MODIFICATION
D -- ER/Studio Brand name or Equal to
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, FSA Acquisitions, Union Center Plaza, RM 91F1, 830 First Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202-5405
- ZIP Code
- 20202-5405
- Solicitation Number
- ED-FSA-10-R-0028
- Archive Date
- 3/20/2010
- Point of Contact
- Richard B. Crum, Phone: 2023774079, Dega K. Hussen, Phone: 202-377-3383
- E-Mail Address
-
richard.crum@ed.gov, dega.hussen@ed.gov
(richard.crum@ed.gov, dega.hussen@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial software license and maintenance in accordance to FAR 12.603, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid is soliciting a brand-name or equal to its current mainframe products from ER/Studio Enterprise Software listed below. Product Name License Capacity User Count ER/Studio Enterprise Multi-Platform Concurrent license 5 ER/Studio Enterprise Multi-Platform Concurrent 5 ER/Studio MetaWizard Combined Import/export bridges, Concurrent License 1 ER/Studio Metawizard Combined Import/export bridges concurrent license annual maintenance subscription 1 ER/Studio Multi-platform 1 These products currently run on the following hardware in support of major applications and projects managed by the office of the CIO. System System Type Server Environment Method FSAPTCPCAG001 Appliance Citrix Access Gateway N/A FSAPTCPCAG002 Appliance Citrix Access Gateway N/A FSAPTCPXEN001 Intel Production Citrix Xen Server TSM FSAPTCPXEN002 Intel Production Citrix Xen Server TSM FSAPTCDXEN001 Intel Dev/Test Citrix Xen Server TSM The Government's current maintenance support for the ER/Studio Enterprise products expire on March 28, 2010. Some Key features of the current products are; Product Name Some Key Features ER/Studio Enterprise Multi-platform Concurrent license ER/Studio Enterprise Multi-platform Concurrent ER/Studio MetaWizard Combined Import/Export Bridges, concurrent License ER/Studio MetaWizard Combined Import/Export Bridges Concurrent License annual maintenance subscription ER/Studio Enterprise Multi-platform ER/Studio Enterprise "Where Used" Analysis with User-defined Mapping Displays the mappings between logical entities and attributes and their implementation across physical designs. Allows data architects to customize the mapping of logical and physical artifacts for informational purposes. Visual Data Lineage Visually documents source/target mapping and sourcing rules for data movement across systems. Customize data flows with shapes. Round-trip Database Support Round-trip database support for forward and reverse engineering. Advanced Compare and Merge Enables advanced, bidirectional comparisons and merges of model and database structures such as logical-to-physical, physical-to-physical, physical-to-database, etc. Conceptual Model Creation Support for high-level conceptual modeling using elements such as subject areas, business entities, interactions, and relationships. Process Model Creation Support for straightforward process modeling that uses standard elements such as sequences, tasks, swim lanes, start events, and gateways BPMN Compliance Optional automatic validation of process diagrams to ensure compliance with the BPMN specification and prevent the addition of non-compliant modeling elements. CRUD Reporting CRUD reports identify which processes affect which data, and what affects they have. Reports are available in a straightforward spreadsheet view. Model Driven Architecture & Standards Support Unified Modeling Language TM (UML® 2.0 ), XML Metadata Interchange (XMI®), Query/ Views/Transformations (QVT) and Object Constraint Language (OCL). Model Patterns Provides powerful re-use facilities to jumpstart projects through predefined patterns. Document Generation Document generation facility and templates to create external documentation to track projects. Export formats to RTF, HTML, TXT, and PDF. Quality Assurance Analyze and measure ongoing projects with OCL-base model audits and metrics that can easily be defined, saved and re-used. Structured Browsing & Navigation Provides a web-based navigation of the repository diagrams The user will be presented with a scrollable list of projects and the diagrams contained within each repository project folder. Technical Reports Pre-installed for implementation details such as data types, column width, column names, how objects are related, data lineage between models, and security classification information. Automatic Data Synchronization As diagram objects are added, deleted, or updated in the ER/Studio Repository, the most recent version of the diagram will be sent to the reporting portal. Synchronization can be scheduled at the administrator's discretion. Advanced Searching Wildcard searching with the ability to limit the search to specific object types or specific projects and specify a sort order. Concurrent Model and Object Access Allows real-time collaboration between modelers working on data models down to the model object level. Reviewing Changes and Resolving User Conflict Conflict resolution through simple and intelligent interfaces to walk users through the discovery of differences identified between a specific user's model and changes that have occurred simultaneously to the model by others connected to the Repository. Version Management Manages the individual histories of models and model objects to ensure incremental comparison between, and rollback to, desired diagrams and diagram elements. Component Sharing and Reuse Pre-defined Enterprise Data Dictionary that eliminates data redundancy and enforces data element standards. Instructions to Offerors The proposed software solution shall comparable or superior to the features and functionalities of the ER/Studio products and shall be:  Must be a COTS product  Section 504 & 508 compliant  Compatible with Sun Fire V445 Although the government is most interested in identifying small business sources, this solicitation is not a small business set-aside. Interested parties shall submit their response via electronic mail to the individuals identified below in the specified format: A. Comparative matrix of features and functionalities between the proposed product(s) and ER/Studio Software solution including initial cost for integration/configuration of new product (Maximum of 5 Pages, MS Excel). B. Quote for the license and maintenance of the proposed product(s) including two (2) one-year option periods for maintenance renewal out-years. Quote shall be valid for 180 calendar days from the date of submission. (MS Word or Adobe) C. 180-Day demo copy of the proposed product(s) at no cost to the Government (CD-ROM or Electronic submission) Responses to this notice shall be sent to Richard.crum@ed.gov and Ms. Dega Hussen at Dega.Hussen@ed.gov. The Government shall evaluate offers/quotes on the total cost for product replacement including technical and functional benefit analysis. The award decision shall be based on best value determination. All interested parties must respond by 11:00Am Friday march 5, 2010. No extensions or exceptions will be granted. D. Interested parties shall submit a Synopsis of Product Development Strategy (Maximum of 2 pages, MS Word).
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/FSA/CA/ED-FSA-10-R-0028/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 830 first street, washington, District of Columbia, 20202, United States
- Zip Code: 20202
- Zip Code: 20202
- Record
- SN02073794-W 20100226/100224235133-631fddba9ddc5d0cc210f5adee362734 (fbodaily.com)
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