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D -- COST RISK ANALYSIS SOFTWARE SOL DACA87-96-R-0014 DUE 122295 POC Contract Specialist Katherine H. Atkins (205) 895-1163 (Site Code DACA87) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is procuring software or a software use license for the Corps of Engineers worldwide use by cost engineers/estimators. The software will allow cost engineers/estimators to perform cost risk analysis on Military and Civil Works Construction Projects and hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) cleanup projects. The results obtained in performing cost risk analyses with this software must be such as to convey confidence in estimating budgets and construction cost estimates. It is the intent to obtain COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) risk analysis software that can be enhanced to perform cost risk analysis on Government construction and HTRW projects. In case of non-availability of suitable COTS software for enhancement, development of cost risk software will be considered. Samples of enhancements envisioned are: 1. The software must be a standalone module, but must, also, have the capability of interfacing with the Microcomputer Automated Cost Estimating System for Windows module and the Parametric module of the Tri-Services Automated Cost Engineering System (TRACES). 2. The software must perform cost risk analysis based on the Monte Carlo approach to produce distribution functions applicable to cost estimating (e.g., normal, lognormal, etc.). 3. The software must operate on an IBM coompatible microcomputer using as a minimum a 386/33 processor. 4. The software must operate in the Windows 3.1 graphical user interface environment. Offerors must, also, have the capabilities of providing hotline telephone support and training of cost engineers/estimators in the use of software. The purpose of this announcement is to determine the availability of small business firms that have cost risk analysis software that can be enhanced, or of firms capable of producing software that will perform cost risk analysis on military and civil works construction and htrw cleanup projects. All responding offerors must provide the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, with their capabilities and experience for satisfying the requirement for microcomputer software which will perform cost risk analysis on Corps of Engineers proects to include cost, statistical approach, methodology, and other information that will help in the evaluation of the offeror's capabilities to meet the above requirements. The information should be mailed to the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Huntsville, ATTN: CEHND-CT-C (Ms. Atkins), P.O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301 on or before close of business on 22 December 1995. The letter should reference DACA87-96-R-0014, and should include information on the business size, and information as to whether the firm is a small and disadvantaged business, a Historically Black College or University or a member of the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. For purposes of determining business size, the Standard Industrial Code applicable to this procurement is 7379. For this action, an offeror whose gross annual receipts over the past three years does not exceed an average of $18 million is considered a small business. This is not a request for proposals. It is the intent of USAEDH to use the resulting information to determine whether the anticipated solicitation will be issued as(0339)

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