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70 -- SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES Contact Point, Mrs. Freddie Moses, (504) 255-5911, Contracting Officer. The Government intends to award a contract sole source to The Systems Group for the Directives and Analysis's Branch's Electronic Publishing System Software Support Service for Interleaf, Oracle, RDM and Xerox Intran. This Electronic Publishing System is a highly complex system that encompasses hardware, software, and connectivity components from a wide range of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and as such, has required an extremely complex and detailed systems integration effort as the major component of its implementation. This systems integrations effort has been accomplished in its totality by The Systems Group over a period of approximately two (2) years. This requires that the vendor be able to maintain continuous coordination with the OEMs during the course of this implementation effort, as well as provide the total integration functions necessary to provide a system that satisfies the functionality requirements of its user community. The Electronic Publishing System itself includes IBM RS 6000s, Sun Sparc workstations, and IBM PS2 utilizing X-windows emulation. The systems software is depicted in further down in the synopsis. It is supported by an IBM 9x2 mainframe system, and a Unix Pyramid (Nile) minicomputer. The contractor will be required to provide integrated system-wide maintenance manager and support services, as follows: (1) Custom Consulting Support; (2) Custom Analysis and Engineering Support; (3) Custom Training Support; and (4) Full Service Software Maintenance Services and for those software products is identified further down in the synopsis. The deliverables associated with this task are the services described in the task above on as required basis. The contractor may employ the services of another subcontractor or other organizations or OEM vendors as subcontractors in fulfilling this task. However, the contractor shall remain the prime contractor, with ultimate responsibility for the successful execution of all services throughout the life of this contract. Listed below are the Electronic Publishing System (EPS) Software Support Requirements: Item #1 RS-RDMS2.5-BAS, Quantity one, RDM v2.5 - 8 Concurrent user, 16 Client Basic system for IBM RS6000, Item #2, RS-RDMS2.5-PRM-UG, Quantity one, RDM v2.5 - 8 to 16 Concurrent User Sever License Upgrade, Item #3, RS-ORACLE-SVR, Quantity two, RDM v2.5 - Oracle 8 Concurrent User Runtime Server License, Item #4, RS-RDMS2.5ADD-USR, Quantity 12, RDM v2.5 - IUI 16 -28 User Client License Upgrade for IBM RS6000, Item #5, RS-RDM2.5ADD-USR, Quantity 12, RDM v2.5 - IUI 16 - 28 User Client License Upgrade for IBM RS6000, Item #6, SP-RDM2.5ADD-US, Quantity two, RDM v2.5 - IUI 17 to 30 user Client License Upgrade for Sun Sparc, Item #7, SP-15-YSC, Quantity two, Interleaf 5 INL on Sun Sparc for Forms Design Subsystem, Item #8, SP-OPT-BC-YSC, Quantity two, Interleaf 5 Book Catalogs Option on sun Sparc for Forms Design Subsystem, Item #9, RS-15-ALL-YSC, Quantity one, Interleaf 5 Full Production INL on IBM RS6000 for Directives Development Subsystem, Item #10, RS-15-YSC, Quantity seven, Interleaf 5 INL in IBM RS6000 for Directives Development Subsystem, Item #11, RS-OPT-BC-YSC, Quantity seven, Interleaf 5 Book Catalogs Option on IBM RS6000 for Directives Development Subsystem, Item #12, RS-OPT-RM-YSV, Quantity one, Interleaf 5 Revision Management Option on IBM RS6000 for Directives Development Subsystem, Item #14, RS-LA-COA-YSC, Quantity six, Oracle Co-Author Layered Application on IBM RS6000 for Directives Development Subsystem, Item #15, No Part Number, Quantity 2, Xerox Intran, Form Builder, Designer Graphics, Resource Manager, CEP Transform, Postscript Transform, Font Factory, Font Builder and Xfloppy. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-41. The response shall be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish capability to meet these requirements at a price lower than whan the government can obtain from the The Systems Group. If no affirmative responses are received, the government will proceed with negotiations with The Systems Group. Responses must be received within fifteen (15) calendar days after publication of this notice in order to be considered by the Government. (262)

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