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D -- INTERNET RESOURCE MONITORING CAPABILITY SOL DTRS57-00-R-20031 DUE 080200 POC Point of Contact -- Kathleen Regan, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3485 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, finnk@volpe.dot.gov. This procurement will be conducted as a commercial acquisition under FAR Parts 12, 13.5 and 15. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA has a requirement to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide an Internet monitoring capability (IMC). The capability will serve two key purposes: (1) monitoring how much FAA wide area network resources are used by Internet communications (particularly bandwidth utilization of FAA wide area networking resources) and other types of traffic (traffic composition); and (2) monitoring and reporting on inappropriate internet use (this includes accessing inappropriate web sites while working; such sites include investment, gambling, adult content, and other types of web sites). The IMC shall be able to provide reports on Internet sites visited by FAA users including highlighting use of potentially inappropriate web sites. The Contractor shall provide and install an IMC at four FAA sites (New Jersey, District of Columbia, Oklahoma and California). There will also be four options to purchase additional IMCS for installations in Illinois, Alaska, New York and Detroit Michigan. The Contractor shall provide, configure and install all software and hardware needed to support an Internet monitoring capability at each of these sites. The installations must be completed within 20 business days after contract award for all four sites. The Contractor must provide limited product support for a period of one year from the completion date of the installation. This support shall include telephone support, and any software product upgrades or update. The Contractor shall also provide 10 hours of on-site training at one of the government locations where the IMC is being installed. The solicitation is planned to be issued on or about July 20, 2000 with a proposal due date of August 2, 2000. The contract will be a fixed price contract. The applicable SIC Code is 7373. The size standard is $18.M. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address or URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition home page is: http://www.volpe. dot.gov/procure/procure.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices. The responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the Contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers wor king capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official above. Posted 07/13/00 (D-SN474609). (0195)

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