SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Census 2010 DVD Software
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Acquisition Division, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 47130
- ZIP Code
- 47130
- Solicitation Number
- YA1323-10-WB-0005
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Wilmary Bernal, Phone: 3017638897
- E-Mail Address
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wilmary.bernal@census.gov
(wilmary.bernal@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract and is not be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government will pay for information solicited. The U.S. Census Bureau intends to award a Firm Fixed Price, Sole Source contract to Alteryx, LLC 190 South Glassell Street, Suite #201, Orange CA 92866 under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 ( c) (1) and pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Information Technology Support and Electronic Products Branch (ITSEP) anticipate that this effort will be available only from Alteryx, LLC and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. The Census 2000 data sets were indexed and compressed using Alteryx, LLC (formely SRC) proprietary algorithms and code. By updating the Census 2000 data engine and customizing the Allocate application, the U.S. Census Bureau will establish the most cost effective and efficient way to satisfy the 2010 Census summary data on DVD publishing requirement. To publish the Census 2010 summary data on DVD it should include Microsoft® Windows® based retrieval and display software with the following capabilities: • Variable data compression up to 25:1 dependant upon the nature of the database • Backwards compliant with the Census 2000 Summary File series of disc products to mean the ability to uncompress, read, index, sort, manipulate and display files in the proprietary Portfolio Demographics File format (.demo) • Data contained in released data sets are subject to Census Bureau disclosure policies (Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 86 / Monday, May 5, 2003 / Notices) • Customized product name to be determined • Customized help system • Customized output report files to include both preformatted templates of the Government's design and blank report formats that a user can customize • Expandable interface to accommodate long text strings and variable names • Geographic support of more than 15 Million records • Standard Census Geographies - Geographies built in by the Census Bureau; States, Counties, Census Tracts, Block Groups etc with built in hierarchical information (Counties organized by States, etc) • Ability to analyze radii around a specific street address or intersection using Latitude and Longitude or select from standard Census based geographies • Radius display of data based on Latitude/Longitude point and doughnuts associated with that point • Ability to measure radius in metric units as a selectable option • Ability to import custom geography files commonly associated with demographic information (i.e., MID/MIF, SHP, TAB, MDB, Oracle Spatial and Spatial ODBC Connections, etc) • Ability to search within any geography for either Key or Name based information • Output can be summarized by geography into a single value • Ability to output data to a flat file including CSV, MDB, DBF, DB, XLS and HTM • Ability to output data in a report format from either preformatted report templates or blank templates, depending upon variables and/or geographies selected • Ability to output data reports in the following formats; HTM/HTML, PCXML, PDF, RTF, DOCX, XLSX, MHT, and PPTX • Selection of data variables either individually or by selecting entire parent folders, (i.e., folder selection includes ALL contained variables) • Individual variable selection is NOT mutually exclusive with a folder, meaning a user can select multiple variable from one or more parent folder using conventional Windows® methods (Shift-click and CTRL-click) • Ability to select and load any registered and installed data set from within the application. Work will be performed primarily at the contractor's location with the exception of onsite training to be conducted at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters facility in Suitland, MD. Additional training and consultation of Government employees may be requested at the contractor's location. The intended contract will have a period of performance of a Base Year and will include up to four one (1) year option periods. This Notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition from qualified source(s) is available in the open market. Interested firms responding to this Notice must provide capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Governments requirements for the above. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's sizes and type of business. Brochures alone are not sufficient documentation for demonstration of capabilities. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, but not exceed 15 pages, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the requirement above. Your capability statement should include references. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Time on July 23, 2010. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Send response to: Attn: Wilmary Bernal, Contract Specialist ACQ.ITSB@census.gov with copy to wilmary.bernal@census.gov No phone calls will be accepted. The email subject line should be: SSN- DVD Software
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