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70 -- HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SUPPORT AND TRAINING SERVICES SOL N68939-95-R-0002 POC Contact: Mr James Richards, Contract Specialist (202) 433- 0726; Ms. Mary Ann Grooms, Contracting Officer (202) 433-4089 Electronic Military Personnel Records System (EMPRS). Acquisition of an all electronic information system for processing, storing and distributing digital images as well as ASCII data. Will be released on the NISMC Bulletin Board System (BBS) in the 3rd or 4th quarter of fiscal year 1995. System shall support all Selection Board activities, processing of officer fitness reports (FITREPS) and enlisted evaluations (EVALS) and be responsive to approximately 1,100 on-line users. It shall generate COM fiche for remote users and archival purposes, automate image processing at the Naval Reserve Personnel Center (NAVRESPERSCEN) in New Orleans, and link NAVRESPERSCEN to the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS), Millington, TN, when BUPERS is activated there. In the interim, a means to deliver digital images and associated index data to the Military Personnel Records Systems (MPRS) installation at BUPERS, Arlington, VA shall be provided. Resources include COTS hardware, COTS software, software development/integration, training, documentation, and installation. This is considered to be a complex System which will be installed, tested and accepted during a 3 year contract period to end in 1998. RFP and related documents will be available and issued electronically through the NISMC Bulletin Board System (hard copies will not be mailed). The bulletin board telephone number for downloading the RFP is (202) 433-3405. Vendors are able to dial-in access to the BBS and an individual can self-register (provide name, password and other details) and is permitted to ''download'' the RFP and related information. To access, set your communication package to an asynchronous, ASCII (VT100) mode, with 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1). Download protocols supported by the BBS include: XMODEN, YMODEM, YMODEM BATCH, SEALINK, KERMIT, SuperKERMIT, and ASCII. The RFP is in two formats, ASCII and wordperfect 5.1. The two versions contain the same information but, due to the limitations of ASCII, bolding and underlining are not supported in the ASCII files. All files are in a self-extracting, zipped from and end with an ''EXE'' extension. If files do not self- extract, a problem has occurred in the file download. The usual solution is to try to download it again. To restore the file to its original size, just type in the download file's DOS name without the ''EXE'' extension. If problems are encountered in downloading the RFP, please contact Mr. Jack Rymer at (202) 433- 4535. Telephone request/responses will not be accepted. RFP questions or inquiries must be submitted in writing on a 3.5 inch floppy diskette. The diskette must be IBM and MS-DOS, Version 3.2, compatible in Word Perfect 5.1 format (hard copies will not be excepted). Print shall not be smaller than courier 10 CPI). Viewing of the Bidders Library will be permitted until 10 working days prior to proposal due date. To schedule appointments to view the Bidders Library, please contact the Contact Specialist, Ms. Gloria Johnson at (202) 433-7256 AT (202) 433-7256. SIC Code 7373. (0174)

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