SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Quintas and SCIS Prolog Licenses
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Procurement Directorate - DC, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 1310 NP, Washington, District of Columbia, 20229, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20229
- Solicitation Number
- PR20052953
- Archive Date
- 2/4/2010
- Point of Contact
- Kaitlin Joy Wooddell, Phone: 2023442427
- E-Mail Address
-
kaitlin.wooddell@dhs.gov
(kaitlin.wooddell@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- CONTACT POINTS: Kaitlin Wooddell, Contract Specialist, 202-344-2427, FAX: 202-344-1254 Erin M. Schwam, Contracting Officer 202-344-2552, FAX: 202-344-1254 DESCRIPTION: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, with the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), for nine (9) Quintas Prolog Software Licenses, Maintenance Support for Quintas Prolog Runtime Generator, and Maintenance Support for SICStus Prolog 4.0 Commercial (ten (10)-user site licenses) for three (3) supported computing platforms from, previously purchased from SICS. Quintas and SICS Prolog Software is proprietary and not available from any other source. Other languages have been tried without success at replacing PROLOG at TASPO. ***Sole Source determination is based on CBP’s requirement for licenses and maintenance for the 32-bit word size Quintas and 64-bit word size SICS Prolog language, in which the Targeting rules engine are written in. Prolog is the logic programming language currently used in three separate US Customs applications, ATS-AT, ATS-N, and ATS-P, and it performs rule-based evaluations of electronically filed information pertaining to import and export cargo as well as flight data. Access includes the most robust 24/7 support that the ATS applications need. Due to the constantly increasing volume of shipments and sophistication of the algorithms used by TASPO, the hardware is being updated and the therefore the capacity must be increased from 32-bit to 64-bit word size, so during the transition period, both are required. The targeting applications are run on a 24/7 basis. If this exact software is not used, then the Targeting rule manager will have to be rewritten at considerable cost, or else the targeting engine will be at risk for production errors. ***Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Washington, DC, and is required within 30 days after receipt of order. ***The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541511. **The Government intends to solicit and negotiate directly with Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS). No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can perform the requirement. A determination to compete this action based on the responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government. All interested parties must express their interest and capabilities via email. Verifications of receipt of responses are the sole responsibility of the contractor. If no responsive statements are received by January 20, 2010 at 3:00 pm EST, an award shall be made to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS).
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USCS/PDDC20229/PR20052953/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: CBP, 5971 Kingstowne Village Parkway, 638-A, Alexandria, VA 20598, Alexandria, Virginia, 20598, United States
- Zip Code: 20598
- Zip Code: 20598
- Record
- SN02042752-W 20100116/100114234808-f23950a94fbfc0ec42a4bc28527e4123 (fbodaily.com)
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