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D -- NAFTA CUSTOMS WEB SITE SOL CS-98-027 DUE 050198 POC Michael Rebain, Contracting Officer, (202) 927-0598 D -- The U.S. Customs Service, in cooperation with Revenue Canada and Servicio de Administracion Tributaria de Mexico, has identified a requirement for the development and maintenance of a NAFTA Internet Web Site. The following information, published in English, French and Spanish, details the services to be provided in support of this requirement: The scope of this effort is to provide technical support services to assist the Governments in developing and maintaining a NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Customs Internet Web Site to disseminate Customs informational documents and forms related to issues pertaining to NAFTA general import and export laws and regulations. The information will be provided to the Web Page Management Service in trilingual format (English, French and Spanish) to be offered to the general public. The services required shall be contracted to a Web Page Management Service that may need to work in conjunction with an Internet Service Provided for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a Turnkey Web Site. The services of a contractor with experience in using Web Advantage Dedicated Hosting Service for a Windows NT Operating System environment is required. The site content will offer information in either one, two or all three of the languages simultaneously. All documents being posted shall be manipulated through appropriate scripting or an optional database in HTML or PDF format. Additionally, development of the Web Site shall include Intranet electronic transmittal (E-mail) capability among authorized Trilateral Customs authorities. L'objet de cet effort est de fournir des services de soutien technique en vue d'aider les gouvernements a elaborer et a maintenir un site web Douanes -- ALENA (Accord de libre-echange nord-americain sur l'Internet pour disseminer les documents d'information et les formulaire internationaux des douanes sur des aspects lies aux lois et reglements generaux de l'ALENA visant l'importation et l'exportation. Cette information sera fournie au fournisseur de services de gestion de pages web en trois langues (anglais, francais et espagnol), pou diffusion au grand public. Les services requis seront obtenus au moyen d'un marche avec un fournisseur de services Internet, qui se chargera d'etablir un site web cle en main et de le maintenir. Le fournisseur en question devra avour l'experience de l'utilisation du service d'hote reserve Web Advantage pur un environment de systeme d'exploitation Windows NT. Le contenu du site pourra offrir des renseignements dans un, deux ou trois langues simulanement. Tous les documents affiches pourront etre manipules en utilisant un langage d'information en code machine approprie ou une base de donnees optionnelle en format HTML ou PDF. De surcroit, l'elaboration du site web comprendra une capacite de transmission electronique (courrier elec.) entre les trois administrations douannieres autorisees. La finalidad de este proyector consiste en proporcionar servicios tecnicos de asistencis a los Gobiernos para elaborar y mantener una "Pagina Aduanera del TLCAN (Tratero de Libre Comercio de America del Norte) en la Internet, donde se disemine documentacion informativa aduanera y todas aquellas regulaciones relacionadas con importaciones y exporactiones bajo el TLCAN. La informacion sera proporcionada al prestador del servicio de manejo de la pagina en tres idiomas (ingles, frances y espanol), a efecto de darla a conocer al publico en general. Los servicios requeridos se otorgaran a un prestador de servicio de manejo de "Pagina" wue, problamente, requerira trabajar conjuntamente con un proveedor de servicio de Internet, a efecto de establecer y mantener dicha "Pagina". Se requieren los servicios de un contratista con experiencia en la utilizacion del "Web Advantage Dedicated Hosting Service", usando el sistema operativo de "Windows NT". La "Pagina" ofrecera informacion en cualquiera de los tres idiomas en forma simultanea. Todos los documentos que se incluyan deberan poder ser manipulados mediante la escritura apropriada o en una base de datos optativa en "HTML" o en formato "PDF". Adicionalmente, la "Pagina" debera tener capacidad de transmision electronica a traves de una red interna (correo electonico) para uso de las autoridades aduaneras de los tres paises. Requests for a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for this requirement (Reference: CS-98-027) should be sent to the U.S. Customs Service contracting officer at the address cited above or to the following fax number : (202) 927-0288, or to the following Interet E-Mail Address: rebain@rebaim67.customs.sprint.com. No telephone requests will be honored. The anticipated release date for the RFP is March 31, 1998. The anticipated date for submission of proposals is May 1, 1998. (0070)

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