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70 -- SUBSCRIPTION TO ON-LINE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC INFORMATION DATABASE SOL DEA-97-R-0030 POC Michelle Reeves, Contract Specialist, (202) 307-7816 The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking to identify qualified sources to provide on-line electronic public information data base for a base period and four twelve month option periods. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal. There is no solicitation available. We request that interested sources submit a capability statement that clearly identifies their capabilities, by April 20, 1997 to the address shown in block 7 above. DEA does not attend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or otherwise pay for the information solicited. The contractor shall provide a commercial electronic public information service to support DEA's criminal and asset seizure of investigation. The system shall operate with ordinary personal computer equipment (DEA property) through ordinary mode and telephone connections. The user population will be DEA Agents, Diversion Investigations, Intelligence Analysts, Task Force Officers, National Guard Analysts assigned to the Miami Field Division, twelve Florida Offices, approximately 450 persons. The system shall be easy to use and require no special training. Monthly usage will exceed 400 on line hours. The kind of information sought about any given subject to investigate might include but are not limited to personal identify data, address and telephone information, court records, liens and judgements, business and corporate affiliations, personal associate, relatives, neighbors, professional licences. Information about businesses is also important and may include corporate or limited partnership filings; officers, directors and registered agents, fictitious name; financial information, court action (verdicts, liens, judgements, bankruptcies asset ownership; affiliate companies, etc., while current data are most important, historical data are also of benefit. The DEA shall provide a variety of personal computer and software communication package. Telephone connections are to be made by local calls and/or "800" numbers. DEA will not purchase any communication software to provide system access nor will it purchase software licensing to the system vendor. The system shall provide peak time simultaneous access to at least three users. A large or an unlimited number of users is preferable. The vendor will supply office level user identification codes and password for each location or unit specified by DEA approximately (30). The system shall employ a menu-drive user interface that is clear, self explanatory and capable of being learned with no formal training. The interface must use point-and-click and/or scroll-and-highlight navigation techniques. Typing should be necessary only to input specific query data. Command interface where the user is expected to know and type in special abbreviating codes, commands, parameters etc., are not considered easy to use and do not meet the requirement. The vendor must supply one copy of its user's manual or guide for each office level user location. Telephone support to both technical matter (set-up modem setting, troubleshooting) and system contents. The Miami Field Division's primary need is for public information about Florida residents and businesses, but since our interest extend across the United States, access to national databases and other states data base are important. (0098)

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