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D -- APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT AND DATA CENTER OPERATION SOL RFP L/A 00-31 POC Julie Lawrence, Contract Negotiator, (202) 219-6445, Angel Perez, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-6445 The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Job Corps (OJC) is seeking a contractor to continue to perform applications software support and data center operation. The Job Corps Data Center (JCDC) is a full service facility and is located on a government owned facility in San Marcos, Texas. This facility is contractor operated. The JCDC supports the Job Corps program which is responsible for academic and vocational training and employment assistance to America's at risk youth. There are approximately 50,000 students located on 118 Job Corps Centers and 4 satellite locations nationwide, primarily residential settings. The JCDC maintains attendance and progress records on all students, performs bi-weekly payroll processing, separation and incentive pay processing, dependent support allotment payments processing, and provides national performance and student outcome reporting. The JCDC provides a wide variety of customer support services including 12 hours per day, 5 days per week network and customer supportto respond to hardware, communications and systems problems. The JCDC performs all payroll functions including responding to user queries, filing negotiated and returned checks, general ledger posting and reconciliation and tax payments and filings. The successful offeror will be required to establish a separate corporate bank account through which all payroll disbursements payments will be processed and to obtain a $2,500,000.00 letter of credit with which to service this account. It is estimated that this effort will require approximately 131,000 person-hours per year, over a five year period, utilizing several different labor categories. The resources to be obtained will provide the following services: (1) Technical Assistance and Customer Support (Payroll, Network Operations Control and Customer Support, Systems Administration/Computer Operations, Security Administration, Learning Technology, Training and Property Management, (2) Software Development and Maintenance (Software Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Configuration Management, Quality Assurance, Technical Writing, Statistical and Data Analysis) for Applications Development following an approved System Development Life Cycle process for (a) analyzing, evaluating, designing, developing, testing and implementing new microcomputer, client server and Web systems; (b) for modifying and enhance existing systems and applications to meet new requirements and technology improvements; (c) providing program maintenance, modernization and technology improvements and support (e.g., the database administration must review, develop, and implement i)database security, ii) implement and review database standards including naming conventions, iii)documentation standards and maintenance procedures for backup, recovery, and periodic purges, iv) monitor application and database performance and take corrective action in the event that performance degrades to an unacceptable level, v) install and maintain Database Management Systems software and databases, and vi) createand maintain scripts, links indexes, triggers and stored procedures); and (3) Network Engineering Support for Communications Engineering, Infrastructure Installations, Center Telephone System, Security Engineering for the JCDC and Job Corps community which includes the 118 Job Corps centers, 4 satellites, Outreach and Admission locations, Career Development Services locations, Regional Youth locations and the National Office and other users as identified by the National Office for LAN/WAN administration, computer/network operations, and hardware/software assessment. The solicitation will be available on the Job Corps Acquisition Web Page -- www.wdsc.gov -- . The attachments will be located on the Job Corps Public Web Page -- www.jobcorps.org -. THIS REQUIREMENT IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT MUST CITE RFP L/A 00-31 AND MUST BE POSTMARKED WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION DATE OF THIS SYNOPSIS IN THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY. ONLY WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL BE HONORED. REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT MAY BE FAXED ON (202) 219-6853. DO NOT FOLLOW-UP A FAXED REQUEST WITH A WRITTEN REQUEST. Posted 06/01/00 (W-SN460348). (0153)

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