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70 -- COMPUTER SOFTWARE SOL RFP-7094 POC Melissa L. Brady, Contract Specialist, (202)324-3287. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included int his notice. This announcement constitutes the solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-38. The following software is being procured on a sole source basis with Quantitative Software Management, Inc., 2000 Corporate Ridge, Suite 900, McLean, VA 22102. This is a Firm-Fixed price type contract with three (3) option years. Line Item 000l for one (1) QSM software performance modeling tool suite with five (5) copies; Line Item 0002 for Training up to 12 FBI employees on the QSM software; Line Item 0003 for software maintenance, upgrades and enhancements for four (4) years for the QSM software, billable inarrears. The Software Performance Modeling Tool Suite shall consist of the following three (3) programs; (1) a Software Size Planning Tool, that shall produce software size estimates from multiple approaches; (2) a Software Life Cycle Model (SLIM) that shall predict software development schedules, costs and quality estimates with primary inputs/drivers that exponentially changes productivity parameter whose exponential changes display the typical fourth power trade off between time and effort. The SLIM shall also provide the capability to display on screen in real time, sensitivity studies which show the sensitivity of time, effort, and reliability (MTTD) to changes in program size, team productivity, and peak staff ; (3) and a SLIM Control that shall perform statistical control and adaptive forecasting. The SLIM Control shall also analyze various costs, schedule and reliability trade-offs during the development process, shall be designed to model the nonlinear performance of the typical software development (fourth power tradeoff between time and effort), and shall have the capability to accurately forecast defect discovery rate, cumulative defects, and mean time to defect. Quantitative Software Management, Inc. Is the only known source capable of satisfying the FBI's requirement. Shipping is FOB-DESTINATION to FBI-Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The following FAR clauses/provisions are applicable to this acquisition: (a) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial; (b) 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, the specific evaluation criteria are technical capability of the item(s) offered to meet the Government requirement; price, and past performance (in descending order of importance); (C) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, and offeror is hereby advised to include a completed copy of this provision with the offer; (d) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; (e) 52.212-5 contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statuses or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; (f) 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options; and (g) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. Additional Clauses cited are applicable to this acquisition; 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the government, with ALT. 1; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small disadvantaged Business Concerns; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.,O.11246); 52.225-3 Buy American Act-supplies; 52.225-9 Buy American Act-Trade Agreements North American Free Trade Agreements Implementation Act. The proposed contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.203. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement or submit proposals. Interested persons responding to this requirement must bid all or none and provide technical and pricing information. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals recieved within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. Determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is soley within the discretion of the government. Information recieved will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone inquires will not be accepted. (0093)

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