U.S. Postal Service, Headquarters Purchasing, Room 4541, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260-6230

D -- PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR DATA WAREHOUSING SOL n/a DUE 100197 POC Andrew Jernell (202) 268-4172 WEB: http://www.usps.gov/busctr/welcome.htm, http://www.usps.gov/busctr/welcome.htm. E-MAIL: AJernell@email.usps.gov, AJernell@email.usps.gov. 1. The United States Postal Service will be implementing a corporate wide data warehouse. 2. At this time the Postal Service will be pre-qualifing potential suppliers who possess the skills needed to design and implement a corporate data warehouse architecture and a National Retail Data Mart. 3. The National Retail Data Mart will be the first of several data marts that will become components of a corporate wide data warehouse. 4. This pre-qualification package includes a brief description of the purpose of the Data Warehouse and National Retail Data Mart, the criteria that the Postal Service will use to evaluate potential suppliers, and instructions on how to prepare pre-qualification responses. 5. At a minimum, potential suppliers must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the request for proposal. 6. Significant experience as a systems integrator with large-scale data warehouse and data mart implementation. 7.Qualified suppliers must have implemented either 1) a datawarehouse or 2) a data warehouse with multiple data marts (for a commercial or government client) that is at least one terabyte in size. 8. In addition, the potential supplier must have also implemented two data warehouses that are at least 500 gigabytes in size. 9. The above data warehouses must consist of a wide variety of sources and types of data. 10. Dedicated data warehouse and data mart staffz: 11. The supplier must have a full-time team whose main responsibility is implementing data warehouses and data marts. 12. The team members must have the training, experience, and skills to implement a large, centralized, enterprise data warehouse that supports multiple data marts. 13. The team must provide a full range of services, such as training, data modeling, data administration, and data transformation and cleansing. 14. Stable corporate profile: 15. The supplier must have substantial experience in integrating information systems and implementing data warehouses, data marts,and other information technology projects. 16. It must demonstrate sufficient financial resources and long-term commitment to implementing and maintaining large, centralized, enterprise data warehouses that support multiple data marts. 17. Merely meeting the minimum criteria stated above does not guarantee that the potential supplier will be pre-qualified. 18. All questions concerning this effort can be addressed to Andrew Jernell, Contracting Officer; Information Technology Purchasing. 19. He can be reached at the following email address: Ajernell@email.usps.gov., and the following phone number (202) 268-4172. 20. Questions concerning the Pre-qualification package itself shall be sent to the above email address. 21. The above information can be downloaded from the Postal Service World Wide Web Site. 22. The address is: http://www.usps.gov under the Business Opportunities section or http://www.usps.gov/busctr/welcome.htm. (0260)

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