Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg WV 26101-5312

70 -- GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) PROPRIETARY MAINTENANCE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES POC Point of Contact, Sandy George, 304-480-7661, Contracting Officer, Tammie S. Johnson, 304-480-6461 WEB: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/oa/oaprocr.htm. E-MAIL: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, procurement@bpd.treas.gov. Subject to final approval, the Bureau of the Public Debt intends to negotiate a sole-source procurement with ClientSoft Inc, 4555 Mansell Road, Suite 300, Alpharetta, GA 30022 to extend the maintenance including new releases and upgrades for ClientBuilder Enterprise software for a systems life through July 17, 2003. The ClientBuilder Enterprise software is compatible with our current environment which includes an Amdahl 5995, Model 2570M with an MVS/ESA operating system and an Ethernet local area network running Novell NetWare, Version 4.11. The software meets the following requirements: a) Captures and uses 3270 screens from VTAM applications (i.e., CICS, IMS, TSO) to build GUI's with Windows functionality. The product shall provide a complete solution, not dependent on the use of programming languages such as Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, C++, and shall not require changes to mainframe applications; b) Provides for development of GUI's for Pentium-based PC's running Windows 95 (the run-time version will be run on Windows 95 platforms only); c) Supports 3270 emulation using Attachmate Extra for Windows over SNA/SDLC links, and Attachmate's 3270 LAN Workstation software on a Novell Netware network, and support TCP/IP; d) Supports Windows functionalities and multiple windows in both development and run-time components; e) Interactively supports developer tasks including capturing 3270 screens, automatically mapping 3270 fields to PC panel fields, defining and placing GUI controls on panels, changing fonts and colors, linking controls to 3270 functions such as PF keys, and moving and re-sizing GUI controls and data fields. The activities shall be done using a visual, object-based approach; f) After 3270 screen capture, provides the ability to complete development and testing of GUI panels while disconnected from the mainframe; g) Provides ability to automatically generate a GUI panel from a 3270 screen, retaining all data fields from the associated 3270 screen; h) Provides ability to develop local panels (not linked to a 3270 screen); i) Supports GUI controls, including Radio Buttons, Check Boxes, Push Buttons, Drop-down Menus, List boxes with Scroll Bars, and Drop-down List boxes with Scroll Bars; j) Provides capability to define default values for radio buttons, check boxes, list boxes and data fields; k) Allows user to define tables to populate list boxes; l) Allows incorporation of context sensitive Help screens for panels, GUI controls, and data fields; m) Supports the exchange of data with other Windows applications using DDE (Dynamic Data Entry); n) Allows use of other applications via DLL (Dynamic Link Library); o) Provides capability to define 3 dimensional panels and GUI controls; p) Provides capability to automatically tab between fields dependent on field size; q) Provides capability to control tab sequence; r) Provides capability to copy or re-use objects such as panels, tables, and other portions of one application in other applications; s) Allows run-time component to respond to mainframe events as they occur, automatically displaying panels associated with 3270 screens during development. For un-anticipated events (screens or messages), the software displays the 3270 screen and operates in 3270 mode. Public Debt will not accept software that requires a script (or program) to be written to synchronize the mainframe and workstation applications, or to account for erratic mainframe response times; t) Allows user to link ICON's to mainframe transactions; u) Supports basic data editing for data entry fields including numeric only, alphanumeric, and field length edits; v) Does not require the developer (Public Debt user) to code a script or embedded programming language to develop an application that uses a one-to-one 3270 screen to PC panel relationship. However, coding will be acceptable for the following requirements: 1) Defining multiple panels accessing a single mainframe screen, and a single panel to interact with multiple mainframe screens; 2) Defining Global variables that can be set or used by all panels within an application; 3) Storing (saving) values such as customer information in PC files and retrieving those values for use in later mainframe sessions; 4) Defining data-driven dialogue boxes or "sub-panels"; w) has a minimum of ten developer licenses and a minimum of 1000 run-time licenses. All affirmative responses must be in writing, must be accompanied by clear and convincing evidence to clearly show compliance to the requirements. No solicitation document is available. A request for documentation will not be considered an affirmative response. If no affirmative written response is received, within 15 days after publication of this notice, to the effect that comparable item(s)/services is/are available, and that it is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these items/services through a sole-source contract, a sole-source award will be made. Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted. (0140)

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