U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Purchasing Division, Room 1230, 844 North Rush St., Chicago, IL 60611-2092

70 -- INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE INTERFACE POC Paul T. Ahern (312) 751-7130 (Voice) (312) 751-4923 (FAX) The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) seeks information about the availability of firms who can provide an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, Intranet, or other interface (hardware and software) that would allow our employees the ability to access information in their own personnel records. The interface solution would also allow the agency's employees to edit and update the information elements in the database, for their own personal records, to which they are authorized access, such as (1) changes in address, (2) open season health benefits plan enrollment, or (3) their investment plan (Thrift Savings Plan). The proposed interface solution/application must fully interface with the RRB's IBM 3090-400J mainframe-based Human resources Management System software -- "Human Resources Manager", "Payroll" and "Position Control" by TESSERACT, which operates in a Computer Associates IDMS database environment. Companies must have previous experience working with the TESSERACT system and provide client references in their response. Vendor responses shall include the following information in explaining their capability to provide the application/system and any associated services: (1) a listing of TESSERACT clients with whom they have worked, including (a) a description of the work completed and the project scope, (b) the time frame from award of contract to full implementation of the project, (c) actual (or estimated) contract prices, and (d) each TESSERACT client's contact person's name and phone number; (2) information on related General Services Administration Schedule (GSA) or other Federal agency contracts including (a) the contract number and (b) the agency's contact person's name and phone number. Interested firms must submit their written response to this Request for Information (RFI) not later than 15 calendar days from its publication in the CBD. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS OR BIDS NOR IS IT A REQUEST FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. No solicitation document exists. No telephone calls will be accepted. The RRB shall not transmit acknowledgment of receipt of vendor submissions. (0063)

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