National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, Building 38A, Room B1N17, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894

D -- GRATEFUL MED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE SOL RFP NLM 95-106/VMS POC Valerie M. Syed, Contract Specialist, (301) 496-6546. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) requires services for software development and maintenance support for the Grateful Med software systems and ancillary products. This proposed aquisition is a 100% small business set-aside. The contractor will be required to furnish qualified personnel (senior systems analyst) to develop and maintain software on an individually negotiated task order basis. Personnel must be able to work individually and as team members on complex problems developing interactive window-based GUI applications on both PC and Macintosh workstation platforms. Personnel must be capable of developing multi-threaded client-server applications connecting to multiple sources using both Internet and dial-up modem access. The software development projects will use PC workstations, Macintosh workstations, IBM and Unix servers, cross-platform development and design toolkits, and an in-depth knowledge of communication protocols. SIC Code No. 7379 (Size Standard - $18,000,000.00). Telephone or facsimile requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. One or more 4-year level-of-effort type contracts will be awarded. The total project effort is estimated at 48,000 senior systems analyst labor hours (approximately 12,000 per contract year). Release of the RFP on or about May 29, 1995 is contingent upon receipt of a Delegation of Procurement Authority. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0093)

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