National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, Office of Procurement, PO Box 50, Taylor Street, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25425-0050

R -- MULTIMEDIA TOUCH SCREEN VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA SOL 1443-RP-1100-96-016. Due 082396. Contact Bertha Braithwaite, Procurement Technician, (304) 535-6236 or Internet bertha_braithwaite@nps.gov. The National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, is soliciting proposals to provide all professional services including labor, materials, facilities, and transportation necessary to research, design, develop, install and maintain two (2) multimedia touch screen visitor information systems for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Work includes: research and project planning, production of storyboards in English depicting all graphic elements, writing script necessary to support the programs, selection of visual material from photographs and video resources, computer animation sequences and design of the appropriate medium and platform for operation of the programs. Acceptable hardware platforms include, but are not limited to: CD-XA with the fastest 4x drives available, a dedicated hard drive, laser videodisc, Digital Video Disc (DVD), or other platform approved by the Government. All system hardware and software proposed for the development of the programs must be readily available on the commercial and open market. Hardware, authorizing software, and all other components must be supported and maintained for two (2) years from the date of acceptance, with telephone support also available for two (2) years. Training of Park Staff is also required. The Government anticipates award of a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract. All requests must be submitted IN WRITING, WRITTEN FAXED REQUEST TO (304) 535-6424 OR INTERNET REQUEST TO bertha_braithwaite@nps.gov, to Bertha Braithwaite. Envelope or facsimile requesting the RFP shall be marked as follows: ``Request for Proposal Number 1443-RP-1100-96-016, Multimedia Touch Screen Visitor Information Systems for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.'' Availability of the solicitation is limited and will be furnished on a first come, first served basis until the supply is exhausted. THIS SOLICITATION IS TOTALLY SET-ASIDE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, SIC Code 7373, Size Standard of $18.0 million. (170)

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