Commandant of the Marine Corps, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (Code LBC) Washington, DC 20380-0001

70 -- DISTANCE EDUCATION SOFTWARE POC Contact Contracting Officer Mr. Paul Sando, or Buyer Mr. John A. Ziu (703) 696-1010. Sources sought for commercial off the shelf Distance Education Software. The Marine Corps Institute is researching the availability of an integrated software suite to manage its distance education program. Current platform is HP 3000, Model 937 MPE/IX operating system and Turbo Image database. Options include moving to an IBM 3090 and AMDAHL 5890 mainframe computer under MVS/XA; Ada (client server); and or a new mini-computer within the SNA family. Software functions to be supported include: Course Development (writing, editing, printing); Course Material Stockage (warehousing); Course Management (opening/advertising, revising/maintaining, obtaining accreditation, statistically analyzing student performance, reporting, closing/archiving); Student Management (enrolling, grading, assisting, certifying course completion, mailing transcripts, posting enrollment/exporting completed information to human resource records; and Course Material Handling/Shipping (bundling, mailing, disposing). All interested parties should submit one copy of supporting documentation explaining their technical qualifications to meet the requirements outlined in this announcement. This information is for research and planning purposes only; a solicitation document does not exist and shall not be issued as a result of this announcement. The Government shall not pay for this information. Mail documentation to: Marine Corps Institute, Attn: Maj. D. Gerlaugh, Marine Corps Barracks, 8th & I Sts, S.E., Washington, DC 20390-5000. No Telephonic request will be accepted. (0164)

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