Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

70 -- SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR FOR DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMNATION SYSTEM SOL 52-SOBC-6-00007 POC Carol Kukich, 301/457-4422 The U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC) is seeking a systems integrator who can provide a total solution for the BOC's Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS). This vendor, in coordination with the BOC staff, will provide the hardware, software, and other support required to develop DADS prototypes and ultimately, a Production System. In providing systems integration, the vendor will be expected to provide personnel experienced in researching, planning, designing, and implementing evolving technologies concerning access, extraction, and tabulation of very large-scale, high-performance, distributed data bases across multiple hardware and software platforms. This system will be implemented to facilitate the dissemination of BOC demographic and economic information. It is anticipated that this effort will consist of a one year base period with eight (8) one year renewal options. This competitive procurement will be conducted using a new streamlined acquisition process described in a document entitled ''Department of Commerce Acquisition Process Case for Change'' which is located on the World Wide Web at (http://www.uspto.gov/web/doc/bpr). The intent of this new process is to provide an improved acquisition environment which will benefit both the vendor community and the Government. As part of this process, a DADS Project Agreement with accompanying attachments, will be made available on the Internet at (http://www.conops.doc.gov/dads.html) on or about September 10, 1996. In accordance with the new acquisition process, the DADS Project Agreement will serve as the solicitation document for this requirement. Interested parties must respond to the Project Agreement in order to be considered for award of a resulting contract. For interested parties without access to the web, a printed copy of the Project Agreement and the ''Department of Commerce Acquisition Process Case for Change'' may be obtained by written request to the DADS Acquisition Team, Attn: Carol Kukich, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Room 1541, FB #3, Washington, DC 20233. The telephone number for Ms. Kukich is (301)457-4422. Questions may also be entertained via e-mail from (Carol_Kukich@ccmail.census.gov). (0234)

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