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D -- WEBMASTER TO MANAGE BISNIS HOMEPAGE-BISNIS-ONLINE SOL 98-3299 DUE 061698 POC Vivian Smith, 301-713-0853, Lawrence Frazier 301-713-0851 D -- Webmaster to manage BISNIS Homepage-BISNIS-online -- The Department of Commerce/ITA Office has a requirement to hire a webmaster to manage BISNIS' Homepage BISNIS-online & to design & implement BISNIS-NIS Russian Language Home page. The contract will be for (12) months (beginning on or about June 20, 1998) with an option for a one-year renewal. The contractor shall report directly to BISNIS Director, Deputy Director and COTR. Contractor will be based at the U.S. Department of Commerce Building, Room 7413, 14th and Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. or upon planned move at Ronald Reagan Building and Center for World Trade, 14th St., N.W., Wash., D.C. Duties may involve significant movement between both locations. Contractor will not be paid for commuting expenses to and from DOC bldgs. However, contractor will be reimbursed for authorized work-related travel expenses in fulfillment of listed duties below. Duties: (1) Contractor shall be responsible for daily updates of BISNIS' Internet home page and weekly updates to the flashfax system. Documents to be loaded on systems will be provided to contractor by BISNIS staff on a regular basis. Contractor shall edit, format, and place files on the Internet and flashfax, update hypertext annd menu pages, and maintain relevant text files in a timely and orderly manner. The contractor shall also create graphic, forms, programs, and search tools for the Web sites as needed. (2) Contractor woll be responsible for designing and modifying a new NIS BISNIS home page in Russian. Contractor will both search for Russian language resources to load on thhe NIS page, and load currently available documents. (3) Contractor will track usage statistics on the internet and flashfax. (4) Contractor shall regularly research relevant sites on the Web that relate to Russia and the New Independent states and put in a hypertext link to such information. Contractor shall work with local NIS Embassies and appropriate Ministries in NIS countries to expand the amount of economic and commercial information available on BISNIS homepages and flashfax. Evaluation Criteria: (1) Experience with constructing/maintaining flashfax systems and home pages on the World Wide Web, and knowledge of hyper-text mark-up language, file transfer protocol, Windows NT, and Java Script and Russian character sets, i.e. K018-R and Cp-1251 (2) Demonstrate experience with professional graphic design, especially for internet applications (3) Ability to speak, read and write the Russian language proficiently. Candidates should have background in international business and a knowledge of business, economic and political developments in Russia and the New Independent States that will enhance their ability to develop a NIS home page aimed specifically at assisting NIS business people in accessing commercial information on doing business with U.S. companies. Award will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government anticipates award will be made by June 17, 1998 Contact the POC for official due date and time of offers. (Reference No. 98-3299) Vivian.K.Smith@noaa.gov (0153)

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