Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

63 -- BOC CONTROL AND ACCESS SYSTEM SOL MP-97-02 POC Jacqueline V. Wilson, 301-457-1864 Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233 - Notice of Intent that the Bureau of Census intends to procure brand name or equal commercial products for a security and access control system at the BOC. The system shall meet the following requirements: The system shall incorporate the Oracle RDBMS and utilize Oracle's latest version of Developer 2000. The data management component of the system shall be implemented via the standard Oracle data management tools of Discover 2000, Forms 4.5. Reports shall be supported using Oracle Reports and ad hoc reporting shall be supported using Oracle's Data Browser. The system must have an open architecture. The system must provide a Command & Control Module which will provide host-based services for the command and control of all separate subsystems (Access Control, IDS, Integrated Badging, Operator command Stations, etc.) subordinate to the Oracle database. The software must not limit the number of readers, badges, alarm points or outputs. Only hardware limitations such as the disk capacity, the number of readers installed, the number of ports, etc. shall limit the size of the system. The system must provide extensive diagnostics. In particular, the system shall provide diagnostic utilities which shall permit the trained technician to precisely analyze the message flow and content between the host computer and the field panels. Every information-carrying message must be displayable. The message display must include the actual data received from the field panel and an interpretation of the message so that specific diagnostic problems may be easily identified. The system shall provide the trained technician the diagnostic utilities which will support interrogation of field panels and attached components for the stored data content of the panels and the status of the components. This utility shall work in concert with the usual operation of the system. It shall not be necessary to interfere with normal system operation when a check of the data in a panel is desired. Diagnostic utilities must be both locally and remotely operable. Remote users who may dial in or who are network connected to any particular system must be capable of executing all system diagnostics without actually being present at the site of the actual computer. This level of access must be password protected. The system software modules shall communicate with each other over Ethernet networks using TCP/IP as the basic protocol. FTP, Telnet, NFS, and X-Terminals shall be supported by the application. The system network communications shall be 100% compatible with the IEEE 802.3 LAN standard. The BOC has completed market research and believes that American Magnetics (AMAG) has products that meets all of the requirements. All responsible sources capable of meeting these requirements are invited to respond to the announcement by submitting information to include complete technical capabilities, pricing, and any other information which demonstrates their ability to meet this need. This information will be considered only if it shows clear and convincing evidence that interested sources can meet the requirements of the government, and that it is advantageous for the government to consider such sources. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the above referenced address (Attn: Michael L. Palensky) within 30 days of the date of this notice. This synopsis is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. If the Government determines that other sources are capable of meeting the requirements, the Government will prepare a request for quotation or proposals and this announcement will be considered the solicitation announcement. No solicitation document is available at this time and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if comparable sources are available and more advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written responses are received, a contract for AMAG products will be issued without further notice. (0312)

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