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70 -- 70 SOFTWARE/COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION/SSA-RFQ-98-1443JT/DUE SE PT.17,1998 SOL SSA-RFQ-98-1443 DUE 091798 POC JOANNE TARR, 410-965-9474 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, JOANNE.TARR@ssa.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement, known as SSA-RFQ-98- 1443JT, constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are hereby requested as follows, and a written solicitation will not be used. This Request For Quote (RFQ) and its incorporated provisions and clauses as stated below, are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-06. This RFQ is for the following: SSA requires a commercial off-the-shelf software product to assist in aging data files for use in the testing of batch and CICS applications software for the Year 2000 project. The software will be installed at SSA's National Computer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, on the Software Engineering Facility and the Year 2000 Test Facility (Y2KTF) for aging data files used in Y2K and Production Validation. The quantity required is two. One licensed copy of the software shall be installed on SSA's mainframe system, Hatachi, Skyline 72 and a second license shall be installed on SSA's mainframe system, Hatachi, GX8824. The software must meet the following mandatory minimum functional requirements; 1) Automatically increment all dates in a given files by a specified amount; 2) Revise dates in batch programs by entering the date into a JCL member via TSO/ISPF for immediate use or later testing ; 3) Directly update data fields in VSAM, sequential, IMS, DB2 and IDMS files without performing an unload/reload operation; 4) Age forward or backward in years, months or days; 5) Process a list of files in one job; 6) Automatic build of date definitions from user COBO copybooks; 6) Customize Dates according to user defined business calendar; 7) Be TSO/ISPF panel driven; 8) Test multiple date versions on the same job concurrently; 9) Test a JOB with absolute or relative date; 10) Select a JOB with a fixed date offset forward or backward; 11) Support both EIBDATE and ASKTIME formats under CICS; 12) Support all releases of CICS; and 12) Support back dates to 1900. The following clauses apply to and are hereby incorporated in this solicitation; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors; 52.212-2, Evaluation; the following evaluation criteria will be applied. 1)Technical Capability to meet the government's requirements; 2) Past Performance and 3) Price. Award may be made based on the initial submission and without discussions or negotiations with offerors. Evaluation of offers will be based on a "best value" source selection, wherein the agency reserves the right to trade-off cost and technical considerations, such as the ease of use, which requires minimal training and the utilization of minimal resources for the software offered. The award decision shall be based on best value, relative to price.; Provisions 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items should be completed and accompany the quote as required.; FAR Clause 52.212-5, (b)(7), (8), (9), (10) and (17) Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items are also incorporated by reference. In addition, all information technology products delivered under a resultant award shall be "Year 2000 compliant". Per FAR 39.002 Definitions, "Year 2000 compliant," means, with respect to information technology, that the information technology accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it. Responsible contractors must respond to this RFQ with the following: 1) Price Quote for the referenced software, 2) Product Name of the software being offered, 3) Technical Literature that substantiates the capability of the software to meet the functional requirements as cited herein, 4) Warranty information, and 5) Any additional information as applicable. Responses to this RFQ must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on September 17, 1998, and shall be submitted to the attention of Joanne Tarr, 1710 Gwynn Oak Ave., Baltimore, MD 21207. Offers must reference SSA-RFQ- 98-1443JT on their response to this notice. Posted 09/09/98 (D-SN247563). (0252)

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