U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

D -- COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE SOL DOJ-SAS-9-B-0025 DUE 121598 POC Ervin Spivey, (202) 307-1964 E-MAIL: Click her to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, Ervin.R.Spivey@usdoj.gov. It is the intent of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice Management Division, Procurement Services Staff, Contract Administration Service to purchase PeerSync Pro II file mirroring software, version 4.2 and related maintenance from TDM Software Design and Development Services, Inc. The DOJ intends to award a firm fixed-price contract for a Department-wide Site License for for purchase and maintenance services for one base year and annual maintenance services for the second through fourth option years. The PeerSycn software will be utilized by Department-wide organizations including U.S. Attorneys Offices throughout the country. In addition to purchase and maintenance of PeerSync Pro II, version 4.2, the contractor shall provide software and maintenance upgrades for approximately 4,000 existing copies of PeerSync and PeerSync Pro licenses. The contractor shall provide pricing, software terms and conditions sufficient to implement a DOJ Site license. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a proposal is hereby requested. A written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number DOJ-SAS-9-B-0025 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). All references to "offers" are understood to be "quotations". This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-07. This synopsis/solicitation is a Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) is 5045 and the Business Size Standard is 100 employees. Contract line items (CLIN) are as follows: CLIN 0001, PeerSync Pro II Version 4.2 Software, CLIN 0002, PeerSync Software Maintenance, CLIN 0003 PeerSync and PeerSync Pro Upgrades, and CLIN 0004, PeerSync and PeerSync Pro Maintenance Upgrades. FAR Part 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, is incorporated by reference and applies to this solicitation. The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation/request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. A software license agreement shall be submitted in response to this solicitation. The Offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with the written quotation. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Item, 52-212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, 52.212-3, Convict Labor 52.233-3 Protest After Award, 52-217-8 Option to Extend Services, and 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. The following provisions are incorporated by reference: 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, 52.222 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.225-3 Buy America Act, 52.216-18 Ordering, 52.216-21 Requirements, 52.232.33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. The contractor's software products shall adhere to Year 2000 requirements as stipulated in the clause below: YEAR 2000 WARRANTY -- COMMERCIAL SUPPLY ITEMS The contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract shall be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation provided by the contractor, provided that all listed or unlisted products (e.g. hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such listed product properly exchange date data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing within ninety (90) days after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. Quotations are due on December 15, 1998, 5:00pm at DOJ, PSS, CAS 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20530. POC:Ervin Spivey (202) 307-1964. Posted 12/09/98 (W-SN278731). (0343)

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