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D -- PMCD INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ELECTRONIC DATA MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES DUE 052698 POC Charles A. Comaty, Contracting Officer, 410-671-3750; Brenda Aleman, Contract Specialist, 410-671-4499 E-MAIL: Chemical Biological and Defense Command, cacomaty@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil or bkaleman@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil. CLASSCOD: D -- Information Technology Services, including Telecommunication Services OFFADD: Cdr., U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, Procurement, Attn: STEAA-CD-CD/Ms. Brenda Aleman, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423 SUBJECT: D -- PMCD INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ELECTRONIC DATA MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES -- Programmatic POC: Contracting Officer, Charles A. Comaty 410-671-3750; Contract Specialist, Ms. Brenda Aleman 410-671-4499. The Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization (PMCD) will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Information Systems and Network Management Support Services on or about 26 May 1998. The RFP defines the requirements, services, and functions necessary to provide voice and data network management engineering, installation, operations and maintenance services on a local basis. Services to be contracted for include, but are not limited to: engineering, installation, implementation, operations and maintenance to assist PMCD and itssites and agencies in the management and operations of its regional and depot/site network and data management centers. The network management support may consist of, but are not limited to: (a) system engineering; (b) preparation of technical documentation; (c) data base management; (d) system integration, transition, and upgrade implementation planning; (e) traffic engineering; (g) data collection and analysis; (h) definition of system level requirements; (i) information engineering; (j) analysis of developing concepts; (k) analysis of alternative hardware and software allocations to systems requirements; (l) provision of data communications hardware and software; (m) definition of systems interfaces; (n) development of new concepts to satisfy operational needs; (o) planning and completion of system testing and evaluation through the development cycle; (p) validation of site preparation plans; (q) performance of rapid prototyping; (r) analysis and performance of risk analyses; (s) performance of hardware, software, and system maintenance; (t) performance of network management systems installation; (u) and provision of network security services. PMCD has an ongoing need for an integrated network management and systems engineering support contractor possessing considerable depth in providing network management support services for PMCD locations. The successful offeror will be tasked to provide varying levels of support to PMCD's overall network management and related functions which are comprised of: applications and operating systems maintenance, modification and modernization; computer operations; administrative network communications operations and software maintenance; implementation, acceptance, testing, user training support. Other typical tasks will be in support of: (a) system planning; (b) system development; (c) system conversion; (d) hardware/software installation and integration; (e) local/wide area network (LAN/WAN) design, engineering, and installation; (f) operations security planning and implementation; (g) communication network analysis, design, and implementation; (h) technology update and insertion; (i) technical documentation; (j) facilities management, operations and maintenance support of existing and new systems; (k) network control and operation; and (l) system transition. The contractor will supply, as ordered, all necessary qualified personnel, supervision, management, materials, and equipment in support of this mission for DOD requirements. To be placed on the bidders mailing list mail requests to: Commander, AMC Acquisition Center, CBDCOM Contracting Branch, ATTN: STEAA-CD-CD/Ms. Aleman, Bldg. E4455, APG, MD 21010-5423 or fax 410-671-4549. The POCs for contractual issues are Ms. Brenda Aleman, Contract Specialist, and Charles A. Comaty, Contracting Officer. This contract will be a small business set aside. It is contemplated that Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 4899 will be used for determining company size and status. (0117)

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