U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

D -- DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOL A8115 DUE 011000 POC Mark A. Miller 301-713-0839 ext. 187 E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Mark.A.Miller@noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Silver Spring, MD, intends to negotiate on a noncompetitive basis with Seem Data Design Company of Seminole, FL to design, develop, document, implement, and maintain the Fisheries Grants Management Database (FGMDB). In addition, the contractor will train users and serve as help desk support. The (FGMDB) is an administrative management tool for all grants and cooperative agreements which are administrated by the NMFS. The (FGMDB) was developed by Seem Data Design Co. The contractor shall perform the following functions: modify the FGMDB as required; modifications will be performed and tested on the FGMDB development database and then transferred to the FGMDB production database; design, develop, update, maintain and deploy forms and reports for working with the FGMDB; assist in conversion of historic information contained in other formats to the FGMDB; assist in the design of a conversion system for final reports; maintain a users guide, provide a help desk and provide personalized training to users. Vendors who believe that they can meet this requirement are required to submit in writing an affirmative response demonstrating they can meet the Governments requirements. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements. In order to be considered an affirmative response, vendors must submit documentation that is sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit documentation will result in the Government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A fixed-price, purchase order is contemplated for this effort. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 21 days after publication to this synopsis. Posted 12/20/99 (W-SN410011). (0354)

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