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70 -- DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE'S AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT (ACE) DEVELOPMENT TEAM SOL CS-97-011 DUE 120596 POC Mark Weinstein, Contract Specialist, 202-927-0567. 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation, number CS-97-011, is issued as a request for proposals (RFP). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 90-42. Items to be acquired CLIN 0001, Full spectrum trade entity data integrity solution, delivered as COTS software, CLIN 0002, Optional software for the following additional countries: Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Hong Kong, China & Taiwan, and Japan. CLIN 0003, Optional software installation/verification and training support including presentation of product features, functions, options and capabilities and hands-on demonstrations of all tools. CLIN 0004, Optional Implementation and optimization support including job flow and parameter customization and test runs to ensure optimal system performance and accuracy in the US, Canada and Mexico target domains. CLIN 0005, Optional Trade entity data conversion and data quality/integrity maintenance strategy planning support including conversion and maintenance process analysis and design. CLIN 0006, Optional trade entity information and relationship management environment support including defining and implementing best practices in staffing and organizational approach, job descriptions, process and standards definition and migration strategy. Deliver f.o.b. destination to U.S. Customs Service Headquarters, 1301 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20229 no later than 45 days after contract award. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Award will be made to a technically acceptable, responsible offeror at fair and reasonable prices. Provide descriptive literature, commercial price lists and other pricing information and policies, and owner's manual with maintenance procedures as part of the proposal. CLIN 0001 Consists of five tools: (1) volume/batch data 'scrubbing' software tool, (2) volume/batch data 'matching' software tool, (3) transaction 'scrubbing/matching' tool, (4) interactive 'scrub review' tool, (5) interactive 'match review' tool. Tool (1) accepts free-form, name and address (trade entity identifier) data, extracts and assesses the quality of standard name and address elements, standardizes common terms, and produces formatted identifier, name and address output. Tool (2) accepts free-form trade entity identifier, name and address data, and produces linkages which identify logical duplicates, individual households and corporate families, must be able to match using name and address, name only, and address only, must support optional user-defined match criteria, such as account number and date of birth, must not require that data be passed through the scrub tool before matching. Tool (3) accepts one trade entity presentation instance, scrubs the indentifier, name and address data in a manner consistent with the batch 'scrubbing' tool, extracts key tokens for retrieving candidate match records, and matches the candidates to the presented instance in a manner consistent with the batch 'matching' tool. Tool (4) presents scrub reject records for correction, or referral to an information specialist, by clerical personnel. Tool (5) presents match review records for resolution. Tools (1) and (3) must be able to process US, Canada and Mexico trade entity data with less than 10% reject rate and less than 1% passed error rate, Tools (1), (2) and (3) must perform consistently on MVS, UNIX/AIX and Windows NT platforms, Tools (4) and (5)must be accessible from a Windows 95 workstation in one of the following modes, in order of preference: Windows 95 OOUI Interface, MS-DOS Graphic Interface MS-DOS Text Interface, IBM-3270 Emulation/CICS Block Mode Interface, must perform consistently on MVS, UNIX/AIX and Windows NT platforms. Tools (1) & (2) must install, deploy and execute as a turnkey product, with no source code modification required. Tool (3) may require source code development to implement. The software must be integrable or callable from C, C++, and COBOL applications running under EDI transaction batch, CICS and other TP monitors. Tools (4) and (5) must support resolution of referred records by an information specialist. CLIN 0002 Tools (1),(2) & (3) If Region and/or Country specific tables and/or dictionaries are used, support for the following additional countries must be available on an order basis, within a 30 day turnaround: Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Hong Kong, China & Taiwan, and Japan. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items will apply to this RFP. The following FAR Clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply to the resultant contract: 52.203-6, 52.203-10, 52.219-9, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.225-9, 52.225-18, 52.225-19, and 52.225-21. All offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items in its response to this RFP. Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7372, size standard is $18 million. See numbered Note 12. Because this is a commercial item, FAR 12.603 (c)(3)(ii) will be used for establishing the solicitation response time, rather than the time established in Note 22, which in this instance is not applicable to this commercial acquisition. Offers are due to the Contracting Officer on December 5, 1996, 3:00 p.m. EST at the U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Room 4210, 1301 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20229. The following clause is added to the solicitation by addenda: TAPR 1046.673, Inspection, Acceptance, and Receiving Reports. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0320)

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