Commander, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180

D -- FIP SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DACW39-97-Q-0030 DUE 020597 POC Mallorie O. Irwin Purchasing Agent 601 634 4116 WEB: Contracting Division Homepage, http://www.wes.army.mil/contract.htm. E-MAIL: Mallorie O. Irwin, irwin@ex1.wes.army.mil. The USAE Waterways Experiment Station (WES) proposes to award a purchase order to RENTEX Computing, Inc. of Herndon, VA to provide Federal Information Processing (FIP) support services for the Research and Development Information System in accordance with the following statement of work: Maintenance and Enhancement of Research and Development Management Information System (RDMIS) Task 1: Programming/maintenance: Maintain the RDMIS system at CERD and provide the system updates as needed by interacting with the Corps System residing at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, MS. Provide all system enhancements needed at CERD for analyzing and printing the program documentation for Military, Civil Works and Reimbursable Databases. Field questions from Corps laboratories regarding RDMIS use and need for further development. Organize laboratory needs and provide recommendations for system enhancements to CERD managers. Provide approved system enhancement needs to WES Information Technology Laboratory and assist in conversion of the concepts to actual system modifications. This is not a computer programming task but rather to serve as CERD's liaison. Reformat RDMIS data files as required by CERD and the laboratories to produce any specialized reporting unique requirements. It is understood that system enhancements to the RDMIS system will be carried out by the WES Information Technology Laboratory (or other designated representative of CERD). This paragraph of Task 1 refers to requirements that CERD or the laboratories have which is either a one-time need or unique to only that particular agency. Provide programming as required by CERD manager and WES ITL in analyzing the data in RDMIS to include creating new programs and briefing materials needed to defend the program. Provide programming interface from data collected from the RDMIS for Long Range Science and Technology(SRS&T) program development and Civil five year funding summary to other DOD agencies as required/requested by CERD program managers. Task 2: Program Documentation: Collect the laboratory military LRS&T data and Civil works 5 Year R&D plan data, performing initial edits to insure conformity to HQ guidance. Provide draft and final documentation for civil and military plans by working with other agents of CERD to produce the required number of documents. It is understood that final editing and reproduction are not the responsibility of the Contractor. This task results in the production of Military RDT&E LRS&T Books and the Civil Works Five Year Plaln. Perform monthly downloads of SARDA ASTMIS database and update programs as required. (This requires familiarity with Microsoft Access.) Provide ad hoc queries from these data as requested by DRD program managers. Task 3: CERD Representative: Serve as a representative for CERD on the Data Architecture and Control Committee (DACC) for the HQ Automated Information Systems. Provide assistance in meeting tasks related to Automated Information Management Systems questions and Automated Information Technology concerns. Meeting and Reviews: Review meetings shall be required each week during the term of the purchase order. The contractor's representative shall meet with a CERD representative once each week for a minimum of two (2) hours at the Pulaski Building, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC Reports/Deliverables: The Contractor shall submit the following reports to the government as requested by CERD Program Managers: One (1) copy of five (5) Year CW R&D Plan shall be due by 15 April 96. One (1) copy of LRS&T Documentation shall be due by 31 May 96. Written monthly status reports and invoices shall be due by the fifteenth of the month succeeding the work month. RENTEX is the only known source capable of performing this work. They have the specified knowledge, system expertise, and software experience in RDMIS necessary to perform the required services and guarantee data integrity. RENTEX has written project software and has an intimate knowledge of the software packages and requirements specific to the RDMIS application, and to the research and development community and its unique set of operating/reporting requirements. RENTEX has gained detailed knowledge of data/information requirements from the Pentagon to DRD, to include formats and level of data aggregation required. This detailed knowledge requires one and one-half to two man-years to develop. RENTEX has spent several years developing the source code for management of these data bases. RENTEX has been maintaining Corps data and has developed software and procedures for manipulating the data which are not readily available elsewhere. No other source has access to this software, and the processes followed to develop it. Any inquiries should be received within fifteen (15) days from the date of pubication of this notice. There is no solicitation document. (0029)

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