DLA Administrative Support Center (DASC), Office of Contracting (DASC-CP), 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Suite 0119, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6220

J -- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR DECA (SAVES) SYSTEM. SOL SP4700-97-C-0001 DUE 020697 POC Contract Specialist Jackie Craft, (703)767-1139/Contracting Officer Patrick Kennedy, (703)767-1166. The Defense Commissary Agency (DECA) has a requirement for systems engineering and technical support svcs as required. Contractor will be required to supply personnel, supervision, mgmt, and non-personal technical svcs to accomplish software maintenance and engineering support for DECA Standard Automated Voucher Exam System (SAVES), Teh Personnel Data Base System (Pdb), the Manpower Data base System (Mpdb) Standard Automated Contracting System -- DeCA(SACONS-D), Electronic Data Interchange (DEI) applications, respond to help desk -- provide 2nd level support (24 hour response -- contractor will be accessible after core work hours thru phone or pager), and additional SQL-oracle, Progress and UNIX applications. DeCA, nonpersonal technical svcs include the following: systems analysis, systems design, development, debugging, testing, integratin, conversion, maintenance documentation, installation, transition files review, training, conversion, systems admin, datagase mgmt, operational job recoveryand production support and user support. The SAVES Hardware is physically located at Ft Lee VA with on-line access over DECA' wide area network. The system is four SEQUENT computers networked togetherand operating in a client-server relationship. The system includes a database server (DeCADev). The network environment is comprised of 2 Ethernet sub-sysstems serviced by CISCO routers. The four SEQUENT computers are networked together on one subsystem. There are over 600 users CONUS wide with network access over the second subsystem. Additionally, BSC 3780 dial up capability is available using Rabbit Software. The executive software includes DYNIXptx2.04 operating system and Oracle Version 7. DECA support personnel and manpower applications on the Sequent Platform, using Oracle applications operating under DYNIX. The Zone Manager Decision Support System (ZDSS) application currently processes on Sequent, Desktop and Notebook computer hardware and other Government owned equipment using the most current Dynix/ptx operating system, ORACLE, MS Windows, and Powerbuilder in a client server architecture. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) currently processes on Sequent Computer hardware and other Government owned equipment using the most current Dynix/ptx operating system, ORACLE, EDI EASY, EDISIMM, Gentran Translator, CLEO Communications and Powerbuilder in a client server architecture. The contractor shall provide on-site and remote support. Personnel on-site at Ft. Lee VA shall be available for eight consecutive hus per day Monday thru Friday, excluding feredal holidays. DECA operates remote sites world wide. Support shall be provided on an as required basis for job recovery production assistance, 24 hrs a day, Monday thru Saturday. If additional support outside these principle times is required, it will be specialized in individual task orders. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES/RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. No award is intended on the basis of any response to this advertisement and no solicitation document exists. Interested parties may respond in writing or FAX (703 767-1183, to DLA Administrative Support Center, Office of Contracting, ATTN: DASC-CPC, Ms Jackie Craft, 8725 JOhn J Kingman Rd, Ste 0119, Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6220. All responses from responsible sources which are received within 15 days of the date of the publication of this synopsis will be fully considered. (0021)

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