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70 -- COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF SOFTWARE DUE 042095 POC W. Stephen Walter, CPCM, Contract Negotiator, (202)219-6445 Phyllis McMeekin, Contracting Officer, (202)219-6445.. CNT RFQ L/A 95-13 The Bureau of Labor Statistics seeks sources and information about existing commercially available off-the-shelf software products/packages which meet the BLS cross tabulation and data publication requirements. This is not a Request For Proposals (RFP). The software is needed for cross tabulation and formatting for publication of BLS data. It must have at least the tabulating and formatting capabilities of the mainframe system, Table Producing Language (TPL). This is a system developed by BLS (Copies of the TPL documentation are available on request from BLS, Victor Stotlant, 202/219-7619, Ext. 231). The user language must be easy to use and readily understood by BLS economists and statisticians. The system must be capable of duplicating the formats of all BLS production and research tables. In addition, it must be capable of producing postscript output and accessing data that is stored on BLS SQL servers (SunSparc 10/20). The operating systems supported must include DOS 5.1, Windows 3.1, and UNIX Solaris 2.2. The hardware supported must include INTEL 386, 486, and Pentium computers having a minimum of 8 MB RAM, and SunSparc servers having a minimum of 64 MB. BLS is interested in information on the nature and availability of software as described above which is commercially available as of the response date of this notice. Vendors who have information as described above are invited to submit it (in original and five copies) to the US Department of Labor, Office of Procurement Services, Room S-5220, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210. Vendors must be prepared to provide the BLS with demonstration copies and documentation of their software. Information must be sent to the attention of Mr. Stephen Walter, and must be received no later than 4:30 p.m., EST, on April 20, 1995. All responses which are timely received will be considered by a panel of BLS employees for formulation of recommendations relevant to a potential solicitation. If the information provided seems to establish that the software will meet the BLS requriements, then the panel, at its option, may request demonstration copies of the software packages for in-depth evaluation. This RFI does not commit the Government to pay vendors any costs that they may incur in the preparation and submission of their responses and does not commit the Government to issuing a solicitation document. Additionally, as comments or information furnished may result in changes in the anticipated procurement action, the Government reserves the right to release or make public comments on information received; however, in doing so, the Government will not release the identity of the commentator. All firms/organizations which submit responses will be included in the distribution of any subsequent solicitation. (0086)

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