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

70 -- SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND UPDATES FOR PROPRIETARY QUICKSILVER LICENSES SOL N00178-00-R-1019 DUE 013100 POC SD11 Branch, (540)653-7478 WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: POC for N00178-00-R-1019, sd11@nswc.navy.mil. The Government intends to purchase on a sole source basis software support and updates for proprietary Quicksilver Licenses from InterLeaf, 62 4th Ave., Waltham, MA 02451. Interleaf is the developer, designer and manufacturer of this software and holds proprietary rights in data in providing support of QuickSilver software. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 7371 with a size standard of $18.0 million. The contract shall be a firm fixed priced contract. The contract period shall be one year with one 1-year option period. Evaluation of the option will not obligate the Government to exercise the option. FOB Destination shall apply. The following is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12 and in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, and supplemental information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is N00178-00-R-1019 and is a Request for Proposal. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. All interested parties shall indicate their interest and capability with their fax quote at (540)653-7088 which shall be considered by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100. DESCRIPTION: Item 0001 Qty of 32 #SP-15-YSC, SP Interleaf 5 software licenses; Item 0002 Qty of 13 #SP-OPT-BC-YSC, SP book catalogs add on option; Item 0003 Qty of 4 #SP-OPT-RM-YSC, SP Revised manual add on option; Item 0004 Qty of 1 #SP-SFW-WVP16-YSC, SP WVP16 2.1 license; Item 0005 Qty of 9 #DS-SFW-WVIEW-YSC, DS Worldview software license; Item 0006 Qty of 5 #WN-SFW-WVUEW-YSC, Windows Worldview License; Item 0007 Qty of 11 #SP-SFW-WVIEW-YSC, SP Worldview license; Item 0008 Qty of 4, #SP-OPT-DTK-YSC, SP Dev toolkit add on; Item 0009 Qty of 2 #SP-15-ALL-YSC, SP Interleaf 5 software licenses; Item 0010 Qty of 1 #SP-FILT-PACK-YSC, SP Filter Pack; Item 0011 Qty of 3 #SR-1700-D-YSC, Solaris 17 developer's license. SPECIFICATIONS: The Contractor shall provide software updates as released to the addresses indicated. Updates shall by Y2K compliant in accordance with clause YEAR 2000 WARRANTY-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY clause which follows. Additions and deletions shall be prorated by dividing the yearly contract amount by 12 and multiplying by the number of covered months. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items and the provisions FAR 52.212.2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, apply to this solicitation and are hereby incorporated by reference. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items with its offer. The provision at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options apply to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, Subparagraphs (a), (b) 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, and 25. The provision at DFAR 252.212-7000, Offeror representations and certifications-Commercial items applies. The provisions at DFAR 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items is applicable with the following provisions of subparagraph (b) thereof indicated as applicable: 252.205-7000, 252.225-7007, 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. 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 compliant" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, 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 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 such warranty requirement(s), the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include those provided in the Inspection clause(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 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). This procurement is DO priority rated. Offer is due 21 January 2000 no later than 2:00 p.m. (local NSWCDD time) to: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Attn: SD11/Building 183, First Floor, Room 102, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100 and anticipated award by 31 January 2000. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division has implemented Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitation with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web Site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. DoD will no longer award contracts to Contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site at http://www.ccr2000.com. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1(800)334-3414. Posted 01/14/00 (W-SN416038). (0014)

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