U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Telecommunications Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, Attn: Code 3TS, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107

D -- IT SERVICES -- SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CENTER SOL GS-03T-98-R-0005 DUE 063098 POC John G. Thomas 215-656-6324 Backup: Robert L. Vitelli 215-656-6326 WEB: home page, http://tsd.r3.gsa.gov/fts. E-MAIL: contracting officer, johng.thomas@gsa.gov. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS), Office of the Chief Information Officer is seeking to acquire services for the implementation and operation of a PBS Systems Development Center (SDC) that is capable of delivering high quality information systems to its information technology customers. The PBS is responsible for the design, construction, management, maintenance, operation, alteration, extension, remodeling, preservation, repair, improvement, protection, and control of buildings, both federally owned and leased, in which accommodations for Government activities are provided. Where authorized, PBS is responsible for the acquisition, use, custody, and accountability of GSA/PBS real property and related personal property; for the external safety, health, and fire protection aspects of the PBS mission; for the internal GSA employee occupational safety and health program; for providing advice and expert testimony on behalf of Federal agencies in proceedings before Federal and State regulatory bodies involving public utilities; for representation of executive agencies in negotiations of rates and contracts for public utilities and for administering these arrangements; and for providing technical advice and assistance to GSA and other executive agency contracting officers in the development and use of, and public utility terms and conditions to be included in, invitations for bids and contracts and for promoting the maximum utilization of excess Federal real property, disposition of surplus real property interests, and divestiture of real property for executive agencies. The PBS manages the Federal Government's real property inventory which consists of approximately 1800 government-owned and approximately 7,000 leased locations nationwide. The SDC contractor shall implement a systems engineering environment that is capable of yielding consistent, repeatable, predictable and successful Information Technology project outcomes. The SDC contractor shall provide high quality information systems through sound systems engineering practices, policies, and procedures. The SDC contractor shall ensure that consistent, documented, and controlled systems management practices are implemented for all system development and maintenance projects within PBS. The SDC contractor shall implement a systems engineering environment that will allow PBS to: easily define and track user requirements; deliver systems that meet user requirements, on time, every time; share data/code easily among systems; easily input and update data; remain consistent with the agency's common information network architecture; obtain customer feedback throughout the systems development life cycle; easily track the cost of quality (cost of prevention, cost of appraisal, and cost of failure); track project development costs; provide up front Project Management Plans, Project Estimates, and detailed Work Breakdown Structures to support management decision making. The SDC contractor shall also support maintenance of current technology and legacy business applications, databases, integration of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software in a Microsoft Windows (3.51 or higher, 95 or NT) and Local Area Network (LAN) environment with the ability to be loaded on Novell/Windows NT/Oracle servers/A-Series. Services provided through the PBS SDC shall include, but are not limited to the following: systems development and maintenance; operations and production control; feasibility studies and technical analyses such as benefit cost analyses, data administration and modeling; helpdesk support; hardware/software configuration management; change control; quality assurance; technology research and development; training for legacy, new systems and third party products, PBS SDC Awareness Training; conduct user conferences; preparation and presentation of management briefing materials; product demonstrations; development of product newsletters and other effective communication aids needed to provide system related information to interested parties; product acceptance testing; LAN support; Post-implementation Reviews; internet/intranet development; COTS and technical library management. The PBS hardware environment includes: 7000 PCs; 190 file, communication and print servers, 1400 printers, Modems/Data Service Units, Synoptic and Cabletron communication hubs, Cisco Routers, Telebit Netblazers, Cisco 5200 Remote Access Servers, 100 Mbps VG/FX, Cisco 760 Series, Catalyst Series 5000. The PBS server software environment includes: Novell 3.51 or higher, Microsoft (MS) NT -- 3.51/4.0. The PBS telecommunications protocols environment includes: TCP/IP, SNMP, MS NT RAS (TCP/IP). The PBS application development environment includes use of the following tools: Data Bases Supported: Oracle Version 7.1.4.3 (NW) & 7.3.3 (NT), Sybase, Progress and MS SQL. Oracle is used for large scale PBS-wide applications. PBS desires to limit its use of Sybase and Progress to its current installed base. Microsoft Access -- Versions 2.0 and 7.0 as a single user data basesolution. Languages Supported: C++ Version and Visual Basic Development Environments: PowerBuilder and Designer/Developer 2000 Report Tools: Business Objects Other applications include: ADS for DOS, NetWizard, InfoMaker, Appmeter, Calendar Creator Plus, cc:mobile, Corel Draw, Cross Plus Connect, E-Forms, Power Chute Plus, Lotus Notes, McAfee Anti-Virus, Novell LANalyzer, OnTime, Page Maker, PC Anywhere, PCTools, Perform Pro, FedDesk, ProComm Plus, PhotoStyler, Reach Out, MS-ADS, SQL Admin Tools, Sytos Plus, TBBS, Type Reader, Ventura Publisher, Support Magic and PCMS. The A-Series computers located nationwide are described below. Some regional offices have the same configuration while others and the Central Office have unique configurations. Each A-Series configuration in each region is augmented by a CP2000. A-Series: A-11 Model 1222, A-7 Model 411, Micro-A Model 825, CP2000 Chassis Front-end Processor. There is one (1) national office, eleven (11) regional offices and over 200 field offices in the U.S. andits possessions. Most of our systems are Year 2000 compliant. The services will be procured using the GSA schedules and a negotiated BPA to include an incentive clause, and performance measurement criteria. The BPA will have a one-year period of performance with four (4) one-year options in accordance with the extension period of the GSA Schedule contract. Interested parties shall provide two copies of their current GSA Schedule contract, and one original and five (5) copies of a written capability statement (maximum of twenty (20), 8 1/2 x11 single-sided pages) to the Contracting Officer by the designated time and at the GSA address shown above. Telephone or facsimile is not acceptable. The capability statements will be evaluated based upon: (1) the vendor's proven successful performance with large projects within a variety of business environments that are similar to the type and complexity of the PBS environment using consistent, repeatable, predictable and successful systems engineering practices and methodologies modeled after SEI CMM, ISO 9000, etc.; (2) the availability of these services on the GSA Schedule; (3) proven capability for rapid response when required; (4) proven successful management of subcontractors, and (5) demonstrated proven capabilities through past performance to perform all the requirements and services. Please provide POCs and telephone numbers for references for representative projects. This project will be accomplished by undertaking a two-step evaluation process as follows: (1) Evaluate the maximum 20 page capability statements from all interested parties with a current GSA schedule contract. (2) Based upon initial evaluations only, a limited number of sources will be invited to compete in the final selection phase. (0161)

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