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D -- DEVELOP MULTILINGUAL ORACLE DATABASE FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING SOL IAF-98-R0004 DUE 071498 POC Martin J. Langaigne, Procurement Assistant, 703-841-7467 or Angel Perez, Contracting Officer, 703-841-3869 The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is an independent agency of the U.S. government located in Arlington, Virginia. Its primary work consists of grant-making and related research, evaluation, and dissemination activities benefiting foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working to improve the lives of poor and disadvantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IAF is seeking to contract the development of a management information system (MIS) in Oracle to support its grant administration and monitoring activities, including the review and approval of grant applications initiated electronically from Latin America, production and management of grant and cooperative agreements, tracking the status of all projects during the entire grant life cycle, monitoring grant activities and results, and measuring progress towards meeting goals and objectives. The Contractor shall create the Oracle repository using the design specifications provided on hard copy by the IAF. Using Oracle Designer/2000and Developer/2000 CASE tools, the Contractor shall complete tasks required to to build and test the modules that make up the MIS application, resulting in the development, delivery and installation of database creation scripts, forms, reports, reference data, and legacy data. Legacy systems to be converted and integrated into the new MIS application include the Grant Management System (GMS), a database application written in COBOL which resides on a Wang VS, and another database written in Microsoft Access (version 2.0) with results information on approved grants. The system will be used to enter and update grant applications and modifications, maintain budget, disbursement, monitoring and results information for approved grants and modifications, and provide querying and reporting capability for this information. The Contractor shall develop screens and reports for use in a Microsoft Windows environment. The new system must have the capability of storing grant application information, grant agreement clauses and letters in English and at least one other language (French, Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese). The Contractor shall develop the application using their own software and hardware in the event that the installation of new equipment and software being purchased by the IAF is not completed during the implementation period. Other tasks include the development of system documentation, instructional manuals, training sessions for system users and administrators, and security. The Contractor shall also fully test the functionality of the applications developed, including screens, forms and reports; navigation between database screens and modules; and the integration of data from the former GMS and Access results system. The Contractor will also design, develop and implement an Internet Web page transmission mechanism to allow grant applicants to access the database and submit grant applications and results data on-line from field sites in Latin America. This task will include the installation of required hardwareand software, training, testing, documentation, and security. The period of performance is 180 days from the date of contract award. Posted 09/03/98 (D-SN245408). (0246)

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