Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

70 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SOL RFI-96-1 POC The 2000 Census The Bureau of the Census (BOC) is preparing for the 2000 decennial census and is interested in out-tasking/out-sourcing, in whole or in part, specific functions. The primary purpose of the 2000 census is to provide a complete national enumeration, together with comprehensive data that describe the characteristics of the population for each geographic entity. We are requesting information about the experiences of companies in providing systems integration support services that are linked globally, nationally or regionally. In a period of approximately four months (April-July 2000) the BOC will enumerate and capture answers from more than 118 million households that will include more than 281 million people. This operation will require a massive effort to open temporary offices and recruit staff. Approximately 545 temporary district offices will be set up nationally to perform activities such as: enumeration, map production, and outreach and promotion. Approximately three temporary Image Capture Centers will be opened across the U.S. to perform activities such as: mail return check-in of questionnaires, data capture, and payroll and administration. The Bureau has 12 regional offices, a major permanent processing office in Jeffersonville, IN, and a Headquarters office in Suitland, MD that may require expansion and/or augmentation to accomplish the census and pre-census activities such as map correction and update, address list development, testing, etc. In the census process, there is a need for relatively large numbers of staff for short periods of time. These staff do field enumeration, office clerical work, data entry, equipment operation, etc. The BOC is soliciting information from contractors who have experience in providing the following kinds of services: desktop services (i.e. PC/workstation/LAN procurement, installation, and deinstallation; help desk), systems integration, software development, voice and data communications, facilities management, and other related business operations, such as beta testing facility for supplying software testing, certification, and distribution services on multiple platforms, facility leasing or construction, hardware and software installation, software and hardware mantenance, hardware and software deinstallation and disposal, computer operations and facilities, physical security, value added services such as education and training, creation and maintenance of large databases, and integration of geographically dispersed systems that are mission critical. The systems would be highly complex and include a variety of solutions including client server architecture. Systems of interest also include those integrating high speed capture of data from paper, and computer conversion of data to computer usable form (ASCII). The BOC is interested in acquiring these support services and technologies either autonomously, partially or through partnerships. Please respond with information about your company's: 1) capabilities to perform the services described above, 2) past experience involving projects of similar size and complexity, and 3) experience with partnerships. Requests should be sent to the above address attention: ''The 2000 Census'' - RFI-96-1. Requests must be received within 15 working days of this notice. Responses must be in writing and no telephone requests will be accepted. (0291)

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