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70 -- 70 SOFTWARE SOL NMA20198R0067 DUE 052298 POC Susan Larimer, Contract Specialist, 301-227-2158, Regina Jennings, Contracting Officer, 301-227-2158, FAX Number 301-227-5573 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared under FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented by additional information included in this notice. Simplified acquisition procedures shall be utilized. This solicitation and incorporated provisions are those in effect through FAC 97-04 and DAC 91-13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. No solicitation document exists. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. It is the intent of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency to negotiate on a sole source basis with Kinetic Technologies, Inc. as the exclusive reseller of the Structured Information Manager (SIM), an electronic document management system for developing internet and internet document based applications as developed jointly by The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the University of Melbourne. SIM supports Z3950, SGML, XML, MARC, String, Binary, Integer, Date Time & Duration objects. Requirements are: 1. SIM 2198. SIM: The Structured Information Manager -- Level 1: 0-2 Gigabytes. This includes: SIM Database: Data Storage & Repository Server; SIM Webserver; SIM Scripting Environment: ACE (Application Construction Environment); SIM Server Modules: Boot, Directory, Security/Log Server. 2. SIM Hotline and Update Service. 3. SIM-5 DAY SIM Training Class (5 days training for up to 6 people.) 4. Shipping. Delivery is desired no later than 30 days after contract award to the following address: NIMA, Washington Navy Yard, Attn: Craig Brower, Bldg. 213, 1200 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20303. The following clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, FAR 52.212-3 (to be provided with quotation or by time of award), FAR 52.212-4, FAR 52.212-5 (appropriate clauses will be defined at time of award), and DFARS 252-212-7001 (appropriate clauses will be defined at time of award). Thefollowing year 2000 Compliance clause is made part of this solicitation and the resulting contract: Year 2000 Compliance Commercial Supply Items: The contractor shall ensure that all information technology such as hardware; software; and firmware delivered under this contract that is required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31, 1999, be Year 2000 compliant pursuant to the definition below; Definition: Year 2000 compliant means, with respect to information technology, that the information technology accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other information technology used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time with it. Applicable items: All deliverables hereunder. Quotations should be provided no later than 20 May1998. No telephone requests, only written or faxed requests are acceptable. (0127)

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