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D -- FOLIO VIEWS ENGINEER CONVERSION SERVICES SOL 52-papt-6-00011 POC Raymond K. Witmer, Contract Specialist, 703-308-5064, Michael J. Anastasio, Jr., Contracting Officer This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation that will be available; though proposals are being requested, a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 52-PAPT-6-00011 should be referenced on all responces and is used to identify this Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those put into effect by Federal Aquisition Circular 90-37. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this requirement is 7374 - COMPUTER PROCESSING AND DATA PREPARATION AND PROCESSING SERVICES. This is a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) requirement that calls for the conversion of various electronic documents into Folio Views for Windows. These documents are usually available in several diffferent formats including, but not limited to, Excel, ASCII, MSWord and WordPerfect. The contractor may also be required to provide keyboarding and/or scanning of documents available only in hard copy. The contractor providing this conversion service must be a Folio Views Business Partner and employ at least four (4) Certified Folio Views Infobase Engineers in their Washington, DC office. One of these engineers shall be available on demand (with the others serving as backup) to provide the conversion services for the PTO. The Folio Views Engineer status must be maintained throughout the life of the individual task orders rendered against this contract. The contractor shall be required to furnish hard copy proof of this certification at the beginning of each task order award and shall verify the certification of any additional staff that will assist the PTO throughout the life of both the individual task order and the contract as a whole. The contractor will provide training/assistance for PTO personnel to perform the required updates of created Infobase(s) and could be tasked with the actual updating of the Infobases as needed after their initial deployment. The contractor shall provide PTO with the script (FSR) utility used to create the original Infobase in a format that can be used for future updates to the Infobase. PTO personnel will be responsible for the integrity of the data for updates and insuring that the designated format is followed. Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001, 003 and 005 are for Folio Views Engineer hourly rates for the base period and each of two option periods; CLINs 0002, 0004 and 0006 are for travel, if required, for the same period. The period of coverage will be from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1999. Delivery address for each task order may vary, but all deliveries will be made to the PTO campus in Crystal City complex in Arlington, Virginia. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this synopsis to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. A contract award will include FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions 0 Commercial Items and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Award will be made to that offeror having fully documented Folio Views Infobase Engineers at the lowest offered price. All offers are due on September 5, 1996 at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) at the following address: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Attn: Raymond Witmer, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231. If hand delivered, the address is: 2011 Crystal Drive, Crystal Park One, Room 810, Arlington, VA 22202. For information regarding the solicitation, call Raymond Witmer at (703) 305-8417. All interested offerors must submit a written offer consisting of the names of their proposed personnel, hard copy documentation of their status as Certified Folio Views Infobase Engineers, and prices for each contract period consisting of 1) hourly rates for Senior Project Manager, Systems Analyst/Senior Programmer, Programmer, and Technical Editor; 2) rates for 150DPI B/W BMP format and Greyscale image scanning; 3) cropping, editing and other technical changes for small scale (3''x5''), medium scale (5''x7'') and large scale (8.5''x11'') documents; and 4) OCR scanning for best, average, and worst condition hard copy scanning. The offeror must also provide a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items also apply to this acquisition. See Note 1 and Note 23 (0236)

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