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A -- IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY SOL 52SBNT7C1049 DUE 062298 POC POC Marsha Rodgers (301) 975-6398 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Westat, Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland, for additional work under Contract Number 50SBNT7C1049 for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This modification is required to the present contract in order to perform the first phase of development and implementation of a consolidated Data management system. The contractor shall provide services to develop a consolidated information management system that integrates program data with information from constituent databases, an automated structured reporting system and results from customer profiling. The following additional tasks shall be performed: 1) The contractor shall perform database analyses of existing Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) data resources (mailing lists, applicants, grantees, financial databases, customer profile and structured reporting system data), develop data model and data dictionary. 2) The contractor shall integrate existing databases into a consolidated structure and develop database design. 3) The contractor shall develop and test electronic capture technologies (e.g. Internet based electronic forms) applied to TIIAP project applications, project financial reporting, and periodic reporting by projects; test prototype examples; demonstrate recommended instruments; provide draft report. 4) The contractor shall implement/deploy, test and refine electronic data capture technologies; provide finalized instruments and full operational demonstrations to TIIAP. 5) The contractor shall develop and implement query and reporting tools to provide enhanced access, query, and analytical capability to TIIAP managers and staff. 6) The contractor shall integrate and deploy additional data access tools, such as Document Manager System(s), data mining tools, and Geographic Information System software. Integrate customer profiling analytical capability into the CDMS framework. 7) The contractor shall provide configuration management, and system development for project tracking and oversight. FOB Destination, Washington, D.C. Required Delivery Time is 9/30/98. This is a sole source requirement because Westat, Incorporated is performing the original competitive contract and has developed the data required for this additional work. The original contract called for a survey of projects funded for 1994 and 1995; a structured reporting system for continuous ongoing data collection and analysis of project progress and impacts; and a customer profile of applicants, grantees, and organizations. As work progressed, it became clear that each task was developing into a sizable database. Next, it was clear that each task will result in an interrelated data/information system. This system will require consolidation as an integrated information management system. That is the purpose of this modification. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26. (0162)

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