SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Unified IP Communication System - Figure 1
- Notice Date
- 12/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, P. O. Box 1450 - Mail Stop 6, 600 Dulany Street, MDE, 7th Floor, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450
- ZIP Code
- 22313-1450
- Solicitation Number
- DOC-SS-PAPT091006-2
- Archive Date
- 1/21/2010
- Point of Contact
- Sylvia G Van Dyke, Phone: 571-272-6568
- E-Mail Address
-
sylvia.vandyke@uspto.gov
(sylvia.vandyke@uspto.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Current Voice Collaboration Capabilities The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is developing and refining business collaboration scenarios to derive the business requirements for a Unified Business Collaboration System. This system must meet the requirements set forth in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and be Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 compliant. In conducting market research of commercially available communication and collaboration products, the USPTO is interested in products or prototype solutions that will enhance employee job performance, increase user adoption of new technologies, and make new technologies easier to use. To support such an effort, the USPTO is interested in obtaining no cost trial software/hardware, virtual hard drives, and/or hosted solutions with multiple user accounts to perform business collaboration scenarios and research features that increase a collaboration tool’s usefulness and ease of use. The USPTO is considering using products that satisfy the example collaboration scenarios and can integrate with USPTO’s current communication systems. In addition, the USPTO is also interested in vendor site presentations highlighting the components of suitable systems to a group of key USPTO personnel. Web presentations are also acceptable in cases where a site visit would cause undue hardship. This group intends to learn as much as possible about the solutions presented to them that satisfy the business collaboration scenarios. The USPTO is seeking input/comments from interested parties who can provide vendor site presentations and/or provide no cost trial software/hardware, virtual hard drives, and/or hosted solutions with multiple user accounts. The following table lists twelve business collaboration scenarios that the Unified IP Communication System would address. Scenario(a.k.a) 1.External Customer Walkup Videoconferencing Customer goes to a Video Teleconference (VTC) interview room on the USPTO campus and participates in a VTC with USPTO employees in remote offices. 2.External Customer/Employee Videoconferencing Customer uses their own Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H.320, or H.323 VTC system and participates in a VTC with USPTO employees on campus or in remote offices. 3. Virtual Employee Assistance Assistance initiated via chat to predefined support rooms. Employee Contact information automatically accessible by Customer Support. Customer support uses “one click access” capability to access remote workstation or call employee. 4.Virtual Meetings Rooms Floor conference rooms outfitted to enable USPTO employees to chair videoconferences without additional assistance. Users should be able to start videoconference within 5 minutes of entering the conference room. Invite remote participants to conference via Outlook. Participants join conference with one mouse click. From Outlook Calendar event. 5.Virtual Conferences (Webcasts) USPTO Auditoriums and Building Conference Centers outfitted with web-casting (i.e., robotic cameras and audio/video interface to audio-visual (AV) system). Non-interactive meeting of 100+. Participants can submit questions and respond to polling. Remote presenters connect via VTC. 6.Virtual Training Rooms Physical classroom outfitted with cameras and presentation tools that are integrated into a “distance learning” solution/system. Interactive experience with <50 students. Some students in physical classroom… some students participating via “distance learning” solution/system. 7.User Paced Remote Training (Learn Any Time, Anywhere).Computer Based Training (CBT) modules available via Intranet pages. 8.Production of content and Re-broadcast of content On Demand Broadcast/produce the live event via web-cast (see Virtual Conferences above.) Ability for employee (or customer) to visit a web site and select a recording of a missed conference, training session, USPTO event, etc.... “on demand”. 9. Peer to Peer Collaboration Starting with a visual representation of a person’s availability (presence), quickly send an IM and seamlessly move to a call, add video, and escalate to a web conference to share applications or data files. Extend conference to multiple parties with ease. 10. Electronic Team Rooms (Virtual Communities) Repository for user supplied content. Users maintain profile and collaborate via workflow, messaging, discussion forums, blogs, and wikis. Widgets (SharePoint Web Parts) enable dynamic, interactive business intelligence portals that display information from disparate sources. Users quickly locate posted information via “Search”. 11.Unified Communications Integrate all forms (e-mail, IM, audio, voicemail, and presence) of communication. One employee = one telephone number. Customer calls one number, employee receives call regardless of location, if working… otherwise, and voice mail is activated. 12.Jurisprudence Collaboration Require a user friendly solution that would permit at least a three judge panel working remotely to meet and edit working documents which tie the edits to the author of the edits (Extended Peer to Peer). Requirements will quickly expand to at least six members at one time. Figure 1 provides an overview of USPTO’s current communication systems. The following table provides clarification to Figure 1. TopicPage, Section 1 Multicast Figure 1Q: Does the “PTOnet II” network referenced in Figure 1 “Current Voice/Collaboration Capabilities” have the capability to multicast? If so, is the USPTO interested in using this capability to transmit content to employee desktops. A: Yes, the “PTOnet II” network identified in Figure 1 does have a multicast capability. USPTO would like to leverage this capability to transmit multimedia content to internal employee desktops. The USPTO is interested in using Unicast capabilities to broadcast to users who are connected to a network (e.g., teleworkers and Internet) that does not support multicast. 2 Cisco VoIP Figure 1Q: Is the USPTO considering replacing the “Cisco VoIP” branch office phone system identified in Figure 1? A: The USPTO does not anticipate replacing the “Cisco VoIP” branch office phone system at this time. The Unified IP Communication System must seamlessly connect and integrate with this system. 3 Tandberg VTC Figure 1Q: Is the USPTO considering replacing the “Tandberg” Video Teleconferencing equipment identified in Figure 1? A: At this time, the USPTO does not anticipate replacing the ““Tandberg” Video Teleconferencing (VTC) equipment that is currently used to support Video Teleconferencing. The Unified IP Communication System must seamlessly connect and integrate with this VTC system. 4Microsoft Exchange ServerFigure 1Q: Is the USPTO considering replacing the “Microsoft Exchange” server identified in Figure 1? A: At this time, the USPTO does not anticipate replacing the ““Microsoft Exchange” server. The Unified IP Communication System must seamlessly connect and integrate with this system. 5Microsoft Active Directory Domain ServerFigure 1Q: Is the USPTO considering replacing the “Microsoft Active Directory” domain server identified in Figure 1? A: The USPTO does not anticipate replacing the “Microsoft Active Directory” domain server at this time. The Unified IP Communication System must seamlessly connect and integrate with this system. 6Current Communication and Collaboration ToolsFigure 1Q: What is the universe of tools that USPTO uses today to support collaboration among internal and external entities? A: The communication and collaboration tools currently used within the USPTO along with their primary usage are identified below. Adobe Acrobat Connect – Webcasting to internal and external users (< 500 participants) Cisco Unified Communications – Branch Office VoIP phones Microsoft Exchange – Employee Email and Calendar Microsoft Office 2003 – Employee Office Productivity Tool Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 - Employee Content Management Nortel CallPilot – Voicemail via Outlook Nortel CS1000 VoIP – Branch Office VoIP phones Nortel MCS – Employee Peer to Peer Collaboration and Presence, Teleworker VoIP phones Nortel Meet Me Conferencing – Employee Video Conferencing and Application Sharing Nortel Meridian 1 Private Branch Exchange (PBX) – Employee Telephone System Tandberg Video Teleconferencing System – Videoconferencing with external entities Xtend e911 – Internal VoIP e911 2nd Nature 911 – Internal 911 for PBX There was a previous sources sought announcement DOC-SS-PAPT091006" located at: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f76d81b8ee7cf9e6cee43ce7be45bb93&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck=. Responses shall be conducted at no cost to the Government. This is an amendment to the previously posted DOC-SS-PAPT091006 Unified IP Communication System Request for Information (RFI), not a solicitation for proposals, and accordingly, no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. Telephone calls requesting a solicitation will not be accepted or acknowledged. Responses to this RFI are voluntary and their source shall be treated as confidential. Responses are solely for the USPTO’s use in developing project documentation and acquisition strategies. Instructions: Interested businesses which can provide the above capabilities should respond no later 5:00 p.m., January 06, 2010. Responses received in response to this announcement that are marked “Proprietary” will be handled accordingly. Please mail any responses to: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Attn: Sylvia Van Dyke, Contracting Office, MDE Room 7B03, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, or email: Sylvia.VanDyke@uspto.gov. Please include RFI number DOCSSPAPT091006-2 on any correspondence.
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