Securities & Exchange Commission, Rm. 2418, Stop O-20, Gen. Green Way, Alexandia, VA 22312

D -- EDGAR SYSTEM RECOMPETITION SOL SECHQ1-97-R-0001 DUE 011097 POC Gary Fontaine, Contract Specialist, (202) 942-4995; Kenneth A. Fogash, Contracting Officer, (202) 942-4100. This will be a fully competitive, two-phase acquisition for replacement of the existing SEC EDGAR contract. The requirement consists of two elements in phase 1. The first component of phase 1 is a conceptual plan to modernize and privatize the EDGAR system. The second is the capability to operate and maintain the Government Furnished Equipment (GFE ) and software of the existing system, and to provide those portions of the existing system which will not be transferred by the government at the conclusion of the current contract: e.g., the Dissemination subsystem, a full text document storage and retrieval capability, and a means for notifying filers of filing success or failure. Offerors must include both elements in their proposals in order to be considered for award. All offerors determined to be within the competitive range upon completion of phase 1 will be included in phase 2. The SEC in phase 2 will require those offerors in the competitive range to bid a detailed modernization and privatization plan. Competitive range offerors must have offered both a comprehensive modernization and privatization conceptual plan and have demonstrated within their proposals their capability to implement and transition to a new system while being able to maintain the current system during transition. The RFP will be issued on or about October 30, 1996. The Commission is planning to conduct a pre-proposal conference approximately three weeks thereafter. (0283)

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