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70 -- SOFTWARE SOL J2754007. POC Contracting Officer, Kay A. Crosier, 303-231-5405, FAX 303-231-5405. Mine Safety and Health Administration is seeking potential sources to provide four software packages for the Mine Health and Safety Academy in West Virginia. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Be able to operate in a LAN Manager 2.2B/Microsoft NT environment and be windows based, have concurrent multi-user capabilities, restrict user read/write access to individual modules and records, have context-sensitive help, support object linking and embedding. Ability to import and export data in ASCII format, purge and archive data on selected criteria. Software modification by either vendor or user. Ability for user to design reports. CATAGORY REQUIREMENTS: Ability to scheduled courses and other events into facilities and classrooms, register students and participants into courses and lodging accommodations, schedule variable lengths (half day to multi-week sessions), schedule more than one course in a single location and to schedule more than one location for a single course, schedule instructors into courses based on instructor's availability and qualifications, purge and archive data on selected criteria, import and export data in ASCII format, reserve blocks of lodging rooms and other facilities, resolve resource conflicts, reserve resources (audio-visual, computers, etc). REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE: Ability to meet (pass-fail) course objectives, design reports on students for course objectives, produce/design student transcripts, create a course history file to include; course development and revision information (date, course identifier, developer and revisor), and teaching datas. Ability to schedule preparation time needed for instructor and classroom, schedule course equipment needed for classrooms, list course materials and resolve conflicts for equipment scheduling. REQUIREMENS FOR BILLING, INVENTORY & DISTRIBUTION PROCESSING: Inventory tracking from point of sale thru shipment of materials, including vendors, customer information, reorder quantities, back order product identification & price. Possibility of using bar code. REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTABLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: Tracking of government-owned equipment from time equipment is obtained until it is disposed of, create user defined fields, import and export data to a PC or LAN. Ability to bar code, store historical data of transferred equipment. NOTICE TO RESPONDEES: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING POTENTIAL SOURCES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THIS SYSTEM. RESPONSES WILL BE USED TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN DETERMINING HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AS ONE DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME. YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING AND YOU MUST COMPLY IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Firms responding must submit technical documentation (i.e. technical responding must submit technical documentation (i.e. technical literature, brochures, schematics, etc) for the system being offered and a statement of capability indicating the ability to perform the installation, training and testing services required. The technicaldocumentation must provide sufficient technical data in order for the project office to determine whether the system meets the required technical specifications as stated above and the statement of capability must demonstrate the offeror has the experience/expertise to perform the installation, training and testing. Applicable software license agreements must be submitted for review. The Government reserves the right to set this acquisition aside for Small Disadvantaged Business, Small Business SBA 8(a) Program, Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) or Minority Institutions (MI) based upon known sources and/or responses to this synopsis. Firms responding should indicate whether they fall into any of these categories. (156)

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