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D -- WEB MASTER/WEB ADMINISTRATOR SOL 9-4123 DUE 031299 POC Sandra Souders, (301) 713-0854 D -- The U.S. Dept. of Commerce/ITA/BISNIS has a requirement for the services of a Web Master/Web Administrator to satisfy and maintain current demand of the BISNIS Home Page and develop a mirror BISNIS Home Page in the Russian language for New Independent States (NIS) business audiences. Period of Performance will be for a 12 month period beginning from Date of Award with an option for a one year renewal. The contractor will be based at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. The contractor shall be responsible for executing daily updates to place new information on BISNIS' Home Page, weekly updates on the Flashfax' (an automated fax-back system), and tracking usage statistics for both systems. This work will involve formatting documents in HTML, development of graphic design elements, and scripting Java and search tools. The contractor shall also work to add links to the BISNIS page on search engines and Web sites focusing on Russia and the New Independent States. The contractor shall be responsible for the planning and implementation of a BISNIS-Russian Home Page which mirrors BISNIS Online but specifically designed for NIS audiences. Applicants must meet the following Evaluation Criteria: 1) Minimum of 2 years experience with constructing home pages on the World Wide Web, and knowledge of hyper-text mark-up language, file transfer protocol, Windows NT, and Java script and Russian character sets, i.e. K0I8-R and CP-1251; 2) Ability to speak, read and write the Russian language proficiently. Qualified candidates must be in compliance with U.S. Labor laws and have background in international business and a knowledge of business, economic and political developments in Russia and the New Independent States that will enhance their ability to develop a NIS Home Page specifically assisting NIS business people in accessing commercial information on doing business with U.S. companies: 3) Experience with system administration. Specific talents should include NT Server 4.0, Netscape Enterprise and Internet protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP. Telnet, SNMP; 4) Demonstrable experience with professional graphic design, especially for Internet application. Qualified applicants are invited to submit a written request for the solicitation package to the address above, to be receive no later than 15 days from the date of this notice. At time of proposal, interested applicants must submit information as to their capabilities and any other pertinent data. All received proposals will be evaluated on a "best value basis" giving due consideration to price, approach, technical expertise, and past performance. Requests/responses should be faxed to 301/713-0806/0808. Award will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. (Reference No. 9-4123) Posted 02/25/99 (W-SN302390). (0056)

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