Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001

D -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH PROSPECT TECHNOLOGIES, IN WASHINGTON DC, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES!! SOL N/A!! DUE 071098 POC Contact: Cheryl Rice, (202) 267-6994/Contracting Officer: L. Scott Palmer, (202) 267-2489!! The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intends to acquire recreational boating safety web site services from Prospect Technologies, 3376 Stuyvesant Place, NW, Washington, DC on a sole-source basis. This is a follow-on project which encompasses completing web site development, technical support, interactive database, and expansion of the Office of Boating Safety (OPB) USCG's Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) web site. The expansion will include continued support of two "key" partners in the RBS Program, the National Safety Boating Council (NSBC) and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). It would be costly to duplicate the initial development and support by contracting with another vendor. The following services are required: develop a project plan; develop additional components; maintain and enhance existing OPB, NSBC, and NASBLA web sites; complete Phase I database and initiate new and extensive databases to the OPB web site; continue with the expansion of on-line boating education information and linkages to key national recreational boating safety web sites; continue support to the quality assurance and consumer alert components of the OPB web site; provide additional links to key state and Federal Safety Standards from the OPB web site; finalize interactive database and report generation capability combined with the ability to do mass e-mail regarding emergency boating safety issues; and complete a plan to transfer of the entire OPB web site plan and mechanisms to a new host site without service disruption. The following deliverables are required: project plan; monthly progress report, meeting minutes, and web site code and documentation. System/operational capabilities are: accessing data through web interfaces with latest technology; automated server pages through IIS 3.5 or higher using INTERDEV screens which interfaces with complex data with SQL 6.5 or higher; familiarization with advanced web/search technology; secure and unsecured communication/electronic mail; and 32-bit technology which complies with Standard Workstation III. Databases shall include text, numbers, photographs, sound and any new emerging technology requested by the Office of Boating Safety. In addition, firms must be able to program in JAVA, JAVA script, and have familiarity with Microsoft ACTIVE-X in both secure and unsecure environments. Firms must have the capacity to provide an ISP that affords multi-tiered security in order to host/maintain the office of Boating Safety web site. Firms must have demonstrated experience with advanced electronic commerce capability including the ability to support 128 bit/40bit SSL in transit encryption; security a on state of the art 400+ MGZ Windows NT 4.0 or higher hardware/software platforms. In addition, firms must be able to support electronic purchasing/credit card transactions/mall capabilities; and have familiarity with USCG databases with capability to port the databases from a military secure to a secure public domain environment. This notice is not a solicitation nor is a formal Request for Proposal available. Offerors shall state whether they desire the return of material submitted to the Coast Guard for evaluation purposes. The USCG will not pay for information submitted. An indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with firm fixed-price task orders is anticipated. The contract will consist of a base year and a one-year option period. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7375 and the size standard is $18 million. All interested parties must submit a technical capability statement that sufficiently describes their qualifications, capabilities, and previous experience relevant to fulfilling the specific recreational boating safety requirement described above. The Government will review all statements of capabilities submittedThe U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intends to acquire recreational boating safety web site services from Prospect Technologies, 3376 Stuyvesant Place, NW, Washington, DC on a sole-source basis. This is a follow-on project which encompasses completing web site development, technical support, interactive database, and expansion of the Office of Boating Safety (OPB) USCG's Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) web site. The expansion will include continued support of two "key" partners in the RBS Program, the National Safety Boating Council (NSBC) and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). It would be costly to duplicate the initial development. No other notice will be published until award is made. No award will be based on any information received in response to this notice. Telephone inquiries will be accepted. Telephonic verification of information submitted will not be honored. Written responses must be received within 45 days from the date of publication of this notice and shall be addressed to: Commandant (G-ACS-2B/CSR/5222), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 Note 22 applies. Attention: Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) (S-40) at (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.***** (0141)

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