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70 -- METAFREIGHT SOFTWARE AND CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION SOL DAMT01-98-R-0001 DUE 071798 POC Contact, Bill Rowland, 703/681-8384/Contracting Officer, Carolyn Day Hecox, 703/681-7597 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation IAW FAR 12.6 for the purchase of MetaFreight software in support of Conus Freight Management Program Office, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposal is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number DAMT01-98-R-0001 is being used as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-5. The Government intends to award on a sole source basis to Metasys Charlotte, NC 28217. The SIC code is 7371 and the size standard is 18M. CLIN 1. MetaFreight Software, Qty 1. CLIN 2. Customized Installation Qty 1, NSP. C.2.1. Specific Customizations to the existing Metasys Software suite. C.2.1.1. Software Module: The contractor shall provide MetaFreight, installed and customized as described here in. C.2.1.2. Shipping Request: The CFM Project Management Office (PMO) Application Software Developer (ASD) contractor (Unisys), shall provide a shipment request screen equivalent to the "1085-screen" as shown in the CFM Field Module and Host User's manual. The shipment request screen (SRPM) will be a web-based solution developed in Java. The functionality within this module will include; order entry, carrier ranking and selection, the ability to print manifests, and the ability to re-cost shipments, while using MetaFreight's internal infrastructure as a backbone. Metasys shall provide the ASD with details and guidance in utilizing MetaFreight's infrastructure, data flows, and business logic tables for the SRPM. C.2.1.3. Override Capability: The Transportation Officer (TO) must possess the ability in the SRPM, into bill of loading (BL) tables. The contractor shall assist the ASD to provide this ability to the T.O. C.2.1.4. Hazardous Materials: The contractor shall customize MetaFreight to enable the storing of a bill of lading (BL), capable of accommodating all HAZMAT requirements established by OSHA and CFR 41. This information will be stored as a bill of lading (BL) instruction at either the header or line level. Working with the ASD, the contractor shall customize MetaFreight to provide the necessary HAZMAT data streams, ensuring the completeness of the data sent to the existing interfaces. C.2.2. General Guidelines. C.2.2.1 The contractor shall customize MetaFreight to provide all payment adjustment information needed by external financial systems. The CFM PMO will define interfaces to those financial systems. Working with the ASD, the contractor shall customize MetaFreight to provide the necessary data streams to ensure completeness of the data sent to the existing interfaces. C.2.2.2. The CFM PMO will define interfaces to payment partners. The contractor shall provide Post Shipment edited BL data and shall forward BL data to the payment request interface, as directed by the CFM PMO. C.2.2.3. The contractor shall customize MetaFreight to provide the ability to describe container contents nesting to four (4) layers deep and subsequently will provide a model bill of lading (BL) to reflect Multiple equipment. This ability will be mapped to the ASD's SPRM interface to allow for accurate transference of conveyance, container, line item, and detail level information. C.2.2.4. Initially, the CFM PMO will provide a list of accessories codes (approximately 30 services) that the ASD shall implement. The ASD will subsequently develop a means of storing the accessories parameters for costing, and pass the information onto MetaFreight for Shipment History. The contractor shall work the CFM PMO'S ASD to store those accessories parameters. C.2.2.5. The contractor shall customize MetaFreight to provide history data for shipment tracking, payment, and closeout information. A closeout screen shall be developed by the ASD to allow the T.O. to closeout shipments, while the contractor will customize MetaFreight to provide a means of storing the closeout information in the shipment history table. C.3. Place of Performance All work shall be completed by the contractor at either the government or contractor sites. Travel: Contractor technical representative may be required to participate in technical meetings and conferences away from their normal work site. C.7. Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government Furnished Information (GFI): The Government will provide all necessary access and facilities at the CFM PMO site to support contractor planning, sustainment and deployment requirements. C.8. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria: Successful live test demonstration at a minimum of two (2) test site locations. Delivery is to be made FOB Destination to U.S. Army MTMC Arlington, VA 22203-1689 within 30 days. Acceptance shall be made destination. FAR 52.212-1, "Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items" is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2 "Evaluation-Commercial items" is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFP to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate proposal (1) technical capability of the item, (2) price and (3) warranty. Technical is approximately equal to price in terms of evaluation. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, "Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items" with its proposal. In addition, offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at DFARS 252.212-7000, "Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items" with its proposal. FAR 52.212-4, "Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items" is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition and resulting contract. The following terms and conditions are added as an addendum to this clause. The resulting contract will be a firm-fixed price contract. FAR 52.212-5, "Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items" applies to this acquisition along with the following additional FAR clauses, cited in clause 52.212-5: 52.222-26, "Equal Opportunity"; 52.222-35, "Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans"; 52.222-36, "Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers", 52.235-3, "Buy American Act-Supplies (41 U.S.A. 10)"; 52.225-21, "Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program". DFARS 252.212-7001, "Contract Terms and Conditions Required To implement Statues or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items" applies to this acquisition along with the following additional DFARS clauses, cited in clause 25.212-7001: 252.225-7001, "Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program" and 252.225-7007, "Trade Agreement". See numbered Note 22. All responsible offerors shall submit fax proposal to Bill Rowland, 703-681-6224. Proposals are due by COB 14 July 1998. Upon request, this office will provide the full text of the FAR provisions and clauses listed herein. Contractors are encouraged to review the CBD from time to time to obtain current information such as amendments to this synopsis/solicitation. Posted 07/02/98. (0183)

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