CONSULTING SERVICES The Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, is interested in acquiring information on commercially available consulting services.The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) is an agency within the Department of the Interior. Administratively based in Denver, Colorado, the USBR is a water management organization with operations distributed throughout the western United States. The Information Resource Services (D-7100) provides computer support and direction to the rest of the organization. Currently, the environment includes: client/server applications; Novell Local Area Networks (LAN's); a Wide Area Network (WAN); various Internet applications; Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Data General (DG) minicomputers running UNIX; Personal Computers (PC's) operating Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT; Oracle databases; various programming languages and client/server tools; Groupwise office suite; and other assorted hardware and software as required by USBR operations. This request for information (RFI) is focused in the following areas. Consulting services for various computer and administrative related disciplines are required by D-7100 and other USBR organizations intermittently in the general areas of data administration, network hardware and software, network services, computer security, computer room design, desktop/client hardware and software, server hardware and software, database software and application development tools, automated group interaction tools, project management and project development methodology, decision processes, quality assurance and testing, customer support, security, internet technologies, business process reengineering, cost recovery, and general administration. The work for this requirement is primarily Denver-based. The Contractor shall have the capability of providing consulting services in no less than 60% of any of the required areas of expertise within ten working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order. The Contractor shall provide consulting services in the remaining areas within 20 working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order. Contractors having the capability to provide consulting services in all of the defined areas within 10 working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order are preferred. Individuals providing consulting services under this contract shall have at least 12 years experience in the subject matter areas such as computer systems software, computer user support, data base management, local area and wide area communications, applications development, information resources administration, general government IRM administration. Experience is defined as any combination of years in under-graduate, graduate-level studies, or full-time work experience to equal 12. Firms having such services are requested to submit literature/brochures outlining their capabilities to: Bureau of Reclamation, Attn:Ray M. Lewis, Contracting Officer, PO Box 25007, Mail Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, Denver CO 80225-0007 within 15 days of the date of publication. Responses will be evaluated and a solicitation list established of those firms determined capable of fulfilling the Government's requirements. This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any follow-on acquisitions. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of submission of responses to this RFI and Government use of such information. This RFI does not constitute the solicitation of proposals. No telephone requests. Responders to this RFI may be requested to provide additional details/information based on their initial submittals. WEB: Bureau of Reclamation Denver Office Acquisition Home Page, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's E-mail address, rlewis@do.usbr.gov.

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