U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

D -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOL 52-DDNF-9-90003 DUE 030998 POC Mark A. Miller Specialist Ina R. Merson Contracting Officer 301-713-0839 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist, Mark.A.Miller@NOAA.GOV. D -- 7373 -- 8(a) competitive -- The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Ocean Service, has a requirement for information technology support services. These services include local and wide-area network planning and administration; RDBMS applications development and distributed applications; office automation support for applications; help desk to provide hardware/software/network troubleshooting; computer technology; and multi-media graphics support. Current services are being performed on-site at the Silver Spring Headquarters location. Approximately 15 full time equivalent positions are required. For the purpose of determining a reasonable number of qualified competitors, interested parties are invited to participate in a "down-select" process whereby capabilities to meet the following essential criteria will be evaluated for further competition. Contractors should provide their experience and qualification in response to the following essential requirements: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Expertise in the following disciplines: 1) Wide Area Network support using frame relay, T-1, and dedicated 56-kbps technology; configuration and management of 3COMs' Netbuilder II and Cisco router; 2) Video Conferencing administration and support; 3) Network Management System using HP Openview, Transcend, and Cisco Works on Windows NT platforms; 4) High Level Programming Languages/Software to include C, C++, GUI development platforms including Oracle Designer and Developer 2000; 5) Structured analysis, object oriented design, object oriented and entity relationship modeling, data warehousing, decisions support systems, and distributive processing; 6) Operating Systems/Scientific workstations/mini-mainframe systems to include UNIX, DOS, Windows NT, Windows 95; 6) Local/Wide Area Network support to include 10-100 MB ethernet, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, Cisco and 3Com Routers/routing protocols, networking protocols and topology, ENET Switching, WindowsNT Advanced Server administration, MS Systems Management Server, network engineering and operations to include backbone management; Management and operations of switch hubs and remote access communication servers; network security/firewalls; cc:Mail network project management, administration and operations; ORACLE RDMBS; 6) General IT support services to include Corel Suite, general applications support, help desk support, hardware repair/support services, Windows 95 and Windows NT system administration and workstation configuration/ training,: 7) Multi-media support to include presentation graphics, publication design and production, multi-media technology including digital imaging, animation, image scanning, and WEB technology to include expertise with HTML/JAVA; 8) Wide-area network planning and administration. Demonstration of Experience in the following areas: 1) Providing qualified personnel in a broad range of technical disciplines; 2) Managing a procurement of this magnitude, including subcontracting and teaming arrangements to supplement/complement existing resources; and 3) Providing adequate numbers of senior technical personnel with at least 10 years experience in their field. ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS: 1) Track record on employee capture in follow-on contract situations; 2) Employee professional compensation package and benefits, 3) Contractor retention record; 4) Upward mobility, diversity, and training policies; and 5) Recruitment performance statistics. Responses should be limited to 75 pages and three copies should be submitted on or before March 09, 1998. Responses should be addressed to Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Acquisition Management Division 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910. For additional information contact Mark Miller, 301-713-0839, Fax, 301-713-0806, e-mail Mark.A.Miller@NOAA.gov. (0029)

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