Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703)875-4357, Fax No.: (703)875-4009

D -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR MACINTOSH SYSTEM DUE 061295 POC Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) wishes to announce a Competitive Total Set-Aside for Small Businesses to provide technical support to maintain the computer hardware and software systems necessary to support the mission of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) and to accommodate the demands of an Agency characterized by rapid response and reliance on technology. This will be a cost-plus-fixed fee/level of effort/ term contract with a base period of one-year and two one-year options. TDA, located in the Washington, D.C. area, is a commercially-oriented U.S. Government foreign assistance agency that helps U.S. companies pursue overseas business opportunities. Through the funding of feasibility studies, orientation visits, training grants, and various forms of technical assistance, TDA enables American businesses to become involved in the planning stage of infrastructure and industrial projects in middle-income and developing countries. The information management system at TDA is an essential management tool to support fulfillment of TDA's mission. Key elements of the information system provide senior TDA officials with budget and program information required for effective decision making. The system enables TDA to acquire, manage and disseminate international procurement data to U.S. companies in a timely and efficient manner, and it provides the current and historical basis for tracking TDA activities and evaluating how those activities relate to desired outcomes. The current information system at TDA includes a uniform and standard hardware architecture comprised of Apple Macintosh workstations, fully integrated shared resources connected by a local area network, commercial software products, important customized database applications developed in 4th Dimension, and an external communication platform which supports remote access and connection to online services, including the Internet. The Small Business Act, at 15 U.S.C. 644, authorizes procuring agencies to set aside procurements or portions of procurements for the exclusive participation of Small Business Concerns. The Sic Code for this procurement is 7379 - Computer Related Services, N.E.C. Definition: ''Small business concerns'' for purposes of TDA award of this total set aside contract means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation for which it is bidding. In determining whether dominance exist for TDA's purpose for this contract, consideration is given to annual gross receipts. Any concern that has annual gross receipts above $12.5 million dollars, averaged over a three year period, is not considered small and is therefore, NOT eligible for award under this contract. All participating organizations involved with supplying professional services must be incorporated or chartered in the United States. In accordance with FAR 19.301, offerors will be required to submit self certification in regards to business size. The competitive proposals method of solicitation as set forth in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1), shall be utilized for this procurement. This solicitation in no way obligates TDA to award a contract nor does it commit TDA to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal. Any explanation desired by an offeror regarding the meaning or interpretation of this solicitation must be requested in writing and with sufficient time allowed for reply to reach the offerors before submission of their offers. All oral explanations or instruction, given before award of this contract will not be binding. Any information given to a prospective offeror concerning the solicitation will be furnished promptly to all prospective offerors as an amendment of the solicitation, if such information is necessary to offerors submitting proposals or if lack of such information would be prejudicial to uninformed offerors. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on/about June 12, 1995. Closing date will be July 12, 1995. Only fax requests for the RFP that indicate the businesses size will be honored. U.S. eligible small businesses interested in receiving the RFP should send a fax requesting it to Della Glenn (703)875-4009. No phone requests for RFPs will be honored. (0143)

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