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99 -- ORDER ENTRY AND INVENTORY SOFTWARE POC Harold Miles (Contract Specialist) 202/512-3607 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) hereby provides notification that it intends to enter into a non-competitive contract with Domain Technology Group, 867 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 104, Wyomissing, PA, 19610 for the purpose of acquiring SBT Executive Series Inventory Management software. GAO has reviewed many similar products. No solicitation will be issued. Other offerors should be aware of the following key requirements which will be met with the SBT software: This software will be deployed in a Netware client/server environment to facilitate the ordering, tracking, and provision of requests for GAO publications and reports. This software will be required to operate as follows: system must utilize an Oracle8 Database; all servers used for this system must run under Novell Netware 4.11 (this includes servers for the Oracle 8 database, applications, and clients); product will be maintained/modified using Powerbuilder or Delphi; must be Y2K compliant; user workstations are Pentiums running Windows95 on a Novell Netware 4.11 server; source code must be included. Key functional requirements to be met with this software include: the system must be capable of interfacing with other, related systems through delimited files (e.g., of fax and internet orders, new products, and shipped/manifested products) and this capability should be priced as a separate option if it is not part of the core system; the system must be capable of printing barcodes on picking/shipping ticket (this capability should be priced as a separate option if it is not part of the core system) and, data conversion of existing product, distribution, and inventory information is a requirement. The key characteristics of the production environment requirements to be met by the use of the SBT software are: -- Products being distributed are publications that are "manufactured" at GAO. No accounts payable and no interface to the "manufacturing" process is required.. -- There are over 70,000 different products. About 2,500 new products areadded each year. Each one is an average of 40 pages long. -- Products from the most recent 5 years are in hardcopy in two warehouse locations. The rest are printed on demand from optical disk and fiche. One of the warehouse locations has multiple bins. Warehouse location and bin must be tracked and maintainable. -- 800 orders per day for hard copies are received by telephone, fax, internet, mail, and walk-up counter. An interactive data entry program must be provided for entry of these orders for one or more items and one or more copies of each item. -- There are an average of 4 items per order. Same day shipping for congressional and GAO customers, next day for others. Allow for at least 4 modes of delivery: mail, courier, pick-up, internal. -- Must be able to handle product pricing approach where first copy of any title is free and multiples of the same title cost $2 per copy to everyone except government customers. A discount is provided for orders for more than 25 copies of a title. —The system must be capable of printing the amount of money received on the picking/shipping ticket. Payment required up front -- cash, check, credit card, money order, government purchase order. There are no accounts receivable. -- All orders are taken at GAO. All shipping originates from GAO. The date and time of day that orders are entered and completed must be recorded and stored for subsequent retrieval. -- Must be able to retrieve distribution and receipt history for each product. -- Must be capable of handling orders for out-of-stock items that are available for demand printing. Other Requirements: Vendor must provide system administration training and "train-the-trainer" training for users. Fixed price required for product and integration and training services. Maintenance plan, including updates and technical support, must be available. The point of contact for this requirement is Harold Miles (Contract Specialist), U.S. General Accounting Office, Acquisition Management, Rm. 6858, 441 G St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20548, telephone number 202/512-3607, facsimile number 202/512-2658. See Note 22. Posted 05/26/99 (I-SN335905). (0146)

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