SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- SSEUS SOFTWARE SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-08-183-RHW
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2008
- Point of Contact
- Robin D Hope-Williams, Phone: 301-435-4379
- E-Mail Address
-
rhwilli@mail.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) to procure professional support services on a sole source basis from Susie W. Jeffrey, Las Cruces, New Mexico. The purpose of this procurement is to provide maintenance programming support for the SSEUS wide-area update system. The Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) at the National Library of Medicine requires the services of Ms. Susan Jeffrey of Jeffrey Systems to provide specialized services on the SSEUS maintenance and updating. This acquisition will be procured pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.5 – Acquisition for Non-Commercial Items. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541511 and the business size standard is $23.0. This is a 100% small business set-aside. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE NLM anticipates that award will be made on or about September 1, 2008. The period of performance will be for one year from date of award, with four (4) one-year options. The place of performance will include NIH and offsite (including contractor facility). BACKGROUND The SSEUS software system is a multi-targeted, wide-area, Internet-based update system used by the Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division of the National Library of Medicine for editing and emending TOXNET and other related biomedical and toxicological databases. SSEUS permits the updating of data on MySQL and other ODBC-compliant relational database systems by file builders and SIS staff working from a variety of Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, and Linux computers connected to the Internet. The core software is written in the UNICON programming language. The SSEUS suite of programs manages the transformation, formatting, importing, editing, and exporting of data and databases from continually evolving, externally provided sources. These data are critical elements of SIS's Toxicology and Environmental Health program; they are designed for the use of toxicologists, hazardous substance responders, and chemical-based scientific and medical research. SSEUS provides a system for reviewing and editing these data and for exporting the results according to multiple print and database formats. The software underlying SSEUS includes UNICON, MyODBC, OpenSSH, MySQL, C, SPITBOL, and standard UNIX and Microsoft utilities. SSEUS has both interactive and automated batch components. TASKS: The vendor shall: (1) provide maintenance programming support for the SSEUS wide-area update system, modify modules so as to accommodate the changing characteristics of data sources, and to restructure presentations to the databases on-line to be included in the SSEUS system; (2) respond to problems encountered by users of the SSEUS system by making corrections to the SSEUS source code, by providing documentation, and by consulting with users and SIS staff; (3) be available for prompt response to emergency problems on an as-needed basis; (4) be available for one to two weeks a year on site in order to assist SIS programming staff in the on-going modification and design of the SSEUS system; (5) create programming guides and user documentation as requested by the COTR; (6) show familiarity with the structure and update practices of HSDB, DART, CCRIS, and Gene-Tox databases; (7) undertake modification and extension of the minor database version of SSEUS to generalize its support for ad hoc inspection and manipulation of occasional databases; (8) provide support for Scientific Review Panel members. This includes system installation and configuration, modification of data fielding, printing support, data import and export, and documentation; and (9) provide programming and procedural documentation for SIS programmers working on the SSEUS system; (10) submit monthly invoices. Travel to and from NLM is anticipated during period of performance. The government shall provide the contractor access to relevant SIS database information and interface requirements. Pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1) as set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 6.302, Susan Jeffrey is the only known source that is capable of fulfilling this requirement. Susan Jeffery of Jeffery Systems is the creator and maintainer of key code developed by her to support SIS's Scientific Review Panel. She is also the only full-time professional programmer for the UNICON programming language, which is the tool used to develop many of SIS's data conversion and specialized print routines. She alone offers database support with UNICON, and Jeffery Systems has shown an ability to develop infrastructure changes to the UNICON language to meet our special programming needs. No other known programmer combines the experience with SIS data with a proven ability to work fulltime with the UNICON language, remote databases, and both the Linux and Windows operating systems. Her company has extensive expertise with the underlying programming system and produces most of the documentation on unicon systems. She provides the expertise required for a core component of SIS’s public, internet presentation. This is not a Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available. However, if any interested party believes it has the capability to fulfill the above requirement; it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities and any other furnished information must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NLM to determine if the party can perform this requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 3:00 PM EDT August 28, 2008. Faxed capability statements are NOT authorized. Questions must be submitted in writing to Robin Hope-Williams at rhwilli@mail.nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 510, Democracy Plaza II, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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