SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- NAtional Archives and Records Administration (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334111
— Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- National Archives and Records Administration, NAA, Acquisition Center, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 3360, College Park, MD, 20740-6001
- ZIP Code
- 20740-6001
- Solicitation Number
- NAMA-05-R-0010
- Response Due
- 8/1/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2005
- Description
- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) ensures ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience. NARA supports lifecycle management of records in all three branches of the Federal Government and provides sustained access to historically valuable records in the National Archives and the Presidential Libraries. Within NARA the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) works toward the goal of improving the economy, effectiveness and efficiency of NARA operations. To that end and pursuant to the IG Act of 1978, as amended, (5 U.S.C. App. 3), the OIG conducts audits and investigations, both criminal and investigative, relating to all aspects of NARA operations to promote efficiency and prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Currently the Office of Investigations within NARA?s OIG is utilizing several systems for tracking the various aspects of investigations. These systems are not integrated, requiring multiple manual entries of redundant data, as well as manual compilation/calculation of data for management reporting. Initially all complaints are entered into one system where they are evaluated to determine if there is a need for further investigation. If further investigation is required the information is manually re-entered into another system for conducting the investigation. Additional supporting information such as letters, emails, and other electronic or paper documents are stored separately in electronic archive folders or paper files. These systems include commercial and custom desktop database applications, word-processing document archives, document logs, and paper based logs. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e) this notice serves as a request for information. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This request is for a commercial established Case Management planning System to meet the IT needs of NARA?s Office of Investigations and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, a Solicitation, a Request for Quotes, or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained in the RFI. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this RFI. NARA?s OIG is considering replacing the multiple automated and manual systems it is currently using to track investigations with a single automated system to capture, track and report on all aspects of an investigation. The following business needs should be addressed in the contractor?s response to the RFI. Single repository for all case related information. Allow for multi user access. Provide a easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI). Standard and Ad hoc reporting capabilities. Access security controls. Configurability that allows field labels and messages to match the NARA OIG standard terminology. Access to historical cases (complaints/investigations). o Once a case is closed there should be limited edit capability. The ability to log all complaints received by the OIG regardless of the source. The ability to create an investigation from a complaint. o The investigation number should be different from the complaint number, but the records should be linked. o All information from the complaint should be accessible and editable from the investigation. Ability to assign cases to investigators. Track information about investigators working a case. The ability to input and track case milestones. Track total time charged, as well as time charged by individual investigators to a case. o Track expenses associated with each case. The ability to track the referral of cases to other agencies/organizations. The ability to track recoveries associated with a case. The ability to track Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests associated with a case. Display chronologically the events associated with a case. The ability to produce information to facilitate the preparation of the OIG?s Semi-Annual report to Congress. Track investigators progress in meeting performance objectives. Perform full text searches and retrieval of documents related to cases. Provide the capability to scan supporting case notes and attach them to cases. Support third party data interchange with products such as MS Word, Access and Excel. The ability to track Department of Justice (DOJ) coordination. Additionally applications must be capable of operating within NARA?s approved Information Technology (IT) infrastructure as documented below. Operating Systems: o Server ?  Windows NT/2000/2003  Solaris  Red Had Linux Enterprise 3.0 o Workstation ?  Windows XP SP1/2000/98 Email o Novell GroupWise Word Processor o MS Word 2002 Spreadsheet o MS Excel 2002 Project Management o MS Project 2002 o PERT Chart Expert o WBS Chart Pro Viewgraph Design o MS PowerPoint 2002 Desktop Publishing o Supported formats  PDF  HTML  XML Document Scanning and OCR o HP Precision Scan Pro o Omnipage 12 Ad Hoc Reporting o Crystal Reports 8.5 Internet Browsers o Netscape 4.7 o Internet Explorer V Webserver o Apache o IIS Databases o Oracle 9i/10G o MS SQL Server o MS Access o Paradox Scripting Languages o ECMA Script o Perl o Java Script Collaboration Software o Livelink o Sharepoint Team Services Response Instructions: Responses are limited to a total of 10 pages, and must be in Microsoft Word format. Page size must be 8.5 x 11", font must be 12 point or larger, and margins must be at least 1". Briefly describe your company, your products and services, history, ownership, financial information, and other information you deem relevant. Provide points of contact, including name, address, phone/fax number, and email. Additionally, please provide substantive responses to the following: 1. Describe your product and how it meets the business requirements described above. 2. Provide references where your product is installed. Include a point of contact, phone number and email address for each reference. 3. Provide a rough order of magnitude for initial procurement and implementation (assume 7 ? 10 users), and yearly recurring costs for 5 years. Please be sure to indicate if there is any third party hardware/software requirements needed for your product and the costs associated with them.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD
- Zip Code: 20740-6001
- Zip Code: 20740-6001
- Record
- SN00849563-W 20050720/050718212406 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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