Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, San Diego, Bid Officer, 937 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92132-0212

D -- FIP DFAS-FSO FINANCIAL INTEGRATED SYSTEMS SERVICES SOL N00244-96-R-8018 DUE 040296 POC Fax Solicitation Request to Bid Officer (619) 532-2575, or call (619) 532-2690; Contract Specialist Jo Escalera (619)532-2558; Contracting Officer, F. L. CASS The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, San Diego CA is issuing this ''Market Research - Sources Sought'' synopsis to determine if the proposed requirement is currently available in the commercial market place. Industry comments/suggestions regarding this effort, may be considered in the final procurement package, but it should be noted that due to the extensive industry interest in this requirement, individual responses to this request may not be feasible. Preliminary draft copies of the Statement of Work and the Personnel Requirements with a cover letter regarding the market research, are now available from the Bid Officer. Address your comments/suggestions to the attention of the Contract Negotiator, Ms. Jo Escalera at the address/fax number below. The proposed acquisition is considered a Federal Information Processing (FIP) resource, and an Agency Procurement Request (APR) has been submitted to the General Services Administration office for consideration of a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA). Contractor support will be required for more than 200 Automated Information Systems (AISs) in the areas of, but not limited to finance, accounting, payroll, transportation, logistics, personnel, management and other business areas supported by Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Financial Systems Organization (DFAS-FSO). The necessary personnel, management, materials, administrative, technical services, equipment, and software are required to support this effort. The software and non-software support services fall within the general areas of software design and analysis, software development, software reuse support, hardware migration, programming, debugging, software testing, software maintenance, software extension, software installation, hardware installation, document conversion, risk management, economic analysis, software process, improvement, quality assurance, project management, prototyping, development of system documentation, training, and the design, development, modification, conversion, and technology infusion, and maintenance of automated information systems. Contractor personnel must be International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 series certified, and/or Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Level 2 certified. Personnel must be fully trained and certified in the selected tools and methodologies. Note: it is the Contracting Officer's intention to require the following: For subcontracting effort, 20% of the value of the contract (vice the customary subcontracted dollars) will be required to be subcontracted with small business. Further, half of this goal (that is 10% of the total contract value) must be placed with small disadvantaged business concerns. The proposed services will be utilized throughout DFAS-FSO with six major financial system activities, five DFAS centers and 21 operating locations (OPLOCs). The initial performance sites are Indianapolis IN, Columbus OH, Cleveland OH, Denver CO, Kansas City MO, and Pensacola FL. The period of performance will be 01 October 1996 through 30 September 1997, with four one (1) year option periods. SIC code will be 7373 $18.0 M. It is requested that all interested sources submit their requests to be listed in the Bidders Mailing List, on their company letterhead to the attention of the Bid Officer. Our fax number is 619-532-2575/1089. The mailing address is Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Contracts Division, Attn: Bid Officer, 937 North Harbor Drive, San Diego CA 92132-0060. (0011)

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