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70 -- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND MODELING TOOL (SES/STRATEGIZER 2.2 SINGLE USER LICENSE) POC Contracting Officer, George D. Ensminger, Jr., 970-295-5519 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, densminger@itc.nrcs.usda.gov. The NRCS intends to award, on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, a purchase order to Scientific and Engineering Software (SES) of Austin, TX, for the SES/Strategizer Starter Package (including one single-user Strategizer 2.2 license, first year maintenance, and one training credit). The proposed acquisition is for supplies and services providing a computer network simulation tool used in performance analysis and modeling of USDA Common Computing Environment (CCE) technical architecture alternatives. The tool will determine end-to-end user response time based on a description of the network, servers, CPU's, workload, databases, etc. The tool must simulate by stochastically generating discrete events and then simulating the response throughout the network. The model must be focused on end-user response time, as SES/Strategizer does, rather than utilizing empirical equations and rules of thumb to estimate response time. It is critical for USDA to analyze end-user impacts resulting from hardware and software development decisions. The SES/Strategizer tool will leverage existing models that USDA has already developed as a part of the CCE Performance Modeling effort and will maintain compatibility with those current models that have used SES/Strategizer. A Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition has been prepared. All responsible sources shall submit clear and convincing written documentation to show bona fide capability to provide the described supplies and services to the contracting officer. The documentation shall include financial and technical information and shall indicate clear advantage to considering sources other than SES. If no affirmative responses considered potentially advantageous to the Government are received within fifteen (15) calendar days after publication of this notice, a purchase order will be issued to SES. As a result of analyzing response to this synopsis of intent, the contracting officer may determine that a request for quotations (RFQ) will be issued. If a RFQ is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any RFQ will be issued to SES and all firms that respond to this synopsis of intent with documentation determined by the contracting officer to be clear and convincing evidence of capability. All responses shall be in writing or via e-mail. No telephone inquires will be accepted. Posted 02/17/00 (W-SN426470). (0048)

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