U.S. International Trade Commission, Office of Procurement, 500 E Street, SW, Room 413, Washington, DC 20436

D -- HTS CONVERSION SYSTEM DUE 121399 POC Deborah Kearns, Contract Specialist, (202) 205-2736 WEB: This notice and additional information will be posted, http://info.usitc.gov/usitcsol.nsf. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, dkearns@usitc.gov. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is conducting a market survey to identify potential vendors capable of providing the services described in this notice. The Government contemplates potential award of a firm fixed-price contract. The USITC is seeking services to design, develop, and install a hardware and software system for developing, maintaining, and publishing the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States, Annotated (HTSA). The HTSA currently consists of 2 large printed volumes covering import tariff and related information on some 20,000 product categories, which is maintained as a WordPerfect document. The vendor shall design, develop, and install a system, based on a detailed requirements document that has already been developed, that shall (1) produce output ready for printed publication (camera-ready), (2) produce output in various formats that may change from time to time, (3) produce output in various formats for loading into databases (e.g., Oracle, MS Access), (4) producea Web-browser-accessible version of the HTSA that is searchable and makes current tariff rates available online, (5) provide data entry and editing interfaces (including a word-processor-like "WYSIWYG" interface) where updates to the data elements are made only once and transformations necessary for alternative publication formats are handled automatically by the system, (7) maintain an audit trail of all changes made to the data by system editors, and (8) include a flexible and convenient security system that provides highly granular (row and attribute level) access rights to the data and which is integrated into the agency's LDAP-based directory and security infrastructure. The Commission also requires one-time conversion of the current HTSA data into the new system, and administrator and user training on the system. Firms can access the USITC's current tariff database and a downloadable (WordPerfect 5) version of the HTSA publication at its website (http://www.usitc.gov). Interested/qualified firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the identified contact their qualifications/capabilities fully addressing all the requirements above and including -- (a) the firm's address and phone number; (b) name, phone, and fax number of point of contact; (c) date firm started; (d) DUNS number; (e) type of business (i.e., small business, small disadvantaged, etc.) (f) firm's General Services Schedule (GSA) contract number; and (g) past performance information (list your firm's 3 most significant contracts which are relevant to providing services similar to the required services and include the following information: (1) customer name and phone number (2) contract number (3) contracting officer technical representative (COTR) name and telephone number, if applicable (4) contract value (5) period of performance, and (6) brief description of each contract that demonstrates your firm's ability to perform the requirements.) The more specific the experience is to our requirements, the better. All the information sought should be conveyed in no more that 12 pages. Each response must reference this sources-sought title. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this acquisition is 7379; the size standard is $18.0 million. Interested sources are requested to submit response by COB December 13, 1999. All information shall be provided in hard copy and in electronic form in Corel WordPerfect or MS Word. Mail-in responses should be sent to U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Office of Administration, Procurement Services, Room 413B, Washington, DC 20436. E-Mail responses can be sent to dkearns@usitc.gov or faxed to (202) 205-2337. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. Interested firms are responsible for monitoring the USITC's procurement website for further information concerning this requirement, including the release of the solicitation and all subsequent amendments and correspondence related to the solicitation. Firms having questions relating to this requirement may contact the Contracting Officer, Deborah Kearns via facsimile at (202) 205-2337, E-mail at dkearns@usitc.gov, or by telephone at (202) 205-2736. Posted 11/26/99 (W-SN403797). (0330)

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