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D -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RETRIEVAL SYSTEM POC Contact Point: Call (301) 415-7427 with any concerns about distribution of the solicitation and any amendments. Only written or faxed requests for solicitations are accepted. Fax number (301) 415-8157. Contract Specialist, Brenda J. DuBose 301/415-6578 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission intends to enter into a sole source contract entitled ''Software Maintenance and System Support for the Bibliographical Retrieval System (BRS)'' with Zonar Corporation. Specifically, Zonar will be required to provide the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities to maintain current software, including investigation and resolution of problems related to software failures and database damage; provide system support functions; and prepare related documentation. The current BRS resides on a Hewlett Packard (HP) 1000 Series A minicomputer, located in the NRC's Public Document Room in Washington, D.C. All hardware is HP except modems and IBM-compatible personal computers (PCs) used as BRS terminals. The PDR/BRS system runs under the HP RTE-A operating system (currently version 6.1). The original database management system (DBMS) is a proprietary product of the ACCESS Corporation called Integrated Document Control System (IDCS). This proprietary software product was initially installed by ACCESS Corporation in 1978-79 and has been greatly enhanced by the addition of special application software modules which were developed specifically for the NRC. Presently, the IDCS includes approximately 78,000 lines of HP Assembler code and 18,000 lines of FORTRAN 77 code in 380 modules. Approximately 150 additional special BRS application modules require 40,000 lines of FORTRAN, while 35 assembler modules use 15,000 lines. Half of the special applications were written more than ten years ago and have been upgraded as necessary over the years. The others represent enhancements such as on-line ordering, multi-field sort, assisted search/menu access, on-line tutorial, and full text search and retrieval, which were integrated during recent years. Therefore, expert knowledge of the proprietary documentation, as well as a license from ACCESS Corporation, which Zonar Corporation has obtained, is required in order to provide the required software maintenance and enhancement. The period of performance is 3 years. Interested respondents must submit detailed information concerning their capabilities which shall include as a minimum: extensive experience in HP RTE assembler and FORTRAN programming and program maintenance, with particular demonstrated capability to maintain and enhance the IDCS proprietary software; reliable experience in maintaining bibliographic retrieval software; and key staff who can respond on a timely basis. Information submitted shall include the professional qualifications of the personnel to be utilized and an outline of current and previous projects including specific work performance which is directly related to the proposed work. Telephonic requests will not be considered. Responses providing insufficient information for evaluation will not be considered. Interested parties must possess the necessary software license. See Note 22. (0236)

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