Contracting Office (fp), U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320-4195

J -- DATA MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTION COMPUTER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SOL DTCG39-96-B-EPA026 DUE 050696 POC Contact Elizabeth Dubois, Contract Specialist, 203-444-8242 Proposed procurement is for Full and Open Competition, SIC Code 7378, Size Standard $18 million. It is intended to award a Firm Fixed Price contract with a base year and one option year. This acquisition shall be accomplished using the ''Two- Step Sealed Bidding'' method. STEP ONE, the contrator shall submit a written proposal to provide Maintenance Services for its Iceberg Data Management and Prediction System (DMPS) Computer System. Specific requirements for this project shall be contained in the solicitation package. The following information is provided: Under Step One of this solicitation: (i) Offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information, (ii) The Government may make a final determination regarding a proposal's acceptability solely on the basis of the proposal as submitted, and (iii) the Government may proceed with the second step without requesting further information from any offeror; however, the Government may request additional information from offerors of proposals that it considers reasonably susceptible of being made acceptable, and may discuss proposals with their offerors. Notice of unacceptability shall be forwarded to the offeror upon completion of the proposal evaluation process and final determination of unacceptability. Only one technical proposal may be submitted by each offeror. Technical proposals shall not include prices or pricing information. STEP TWO, all offerors with acceptable technical proposals will receive an Invitation for Bid (IFB). Bids must be based on the bidder's own technical proposal. Contract award will be made to that responsive, responsible lowest price bidder whose tehcnical proposal has been approved during Step One. This information is not binding on the Government and the actual delivery/performance requirements will be contained in the invitation issued under Step Two. Requests for Step One IFB packages must be made in writing to Superintendent (fp), U. S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195 and must specify the solicitation number. No telephone requests accepted. (0096)

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