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D -- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL TIB-96-01. Due 091696. Contact Brett Wolfe, Contract Specialist, 202/942-1693. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) administers the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for Federal and Postal employees. The TSP is a retirement savings plan, with assets in excess of $38 billion, similar to private sector 401(k) plans. The current TSP Recordkeeping System is a large COBOL application using CA-IDMS in a shared IBM resource environment supporting over 2 million accounts. The system was designed and implemented incrementally over a 9-year period in response to changing program and statutory requirements. The Board has evaluated the current system's capacity for additional changes, including daily valuation of accounts and the addition of new investment funds, and has decided to replace the current system with a new integrated system. Prospective offerors must meet certain minimum requirements as detailed in Section M of the solicitation, among which are the following: (1) having been in business for at least five years; (2) experience in the management of software development projects; (3) experience in the design, development, and implementation of software systems; (4) experience in the design of integrated software systems using various technologies, including client/server architecture, local area networks and call center technology; (5) experience in the development of daily valued recordkeeping software for at least two organizations; (6) experience in recordkeeping and design of 401(k) or similar retirement programs; and (7) security clearances for the offeror and selected personnel at the Secret Level. The solicitation is expected to be available on or about July 31, 1996. Interested parties are invited to submit requests within fifteen (15) days of the appearance of this notice. Requests may be either in the form of a written request for the solicitation or a facsimile request to the attention of Brett Wolfe at (202) 942-1674. Parties who received Draft RFP TIB-96-01D will receive a copy of this final solicitation and need not submit a request at this time. For additional information contact the Contracting Office at (202) 942-1673; collect calls will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer. (199)

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