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D -- COLLABORATIVE WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS SOL MDA410-98-Q-0048 DUE 071598 POC David Taybron, Contracting Officer, at 703-696-3845, ext. 1412. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Research and Evaluation (R&E) Branch requires an analysis of requirements for collaborative World Wide Web (WWW) applications to facilitate efficiency in accomplishing its mission. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a Department of Defense field activity operating under the direction, authority, and control of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel Support, Families and Education. DoDEA provides education to eligible Department of Defense military and civilian dependents from preschool through grade 12 at sites both in the United States and overseas. Current communication methods do not exploit the electronic media available in today's modern infrastructure. Fully utilizing electronic media would greatly facilitate the mission of R&E. CONTRACT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES: The contractor will provide DoDEA R&E with technical guidance, demonstrations, alternative identification, recommendations, and documentation in support of R&E's effort to improve their processes. Specific activities will include analyzing current data collection processes of R&E and identifying processes, techniques and tools that R&E could access to fully utilize the WWW and internet applications to facilitate more efficient data collection. When complete, R&E will have identified cost effective tools and methods to exploit the internet in support of their mission, and, be prepared to continue with development and implementation of these tools. WORK TO BE PERFORMED: The contractor shall perform a requirements analysis based upon R&E's processes and activities and document areas that can be improved through electronic facilitation. Activities within R&E to be considered include: (1) Collaborative development of research and evaluation projects; (2) Surveys and measurement; (3) Data collection: processing, delivery, and assimilation; (4) Coordination of findings and papers (5) Task groups. The contractor shall perform market searches of effective applications of information technology as well as identify those information technologies currently in use by DoDEA and the R&E Branch to identify the most efficient uses of these tools that will support the activities of R&E. Tools that may be evaluated either through the market search or in DoDEA include: (1) Survey applications; (2) Collaboration applications; (3) Groupware applications DoDEA e-mail system; (4) DoDEA web servers; (5) DoDEA web browsers. The contractor shall develop a demonstration of a WWW application based upon a single requirement identified in the requirements analysis. The content will be strictly limited and serve only to educate and demonstrate the technical feasibility and possible benefits from use. Contractor personnel supporting this effort will be required to participate in planning and evaluation meetings, as required. The contractor shall provide technical advice, analysis, plans and presentations to R&E on an as-needed basis. DELIVERALBES: (1) STATUS REPORT. The contractor shall submit a status report to the COR that includes the following information: (a) Contract funds expended during the reporting period; (b) Funds remaining under the contract; (c) Status of work accomplished during the reporting period; (d) Problem areas; and (e) Activities planned for the next reporting period. The contractor will deliver the Status Report on the 30th calendar day after task order award. (2) TASK ORDER MANAGEMENT PLAN. The contractor shall submit a task order management plan to the COR that describes the following information: (a) Technical approach; (b) organizational resources; (c) management controls; and (d) task order schedule. The contractor will deliver a draft Task Order Management Plan on the 7th calendar day after task order award. A final version will be delivered on the 3rd calendar day after receipt of comments from the government customer. (3) WWW APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS. The contractor shall submit documented analysis of the best methods and tools to employ internet-based electronic facilitation of R&E activities. The contractor will deliver a Draft WWW Application Requirements document on the 45th day after task order award. The contractor will deliver a Final WWW Application Requirements document on the 60th day after task order award. (4) WWW DEMONSTRATION. The contractor will demonstrate a prototypical application of a WWW-based tool to prove the feasibility and utility of internet applications in support of R&E's business process. The contractor will deliver a WWW demonstration on the 55th day after task order award. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. The term of this order is two months from date of award. Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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