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D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL OPM-RFQ-97 -- 00314JDH DUE 042897 POC Jackie D. Harris, Contract Negotiator, 202-606-1570; Alfred F. Chatterton III, Contracting Officer, 202-606-1004 WEB: Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Procurement Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the negotiator via email., jdharris@opm.gov. D -- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 1900 E Street, NW, Room SB 427, Washington, DC 20415, intends to issue Request For Quote Number OPM-RFQ-97-00314JDH that will lead to the award of a purchase order for software development services supporting the Office of Human Resources Systems Service (HRSS) in Washington, DC. The contractor will be required to develop software enhancements for four components of the Federal Automated Classification Evaluation System (FACES) which include: (1) An Automated Classification Component; (2) A System Administration Component; (3) An Organization Chart Component; and (4) A Standards Development Component. Access to the system will initially be through stand-alone PC's and/or LAN's, but should be scalable for future Internet access. The actual tasks to be performed include, but are not limited to: (1) Use Visual FoxPro 3.0 and Maxtech Visual MaxFrame software to refine and enhance existing software, including the continued incorporation of PhDbase search engine, Maxtech Visual MaxFrame class libraries, Stonefield's data maintenance, and FoxFire! Report Writer; (2) Incorporate a thesaurus software into the existing framework;(3) Design and program the shell for Federal Wage System Job Grading Standards; (4) Design and program the shell for non-Factor Evaluation System (FES) General Schedule Standards; (5) Design tables to evaluate mixed series jobs; and (6) Convert occupational data in Department Of Defense's (DOD) Coredoc automated classification system for use in FACES. Contractors shall have extensive knowledge of Visual FoxPro and Visual MaxFrame programming language, experience with PhDbase, Stonefield's data maintenance, and FoxFire! Report Writer; as well as an existing understanding of the Federal Classification System. The period of performance will be from the date of award through October 31, 1997. This procurement will be conducted as a set-aside for small business concerns. The Standand Industrial Code (SIC) for this requirement is 7371. To be considered as a small business, the firm's maximum annual receipts can not exceed $18 million dollars. A preproposal conference and demonstration of the existing FACES software will be held on Thursday, April 24, 1997, at OPM, 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC., Room 5A06A at 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Requests for copies of the solicitation should be received, in writing, no later than ten days from the date of this listing. Telephone requests will not be honored. However, faxed requests are acceptable. The fax number is 202-606-1464. Only one copy of the RFQ will be sent to each requestor. The RFQ will be available electronically through OPM's procurement Homepage on the World Wide Web on or about April 11, 1997. To download the RFQ from the Home Page, you will need the following: a Personal Computer or terminal; a modem; and communications software. The Web address for the OPM Procurement Home Page is: http://www.opm.gov/procure. If you download the RFQ, please send an electronic mail message to afchatte@opm.gov containing your company's name and address. This will insure that you receive copies of any amendments issued to the RFQ. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. ***** (0087)

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