SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Maintenance Renewal for Connect Direct
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), Acquisition Management Division, 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 454D, Washington, District of Columbia, 20227
- ZIP Code
- 20227
- Solicitation Number
- FMS-HQ-10-R-0007
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Michelle R Smith, Phone: 202-874-0523, Victor Chavez, Phone: 202-874-6963
- E-Mail Address
-
michelle.smith@fms.treas.gov, victor.chavez@fms.treas.gov
(michelle.smith@fms.treas.gov, victor.chavez@fms.treas.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Treasury Financial Management Services (FMS), on behalf of the Acquisition Management Division, is issuing a brnad name or equal solicitation of Maintenance Renewal for Connect: Direct and Mailbox Software (Sterling Commerce) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13). Brand Name or Equal to: Maintenance Renewal for Connect: Direct and Mailbox Software. This requirement is for the Enterprise Licensing, Maintenance Support, and Upgrades for ConnectDirect Software, which is only available from Sterling Commerce. ConnectDirect is a legacy application which has been in use at FMS since 1994. It is used for the secure transfer of files between FMS and its customer agencies. It runs across FMS' Enterprise platform, including mainframe, mid-tier, network servers, and desktop applications. Numerous applications have been built around it including STARS, GWAC (Government Wide Accounting) and Debt Management Service as well as the Treasury Offset Program. It is now considered an integral part of the FMS software infrastructure. Sterling Commerce is the only provider of the subject software, Connect: Direct Connect: Director is only available through Sterling Commerce, the original creator of the product. No other sources are legally authorized by Sterling Commerce to provide licenses, perform maintenance, and provide upgrades. No other entities have access to the proprietary source code. Numerous FMS applications have been developed and implemented using Sterling Commerce's proprietary Connect Direct software over a long-term period. FMS customer agencies have also developed and implemented applications to conduct business with FMS. Meeting this requirement from a source other than Sterling Commerce would require FMS to reconfigure the operating systems across the Enterprise platform and develop new applications. The cost to perform there reconfigurations and develop new applications would be prohibitively expensive and would result in FMS' customer agencies incurring additional expenses as well.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/FMS/AMD/FMS-HQ-10-R-0007/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 3700 East West Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland, 20782, United States
- Zip Code: 20782
- Zip Code: 20782
- Record
- SN02233720-W 20100811/100809235149-c5d98133448baa3acd054d2b416f9fca (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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