U.S. Department of State, Office of Foreign Missions, 3507 International Pl. NW, Rm 353, Washington, DC 20008

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES SOL S-MOFMA-97-R-0001 DUE 122396 POC Mary Pat Hayes-Crow, (202)895-3507 The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) requires contractor support for the day-to-day operation of its headquarters in Washington, DC as well as OFM branches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles in space supplied or leased at Government expense. Operations include a diplomatic motor vehicle office and offices for diplomatic tax exemption, customs clearance, travel, accreditation, program support and real property transactions. Contractor support for the above programs is estimated at 40 personnel. Information Technology for the above programs is supplied by the Office of Foreign Missions Information System (OFMIS). Contractor suppport is estimated at 10 personnel for systems operation, maintenance and enhancement of OFMIS. The OFMIS systems environment is a hierarchical client-server architecture comprising IBM mainframe processors, Wang VS minicomputers, and Intel-based clients and servers utilizing the Banyan Vines and Windows NT network operating systems. The LAN/WAN environment is comprised of a 10BaseT Ethernet and a WAN utilizing x.25 and Frame Relay. Network protocols are Banyan Vines and TCP/IP. The contractor must show proven, hands-on experience with all aspects of the hardware/software environment outlined above. Additionally, the contractor also must be able to provide end-user suppport for a variety of different office automation products including but not limted to WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus cc:Mail, and Lotus Freelance. The contractor also must possess extensive experience within the hardware/software environment outlined above, with Model 204 User Language, JCL, Oracle Forms 3.x and higher, Oracle 6.x and higher, Microfocus COBOL, and C. The OFMIS consists of approximately 960 data elements, 40 files, 2,200 procedures composed of approximately 450,000 lines of code. Application database systems include: a)Customs clearance; b) tax reciprocity; c) diplomatic motor vehicle management; d) diplomatic travel arrangements; e) real property transactions; f) diplomatic accreditation; and g) Government accounting. Anticipated new developments will enhance these systems and are to be completed during the contract period. Contract start date for basic year plus four option years is April 1, 1997. Total estimated staff level is 50. All contract personnel must have secret clearances with evidence of same presented in the proposal response. The RFP is expected to be issued on or about 11/8/96. Interested firms should submit a request in writing by 11/1/96 to Office of Foreign Missions, 3507 International Pl. NW, Room 357, Washington, DC 20008, Attn: Mary Pat Hayes-Crow. This procurement is being conducted under the authority of the Foreign Mission Act, Title 22 US Code Section 4301. (0291)

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