US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), PGAS, Procurement Operations Division, 1325 East West Highway, Station 4301, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

D -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR COAST PILOT PUBLICATIONS SYSTEM (CPPS) SOL 52-DDNC-6-90056 POC Rubie B. King, Contract Specialist/Norbert F. Syzmanski Jr. Contracting Officer (301) 713-0839 The U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA/NOS intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with the Intergraph Corporation to provide technical support services for the Coast Pilot Publications System (CPPS). The CPPS is a Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) based publishing system. The system consists of a workstation manufactured by the Intergraph Corporation, and ancillary hardware and peripherals procured from commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) sources. The system was designed to facilitate in-house production of eleven (11) Coast Pilot Publications. The publications cover a wide variety of information important to navigators of the U.S. coastal,intracoastal waters and waters of the Great Lakes. The CPPS is comprised of SoftQuad, Inc.'s Author/Editor (Version 2.1) and Frame Technology Inc.'s FrameMaker (Version 4.0) software applications. The Contractor shall be required to provide technical support services for resolution of production problems, SGML questions, Document Type Definition (DTD) of text and tables, and digitizing photographs and graphics. Contractor must furnish and support all necessary DTD modifications and technical documentation. The base period of performance is twelve (12), months with four (4), twelve (12), month option periods. All responsible sources shall respond by submitting a written narrative statement and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements. Potential Offeror's must provide at least three(3) technical references demonstrating experience in the publishing field, graphics experience and a thorough knowledge of the Author/Editor and FrameMaker software applications. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement. No solicitation package currently exist. Telephonic or Fax responses shall not be accepted. Failure to submit documentation will result in the Government proceeding as above. Please refer to Solicitation No. 52-DDNC-6-90056 in your response. SEE Note 22 (0120)

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