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70 -- VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM SOL DTRS57-99-R-00024 DUE 070899 POC Point of Contact -- Kathleen Regan, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3485 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, Finnk@volpe.dot.gov. The U. S. Department of Transportation, John A Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA has a requirement to assist the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Law Enforcement (OLE) in acquiring COTS Vessel Monitoring System(VMS) software product. This procurement will be conducted as a commercial acquisition under FAR Part 12. OLE will establish a communications host, base station application host(s), and base station clients at OLE Headquarters and Divisions. Users perform near near-real time fishing vessel monitoring, control and surveillance throughout the US Economic Exclusivity Zone (EEZ), Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The vessel monitoring process begins with the fishing vessel position, fishing a ctivity, sensor data, plus other data which is sent from an on-board mobile transceiver unit (MTU). Next, vessel data is transmitted via the satellite, cell phone, etc. to a VMS host by a mobile communications service provider (MCSP). Then communications front-end receives position reports and messages in their original, often proprietary formats. The front-end converts these to the format used by the VMS base station application. The VMS base station application includes an intuitive user interface and a back-end database management system. Finally, the process is complete when position data is displayed on a Windows-based, menu-driven geographical information system (GIS). These GIS clients are located across OLE offices nationwide. OLE may share certain data with external customers, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) scientists, data and fisheries managers, on a secure, need-to-know basis. All position and VMS transaction data must always be treated as legal evidence and handled securely. A Firm Fixed Price type contract is contemplated. The delivery date for the software will be three (3) weeks after award. FOB destination is U.S. DOT/John A. Volpe Center, National TransportationSystems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, 02142. Standard Commercial Warranty information shall be provided with proposal. Provide the following: (1) 1 year and 2 one-year options to provide yearly update subscription services which includes all improvements and enhancements made to the software and all revisions to the associat ed documentation, delivery is FOB destination; (2) 3 weeks after receipt of order software and technical support for the software as well as all of the software upgrades and license upgrades; (3) Telephone support for 1 year and 2 one-year options; (4) License that allows software installation on an unlimited number agency PC/locations. (5) Provide technical support in English; (6) Staff available to work on-site in Cambridge, MA within a 24-hour notice for up to 800 hours over a six month period starting upon installation. Travel costs associated with training and site support shall be negotiated with the resultant awardee on a cost reimbursable basis. The Contractor shall be reimbursed for travel costs in accordance with FAR 31.205-46; (7) Site support which will include hands-on train ing for up to 15 people in Cambridge, MA.; (8) Set-up, installation and testing the VMS host/server(s), VMS clients, in Cambridge, MA and supporting target site in field as needed and (9) Shipping to target field site. The applicable SIC Code is 4899 The size standard is $11.00M. The RFP will be issued on or about July 2, 1999, with a proposal due date of July 23, 1999. The apparent successful contractor will be required to perform a live test demonstration of the software at the vendor's facility during the month of August 1999. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web brows ers. The WWW address or URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition home page is: http://www.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices. The responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is notice for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterpri ses. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800)532-1169 http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official above. Posted 06/23/99 (D-SN346357). (0174)

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