USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 333 SW First Avenue, PO Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208-3623

70 -- ENGINEERING ROAD DESIGN SOFTWARE SOL R6-97-888 POC Deborah Duperon, (503) 808-2370 Under the authority of FAR 13.106-2, the USDA, Forest Service intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order with Softree, Inc., 650 Clyde Ave., #8, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7T 1E2, for a Regional site license and approximately 34 copies of RoadEng software for Windows. Software documentation, training, user support services, and option to purchase additional copies also required. Delivery FOB destination to various National Forests in Oregon and Washington. The Forest Service has a continuing need for a software program to produce low-volume road designs that provides consistency among Forests and ability to transfer data files. The software must: be available commercially, for Forest Service use, as well as for acquisition by non-Government entities, such as timber purchasers and contractors; be easy to use by field personnel and not require lengthy training to become proficient in its use; provide low volume road designs in both US and metric units of measure; operate on IBM compatible personal computers in Windows environment (3.1 or higher); provide capability for file transfer between FS units and others; accept survey data from data recorders and electronic surveying devices; provide nongeometric design with the following capabilities: accept survey data in various formats, such as bearing or azimuth and horizontal or slope distance; calculate bearings, distance, percent slope for horizontal and vertical alignment; right of way, clearing, and seeding areas; calculate earthwork volumes, culvert lengths and skew, surfacing quantities, and mass diagrams; print mass diagram, plan and profile sheets, horizontal and vertical alignment, cross sections, and slope stake notes. CD installation media preferred. Interested parties may identify their interest and describe capability by responding to this notice within 10 calendar days from the date of this publication. When responding to this announcement, refer to RFQ R6-97-888. Responses must be submitted to the address cited at the beginning of this notice and contain pricing information and technical description of the item in sufficient detail to allow evaluation of compliance with the requirements of this notice. Faxed responses are not permitted. (0237)

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