NEIWPCC, Contracts Administration Office, Boott Mills South, 100 Foot of John Street, Lowell, MA 01852-1124

D -- UPGRADE AND EXPAND AN EXISTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR PERFORMING PUBLICLY-OWNED TREATMENT WORKS COMPLIANCE SELF-AUDITS AND SOURCE REDUCTION ANALYSES. SOL POTW_PAS_2 DUE 041699 POC Thomas Groves; 978-323-7929 WEB: Request for Proposals -- abridged version (for full, http:www.neiwpcc.org/potwrfp.html. E-MAIL: e-mail us at mail@neiwpcc.org, mail@neiwpcc. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEI) and Environmental Training Center is seeking a contractor to upgrade and expand an existing computer software package that functions as a stand-alone package for performing Publicly-Owned Treatment Works (POTW) compliance self-audits and source reduction analyses. This data is used by wastewater treatment plant personnel to manage and troubleshoot treatment facilities. This software package, known as POTW_PAS was created in 1998, integrating functionality that had been provided by other DOS-based programs supporting a similar function, but were either old technology, cumbersome to use or did not completely fulfill the needs of the user. Functionality is defined as providing state of the art user interfaces and report generation for the management and troubleshooting of those facilities. The software was developed using Microsoft Visual Foxpro v. 3.1 and is currently designed to operate on a minimum 486 SX platform with 8 MB of RAM withWindows 3.1 operating system. POTW_PAS also serves as the support system for states and municipalities to conduct self-audits and analyses to accomplish the following objectives: 1. Prevent violations of wastewater permit requirements and maintain high POTW compliance rates; 2. Maximize the useful lives of POTW's by encouraging prevention approaches such as improved operation and maintenance, appropriate pricing, financial management and accounting practices, reduced wastewater flows and loadings; 3. Improve treatment efficiency; and, 4. Ensure timely planning and financing for future needs and economic growth prior to the occurrence of wastewater treatment violations. The primary target audience is wastewater operations personnel, including: operators, management personnel, superintendents and maintenance personnel. Contractors will be selected based on cost, qualifications pertinent to the project, past project experience, wastewater experience, software recommendations, the geographic location of the firm (for easier communication and travel) and an ability to meet NEIWPCC's grant conditions, including minority and women owned business requirements and experience or other demonstration that the work can be successfully undertaken at proposed costs. Posted 03/14/99 (W-SN308379). (0073)

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