SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Foreign Credit Reporting System (FCRS)
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices/Procurement Services Division (DO/PSD), Procurement Services Division (PSD), 1425 New York Avenue, Suite 2100, Washington, DC, 20220
- ZIP Code
- 20220
- Solicitation Number
- A-07-0001
- Response Due
- 10/23/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/23/2006
- Description
- The Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices (DO) intends to issue a renewal follow-on contract on a sole source basis to Advanced Information Services, Inc. (AIS) for on-going Foreign Credit Reporting System (FCRS) maintenance service for system operation and enhancements that the Treasury need in support of satisfying obligations and accomplishing essential policy objectives. The FCRS allows the Government to provide up-to-date foreign credit information to international organizations; it provides the information on Government operations with non-residents required by the United State Government (USG) statistical agencies so that citizens and the world can be more informed about the USG operations; The FCRS is the only comprehensive data system that brings together concepts related to country risks and the loss experience of all important agency lenders; The system also provide factual basis that allows the Treasury to retain leadership in international debt policy and; it produce information which allows the informal bilateral and multilateral debt reduction possibility. The required services are through September 30, 2007. This requirement is designated under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. Services needed must include application maintenance or managing the operation of the software on a daily basis, trouble shooting any problems, reporting to IDD any problems or outages, fixing any software problems with the FCRS software or interfaces, working closely with the contractor who manages the servers to resolve problems and providing adequate test and acceptance and documentation of any fixes. The Contractor shall also perform needed Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) upgrades and updates, maintain the latest version of the FCRS at the disaster recovery site, assist TCS in developing and maintaining a Disaster Recovery Plan for the FCRS, advise Treasury when software licenses/maintenance agreements must be updated or changed, monitor system performance and system audit logs, and maintain the job scheduling tools to support system operations. In addition, the contractor shall provide technical support to all users of the FCRS, including both Treasury and non-Treasury employees. This support will include, but not be limited too: showing users how to use of the system, assisting users with technical problems and troubleshooting specific user problems. Task 1, also will include a set of minor, but critical enhancements to the FCRS. These tasks are expected to be accomplished within the base operations and maintenance task which include: Country Viewer/Public Reports Enhancement Task, Executive Information System Enhancement Task, Validation Rules Changes Enhancement Task Production Viewer/Editor Enhancement Task, Historical Data Upload and Other File Upload Enhancements Task and Customized Programs/Ad Hoc Queries Enhancement Task. Task 2, will list a number of tasks to be provided as options to the contract for the Department of the Treasury. These tasks are: Other Enhancements Tasks, Transfers Enhancement Task, Geographical Information System Enhancements Task, and Integration of Data from Other Sources/Systems Task, Utilities Enhancement Task and Replacement of Brio as Reporting Technology Enhancement Task. This synopsis is published for information purposes only. No solicitation document will be issued as a result of this synopsis. No telephone calls will be accepted. No award will be based on any offer or proposal received in response to this notice. See Note 22 and Note 26. ****
- Record
- SN01164122-W 20061013/061011220725 (fbodaily.com)
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