Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

70 -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL N00178-00-Q-1005 (SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION) DUE 110299 POC Susan E. Johnson, SD111 or John Travers, SD11C on (540) 653-7478 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Division Homepage, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Questions concerning Synopsis/Solicitation N00178-00-Q-1005, johnsonse1@nswc.navy.mil or traversjr@nswc.navy.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation procedure for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Award is to be made under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13.5). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; therefore, PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The Request for Proposal Number is N00178-00-Q-1005. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Division (NSWCDD) intends to award a contract to Bluestone Software, 1000 Briggs Road, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-4101 on a sole source basis for software support maintenance for unlimited telephone support Monday -- Friday, excluding weekends and government holidays, hours 8:30 a.m. -- 7:30 p.m. est. Upgrades and updates must be Year 2000 compliant and delivered as released. Sole Source based upon Bluestone's unique designation as the sole authorized distributor of Vision/Edge software. The contractor must provide unlimited access to Explorer, Bluestone's Technical Search Database via the World Wide Web. This is a renewal contract for software support with a base year (1 October 1999 -- 30 September 2000) plus two one-year options. All items are located at NSWCDD, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448 with custodians as listed in the attachment. The attachment can be viewed via the World Wide Web, NSWCDD Procurement Division Homepage at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. All responsible sources shall provide their software license maintenance agreement with their fax quote which shall be considered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA 22448. All responsible sources will submit their CAGE CODE NUMBER, DUNS NUMBER, TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND CERTIFICATION THAT THEIR COMPANY IS LISTED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION WEBSITE. Please furnish quotes to Susan Johnson, Code SD111, fax 540-653-7088, and reference quote number. This procurement shall be awarded on an all or none basis. All items shall be shipped FOB Destination to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA 22448. EVALUATION OF OPTIONS WILL NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Item and the provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation and hereby incorporated by reference; insert the following evaluation factors into subparagraph (a), "price, past performance." Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certification Commercial Items with their offer. The provision at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, Subparagraphs (a) (b) 1, 3, 4, 5, 6(I), 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, (d) and (e) apply to this acquisition and hereby incorporated by reference. The provision at DFAR 252-212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items applies to this acquisition with the following subparagraph (b) thereof indicated as applicable: DFARS 252.205-7000, 252-219-7003, 252-225-7012, 252-225-7021, 252.227-7015, 252.227-7037, 252-243-7002 and 252.247-7024. The following DFARS provisions are applicable to this acquisition: DFAR 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, DFAR 252.225-7017 Prohibition on Award to Companies Owned by the Peoples Republic of China, DFAR 252.225-7006 Buy American Act Trade Agreements Balance of Payments Program Certificate. FAR 52.212-3 and DFAR 252-212-7000 REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS apply to this acquisition. The following full text clause applies: YEAR 2000 WARRANTY-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SEP 1998) (a) The Contractor warrants that all information technology (IT) as defined at FAR 2.101, whether commercial or noncommercial, delivered under this contract that will be required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to 31 December 1999 shall be Year 2000 compliant, if properly installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the contract specifications and applicable documentation. If the contract requires that specific deliverables operate together as a system, this warranty shall apply to those deliverables as a system. (b) " Year 2000 complaint" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculation, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other IT, used in combination with the IT being delivered, properly exchanges date/time data with it. The "proper exchange" of date/time data shall be in accordance with the interface requirements specification(s) of the contract. (c) For the line item deliverables which are commercial items (as defined at FAR 2.101), and which include commercial IT, the terms and conditions of the standard commercial warranty covering such commercial IT shall apply in addition to, and to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with this warranty. Any applicable commercial warranty shall be incorporated into this contract by attachment. (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in other warranty requirement(s) of this contract, or in the absence of any warranty requirement(s), the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include those provided in the Inspections clauses(s) of this contract. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract. (e) Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor will also deliver to the Government a report summarizing any Year 2000 compliance testing that was performed and the results thereof. (f) This warranty shall expire on 31 January 2001, or under one hundred eighty (180) days after acceptance of the last deliverable, IT item under this contract (including any option exercised hereunder), whichever is later. (end of clause) FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS WILL BE UTILIZED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE BASED UPON (1) THE OFFEROR'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ON THE STATED EQUIPMENT, (2) PAST PERFORMANCE HISTORY (INCLUDE THREE REFERENCES FOR SIMILAR EFFORTS INDICATING AGENCY/COMPANY, CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER, POINT OF CONTACT INCLUDING TELEPHONE NUMBER AND CONTRACT VALUE). EACH CONTRACTOR'S PROPOSAL MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS FOUND IN 52.212-3 AND 252-212-7000. FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options apply to this acquisition. Closing date is 2 November 1999. Anticipated award date 17 November 1999. Posted 10/25/99 (W-SN394683). (0298)

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