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R -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT FOR COMMENT ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DUE 071400 POC Denise Martin, (601)634-4574, or Kevin Backe, (703)428-6761 WEB: Click here to access the Strategic Plan., http://tsc.wes.army.mil/products. E-MAIL: Click Here to email the points of contact., martind1@wes.army.mil, Kevin.Backe@tec02.usace.army.mil. THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED REQUESTING A BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION. THERE IS NO BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION! THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY OF ANY FUTURE PROCUREMENT, IF ANY, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THIS MARKET SURVEY, INFORMATION REGARDING THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT WILL NOT BE GIVEN AND NO APPOINTMENTS FOR PRESENTATIONS WILL BE MADE The CADD/GIS Technology Center for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment (hereafter abbreviated Center') is in the process of developing a Strategic Plan for Facilities Management (FM) in support of its member Federal Agencies missions' (Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, General Services Administration, Marines, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Navy, etc.) The Strategic Plan provides overall guidance for developing and managing data standards for Facility Management. This plan establishes the shared vision for FM by outlining the goals, and associated objectives and strategies to accomplish the standardization of FM data. The FM Standards will consist of a relational database schema and data dictionary for data describing the control and reporting of real property and derived entities that must be considered in its use. This will be defined by the Core Focus Areas (asset management, civil works programs, land management and conservation services) and Associated areas (operations area support, public safety, and communications support). The FMS Strategic Plan is available on the Center's website: http://tsc.wes.army.mil/products. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to provide this Plan to the FM community (and particularly the commercial vendors that develop tools to support Facilities Management) for written comment and recommended changes/additions. The Center is also seeking information about what technologies (tools and other capabilities) are available to support Federal Agencies with Facilities Management responsibilities. Finally, this RFI is seeking information from potential partners (Federal, State, and local government agencies, university, industry, and other organizations) that are interested in working with the Center to achieve a shared vision of interoperable FM technologies, ...thereby improving facility management business practices." Written comments/information, not to exceed 10 typed pages, may be sent to the following address: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Waterways Experiment Station ATTN: CEERD-ID-C 3909 Halls Ferry Rd Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 Posted 06/12/00 (W-SN463736). (0164)

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