U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Attn: Linda Wise MS-T-7I2, Washington, D.C. 20555

D -- PURCHASE, 1. INSTALLATION AND TRAINING OF THE WEB INTERFACE (GEOWEB) FOR THE GEAC ADVANCE SYSTEM. 2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF AUTHORITY PROCESSING, UPDATING AND REINDEXING OF 23,000 MARC RECORDS. SOL 10870129 DUE 052898 POC Contact Point: All questions should be directed to Elinor Cunningham, Procurement Specialist, (301) 415-6580, fax number (301) 415-8157 This is a combined synopsis and Request for Quotation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The synopsis/Request for Quotation is issued as a Request for Quotation which incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-42. This announcement constitutes the only Request for Quotation, a written request for quotation will not be issued. The small business set aside is waived. The Standard Industrial Classification code for the services required is 7372. REQUIREMENTS: The Government intends to negotiate solely with GEAC Computers, Inc., 9 Technology Drive, Westborough, MA 01581, for a firm fixed price purchase order for: (1) the purchase, installation and training This is a combine synopsis and Request for Quotation for commerical items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in theis notice. The synopsis/Request for Quotation is issued as a Result for Quotation which incorporated pro visions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-42. This announcement constitutes the only Request for Quotation, a written request for quotation will not be issued. The small business set aside is waived. The Standard Industrial Classification code for the service required is 7372. REQUIREMENTS: The Government intends to negotiate solely with GEAC Comuters, Inc., 9 Technology Drive, Westborough, MA 01581, for a firm fixed price purchase order for: (1) the purchase, installation and training (2 days) of the web interface (GEOWEB) for the Geac ADVANCE system, including 10 GEOWEB users licenses to be added to the GEAC ADVANCE database for NRC Integrated Library System (NILS). NRC's salient evaluation features of selecting software include: keyword and browse searching, display holdings information including availability of materials, in-context online help, familiar point and click interface, links within records, ability to mark records for display, printing or e-mail, place and cancel holds, view holdings, make ILL request, renew books, virtual catalog, Z39.50 standard compliant. (2) Project management, technical support, and authority processing on approximately 23,000 bibliographic records and approximately 73,000 system generated authority records, programming to update or replace existing authority records, updating the index profile and reindexing of the entire NILS database. Authority Control processing: The NRC Library will provide a 8mm data cartridge containing approximately 23,000 US MARC bibliographic records, approximately 73,000 system generated authority records from the current GEAC Advance NILS database to the contractor. The contractor shall perform automatic and manual review of bibliographic records to clean up the database for any inconsistency, errors, obsolete headings and tags. Create new headings, cross references, and replace the current authority records with the current Library of Congress authorized records. Specification for authority control processing can be made available upon request. Upgrading MARC Records: The contractor shall search and match all 23,000 bibliographic records against Library of Congress MARC records and replace the record with a Library of Congress record for the Leader, Fixed Fields, ISBN/ISSN, and all authority fields. Mapping: Move the 730 or 740 tags in all serial records to 246 tags. Reindexing: After the authority processing is completed, the contractor shall restore the 23,000 updated bibliographic records, and the new authority records back into NRC's GEAC Advance, NILS database and reindex the entire database as stated in the Specifications for Authority Control Processing. The GEOWEB software will be housed on a SUN Ultra SPARC server. The NILS application resides within NRC's overall LAN/WAN network infrastructure for the two Rockville, MD White Flint campus buildings and seven satellite offices located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; Arlington, Texas; Lisle, Illinois; Walnut Creek, California; Chattanooga, Tennessee and Las Vegas, Nevada. The platform for this infrastructure is Novell 3.X with Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 workstations. Interested parties should submit written technical documentation demonstrating their ability to provide the software specified to the NRC and a cost proposal. The following clauses are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes for Executive Order-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with the following addition clauses: 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. FAR 52-219-8 Small Business Program Representation and Offerors Representations and Certifications shall be completed and submitted with the Request for Quotation. Offerors are due May 28, 1998,(faxes are acceptable) 3:00 p.m. eastern time and should be sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Elinor Cunningham, Procurement Specialist, M/S T-7I2, Washington, DC 20555. Award of a purchase order will be made on or about June 8, 1998.***** (0132)

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