Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), Acquisition Management Division, 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 454D, Washington, DC, 20227

D -- SUPPORT FOR EXISTING PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, CONNECT:DIRECT, INCLUDING UPGRADES, REVISIONS, AND RELATED SOFTWARE SUPPORT. SOL FHQ00R02982 DUE 110899 POC Pamela Seasonwein, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 874-6728, Fax (202) 874-7275, Email pamela.seasonwein@fms.sprint.com WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=FHQ00R02982&L ocID=1763. E-MAIL: Pamela Seasonwein, pamela.seasonwein@fms.sprint.com. The Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20227, intends to award a sole source contract, utilizing commercial item simplified acquisition procedures, to Sterling Software, Inc., 1800 Alexandria Bell Drive, Reston, VA, 22091 for specialized, proprietary file transfer software (CONNECT:DIRECT) including upgrades to the existing system, revisions, and related support software. This software is for use in 1] existing 3090 class IBM mainframe processors located at the following FMS sites: 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782; 13000 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA, 19154; and 1619 E. Woodward Street, Austin, TX, 78741 and for use in 2] sending processed files to and from the IBM RISC/6000 series processors and workstations located at Hyattsville, MD and all other FMS sites and major external customers. The period of performance will be from date of award through September 30, 2000 with four (4) 1-year option periods. The anticipated start date is December, 1999. This is a combined announcement/solicitation. No other documents exist. Vendors capable of providing this service and having an acceptable past performance record are requested to submit a technical and a cost proposal by the due date. C-1 BACKGROUND The Financial Management Service (FMS) provides financial services to support Federal Program Agencies (FPAs). The financial data going between FMS and the FPAs is largely telecommunicated. In turn, FMS telecommunicates large volumes of payment data to and from the Federal Reserve banks. This movement of data depends on the use of robust data interchange methods and standard software at both FMS and at the FPAs and the FRB. This software is currently the Sterling Commerce CONNECT:Direct products including the related MAILBOX software product suite. C-2 SCOPE The purpose of this contract is to obtain CONNECT:Direct and MAILBOX software including new software, annual licenses for existing software, and upgrades and extensions of this software. The software may be used at FMS or other government and customer sites. C-3 DELIVERABLES C.3.1 Quantity C.3.1.1 The selected software will be procured under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. C.3.1.2 All items of software will be available to procure under the Governments choice of lease, LTOP or purchase, and with software upgrades during the life of this contract. When upgrades are desired by the Government, the Contractor shall offer a credit of the original acquisition price to the Government for the version originally acquired under this contract. C.3.1.3 If the Government has obtained Sterling software from another contract, upgrade and maintenance for that software shall be available under this contract. When upgrades are desired by the Government, the Contractor shall offer a credit of the original acquisition price to the Government for the version originally acquired. C.3.1.4 The Contractor shall specifically offer software in all versions for large IBM mainframe 390 class processors (MVS, O/S 390), IBM RISC (AIX) processors, IBM class PCs (DOS, Win3.1/95/98/NT/2000), SUN and Stratus processors. Software for other processors shall also be offered as available per software brand. C.3.2 Software Updates C.3.2.1 The Contractor shall periodically update this offering by add new, changed, upgraded and updated versions of software. Such added versions shall be in addition to items currently offered. C.3.2.2 The Contractor shall provide basic assistance to describe product interfacing between different versions of the products. C.3.3 Documentation and Manuals C.3.3.1 The Contractor shall provide the supporting technical documentation and user guides for the operation of the selected software. At least one set of documentation and manuals shall be provided with each software package acquired. C.3.3.2 The Contractor shall provide updated technical documentation and user guides for software updates and upgrades. C.3.4 Technical Support Requirements C.3.4.1 The Contractor shall make available a Technical Hot-Line to explain product features and requirements. C.3.4.2 The Contractor shall provide technical support in all practical modes including, but not limited to 6 AM to 9 PM Eastern Standard Time as a minimum, five(5) days a week as a minimum, via modes of transmission including but not limited to voice telephone, FAX dial-up Electronic mail, and Internet. The Contractor shall not provide support on-site or in person. C.3.4.3 The Contractor shall provide technical support using qualified software engineers or technicians who are able to provide immediate responses. C.3.4.4 The Government may redeploy software to other locations or between like processors at any time as necessary. As a result, Contractor and Government will mutually update location records as an aid for troubleshooting, to implement upgrades and changes, and to assist in proper billing, C.3.2 Delivery Locations Software shall be delivered directly to the specified destination as provided in Government Delivery Orders. Prices shown in Section B. are FOB destination. C.4 CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT PLAN C.4.1 Objectives A Contractor management plan is required to assure timely delivery of software, software updates, and technical service to the end user and to ensure full coordination with FMS. C.4.2 Plan Required The Contractor shall provide a brief plan indicating how contract requirements shall be met over the life of the contract. The plan shall: a. Describe the Contractor's organization; b. Explain how the contract activity will commence; c. Describe how the Contractor will insure that FMS receives advance notice of shipment dates to the end user; d. Schedule and describe how the Contractor will report to the FMS Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative (COTR) on the quality of service provided to the end user.; e. Schedule and outline periodic summary reports of contract activity with FMS; f. Set up regular Contract Status meetings with the FMS COTR; and g. Designate a single point of contact (Project Manager) for the contractor organization. Designate a backup for this Project Manager. Provide full contact information. Posted 10/07/99 (D-SN389980). (0280)

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