Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Procurement Office, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg, WV, 26101

70 -- SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE SOL RFQ-00-051 DUE 022400 POC Susie Daugherty, Contract Specialist, Phone (304) 480-6951, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email procurement@bpd.treas.gov -- Wayne Jeffers, Contract Specialist, Phone (304) 480-6983, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=RFQ-00-051&Lo cID=1743. E-MAIL: Susie Daugherty, procurement@bpd.treas.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number RFQ-00-051 is issued as a request for quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15. The SIC code for this solicitation is 7372 and the size standard is $18 million. The solicitation is for the following software and maintenance thereon. Line Item Nos. 1) Patrol DB Software _ Admin KM (Knowledge Module -- 1 ea; 2) Patrol DB Software _ Unload for UDB _ 1 ea; 3) Patrol DB Software _ Change Manager for UDB _ 1 ea; 4) Patrol Agent _ KM for AIX _ 1 ea; 5) Patrol Software _ KM for UDB _ 1 ea; 6) Patrol Developer Console for AIX _ 1 ea; 7) Patrol Operator Console for AIX _ 3 ea; 8) Patrol DB _ Change Manager for UDB Client _ 4 ea; 9) Maintenance _ Patrol DB _ Admin KM; 10) Maintenance _ Patrol DB _ Unload for UDB; 11) Maintenance _ Patrol DB _ Change Manager for UDB; 12) Maintenance _ Patrol Agent/KM for AIX; 13) Maintenance _ Patrol KM for UDB; 14) Maintenance _ Patrol Developer console for AIX; 15) Maintenance _ Patrol Operator Console for AIX; 16) Maintenance _ Patrol DB _ Change Manager for UDB Client. Maintenance shall commence from the end of any warranty period through September 30, 2000, plus one option for Fiscal Year 2001. Maintenance shall be 24 x 7 and consist of correction of errors, provision of Contractor-sponsored modifications, improvements, and revisions. The Contractor shall furnish full documentation of all Contractor changes and/or modifications to the software provided to meet the Government requirements. In the case of new software level revisions, the Government may elect to accept the later revisions of the software, and if accepted, software support will be provided at no additional cost during the period of this contract, including option period. Any reprogramming or additional equipment required to accommodate such later revision will be at the Government_s expense. Delivery to Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101 within 30 days from date of award, FOB Destination. We will consider comparable products which can be shown to meet the following requirements: 1) must be compatible with BMC_s DB2 for OS/390, Alter and Unload Plus software which are run on the mainframe platform; 2) capability to run on an AIX platform; and 3) interface with IBM UDB V6 or higher. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Admin KM must meet the following functional requirements: allow for scheduling maintenance jobs, able to detect job execution problems, trend analysis, integrate with a change management type product, and track job status. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Unload for UDB must meet the following functional requirements: provide better performance than the IBM export function, integrate with current Admin tools being used, able to select rows and/or columns for unloads, able to break output into multiple files, output able to go to different media, able to handle multiple selects with one operation, and able to handle different formats for different output files. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Change Manager for UDB and UDB Client must meet the following functional requirements: allow for easily creating and modifying UDB structures, help facility, graphical interface, compatible with existing tools, generate scripts for the structures and able to operate associated utilities from the product. Alternatives to Patrol Agent/KM for AIX, Patrol KM for UDB, Patrol Developer Console for AIX, and Patrol Operator Console for AIX, must meet the following functional requirements: detect and view problems SQL, extend databases on overflow conditions, provide diagnostic log information, provide alerts, provide for automated discovery, produce DBA type reports (i.e. buffer pool analysis, locks, table space activities, etc.), report on the number and status of database connections, provide real-time information, provide logging information and provide a graphical interface. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors_Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Award will be based on technically compliant, low price. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications_Commercial Items, with their offer. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions_Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order_Commercial Items; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on disabled Veterans and Veterans of the VietnamEra; 52.225-3, Buy American Act_Supplies; 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products; 52.225-19, European Union Sanction for Services; 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer_Other than Central Contractor Registrations. Offers must be received at Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg, WV 26101 by 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on 02-24-2000. Offers may be faxed to 304-480-6632. Offerors must call 304-480-6992 to confirm receipt of faxed offers. For information regarding this solicitation contact Susan Daugherty on Posted 02/11/00 (D-SN424641). (0042)

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