIS database formats and files, such as NTIS, HSDB, and TOXLINE. This service will be procured under FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisitions.) This is not a Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all responsible and responsive sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the NLM. Firms interested in responding to this notice must be able to provide the professional technical services as specified above. Responses should demonstrate the firm?s ability to meet the government?s requirements. Responses are required within 15 (fifteen) calendar days from the publication date of this notice. NLM synopsis No. 03-086/SAN shall be noted on all correspondence to this announcement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
- Record
- SN00269816-W 20030306/030304213412 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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