Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Office of Administrative Services, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581

D -- AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES POC: Mr. Chris Cummings, (202) 418-5445, or Mr. Janis Vitols, Contracting Officer, (202) 418-5176. This is a sources sought synopsis for potential sources capable of providing supplies and services necessary to implement and maintain an electronic document filing, processing and tracking system. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC / Commision) intends to implement a system for the electronic transmission and processing of documents and data required to be filed with the CFTC by the futures market participants/registrants it regulates. The Commission is seeking to identify sources capable of providing the following system and support services: (1) Capability to accept, log and route incoming electronically filed documents/data according to multiple attributes, including document type, rule provision pursuant to which filing is made, and intended recipient; (2) Relational capability using registrant-provided inputs to connect to other data bases; (3) Capability to allocate and assign incoming filings to appropriate staff members while enabling managers to monitor and control queuing of documents; (4) Capability to electronically transmit staff comments back to registrants, subject to managers' monitoring and/or screening; (5) Capability to log and control all incoming and outgoing correspondence using multiple criteria, including registrant name and subject filing; (6) Capability to implement encryption or other security measures for incoming and outgoing correspondence; (7) Capability to generate periodic (at least weekly) management report for productivity assessment; and (8) Support of the above-described system. The proposed system must be developed for or be capable of being modified to run from a CFTC-approved Internet site. Sources capable of providing the system and support services described above are requested to submit two copies of a capability statement wherein documentation clearly and completely describes the system and system support that meets the Commission's requirements, to include: System components, individual component and system features, capabilities, characteristics, and technical data; the system's past use; the Company's qualifications, past experience and verifiable references; and system support requirements and the Company's support capabilities. Proprietary data submitted in response to this synopsis, when so designated, will be protected. However, the CFTC may incorporate any other data or information submitted into any future solicitation that may be developed for the competitive acquisition of the above described system and system support. This is not a request for proposal. The Government does not intend to pay for any information submitted in response to this synopsis. Acknowledgement of receipt will not be made nor will telephone inquiries be honored. If a solicitation is developed for acquisition of the above described system and system support, a pre-solicitation synopsis will be published. All persons responding to this synopsis will be placed on the solicitation mailing list. (239)

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