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D -- VISUAL STATUS OF FUNDS (VSOF)/EMPLOYEE DATA SYSTEM (EDS) SOL RFQ80111-NS DUE 042498 POC Patricia Haun, Contracting Officer (301) 496-8613 The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to obtain services from Netcomm, Inc., 6000 Executive Blvd., Ste. 600, Rockville, MD, 20852. The Office of Intramural Management, the Office of Extramural Management and the Administrative Resource Centers provide administrative support and services to the Intramural & Extramural programs of the NCI, which includes general management, policy and guidance, personnel, acquisitions, budget, and information systems. Visual Status of Funds (VSOF) for windows will replace the DOS version of Status of Funds (SOF). VSOF is an enterprise wide accounting management software product which interfaces with the NIH Central accounting System data. VSOF is a windows application, featuring customizable displays, user- friendly design, and extensive online support via its full-featured help system. It includes user group definitions, sophisticated access rights controls, and modifiable accounting structure views, allowing users greater control of organizational data than previously possible. VSOF includes a Microsoft Excel add-in which enables users to develop full featured spreadsheets in Excel using VSOF functions that directly link the spreadsheet to the organizations accounting data. The Employee Data System (EDS) is a client-server software developed by Netcomm to take data from various NIH data sources available in a variety of formats and to allow users to easily report FTE utilization and to make FTE projections. The original SOF was developed in 1987 by Netcomm and is a copyrighted product. This is not a request for competitive proposals, as no solicitation will be issued. This solicitation, RFQ80111-NS, is set-aside for small business with a Standard Industrial Classification Code of 7372. Netcomm, Inc. is the only source that can meet NCI's requirements. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above specification, it may submit a statement of capabilities. Information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can provide the required applications and software items. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office within 15 days after the publication date of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. (0096)

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