SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- List Management Service
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- DG1351-05-RQ-1227
- Response Due
- 3/15/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2005
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a requirement to procure a List Service Management Services. This a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to the Lyris Technologies, Inc., for the purchase of List Service Management Services. This acquisition is being issue in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13 as supplemented 52.213-1 and 52.204-7. The associated NAICS code is 334611 with the size standard with $6.0 million dollars. Statement of Work List Management Services for Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) I. Introduction: The information that follows provides a description of the tasks and activities that must be performed by the contractor selected to provide Internet Email List Management application services (List Management Services) to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce. II. Description: The contractor shall provide List Management Services with the following: A. Subscriptions: Individual subscriptions will be initiated by going to a Web page/Web form, preferably located on the BIS Web site. Once the subscriber signs on to the list: a. The database shall contain the entire list will automatically be updated without requiring any manual processing by BIS personnel; b. The subscribers will be required to provide the following information when joining the list; 1. email address 2. geographic location (state designation or country if outside the USA) 3. telephone, are code only 4. the types of information they wish to receive (e.g., seminars and regulations, updates to various sections of the BIS Web site) 5. whether the email address they are providing is a business or personal address c. The subscriber will be automatically sent an email response that verifies the information they have submitted and provides detailed information about how to unsubscribe. B: List of Capabilities: The list owner (BIS) will be able to: 1. Select categories of users (e.g., by area of interest or location) from the list?s databases and send an email to them. 2. Easily compose and send email to the entire list or to subsets of the (the process for composing and sending email messages must be user-friendly to BIS personnel and should allow BIS to globally send one message to all selected subscribers). 3. Assign ?rights? to any designated BIS employees so that more than one individual may send messages to list members or subsets thereof. C. Database: 1. The database will reside on the servers of the contractor who will host and be responsible for the overall administration of the database. 2. Designated BIS personnel will be provided access to the data when requested by the BIS point of contact. 3. The contractor providing the List Management Services shall ensure that any email address and its associated record shall be automatically deleted fro the database if two successive ?bounce back? email responses are received from it. 4. The contractor shall be responsible for migrating tow lists containing approximately 3,000 total current subscribers to the new database. One list is in Access format, the other is in WordPerfect. D. Other Requirements, Provisions and Information: 1. Web Form: The contractor will create a WEB page/form that allows users to subscribe to the list. The page/form will be in a format consistent with the current BIS Web site (www.bis.doc.gov). When a user submits a request to subscribe the associated information will be added to the list?s database. BIS prefers the Web form reside on the BIS server so the URL of the page will display within the BIS domain name. 2. List Ownership: BIS will own the list. The contractor shall safeguard all information about the subscribers to ensure it is not shared with unauthorized users or sold to other entities. Release of any information about the list?s subscribers will only be made upon the receipt of written authorization for appropriate BIS officials. 3. Accessibility: The List shall be fully accessible to individuals with disabilities (e.g., the List will be compliant with Section 508 requirements) allowing them to subscribe, unsubscribe and receive and read email. 4. List Usage: It is anticipated that there will be at least three broadcast email messages sent each month to the list or subset thereof. 5. Number of Subscribers: Since this list will be available to any individual who has access to the Web and who wishes to join, the number of subscribers is unknown. Currently there are approximately 5,000 subscribers on the List. Offerors that believe they can meet this requirement are required to submit in writing an affirmative response. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information demonstrating their ability to meet the above requirements. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bonafide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit such documentation will result in the Government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 15-days after publication of this synopsis. All information in response to this notification must be submitted in writing to the address contained at the header or faxed to 301-713-0809 to the attention of Juanita Beck, Procurement Specialist. See Note 22.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC
- Record
- SN00759404-W 20050302/050228211736 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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