Department of the Treasury (DY) -- US Customs Service, Field Procurement Svcs. Group, 6026 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis IN 46278

D -- ON-LINE DATA BASE SERVICE SOL CS-I-97-002 DUE 051497 POC Contract Specialist, Clarence W. Abernathy (317) 298-1180, 1206 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation that will be released. Proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number CS-I-97-002 is issued as a request for proposal (RFP) and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 7375. The small business size standard is $18.5 million in average annual receipts. This requirement will result in a firm fixed price contract with a base year and four one year options. This requirement includes five (5) contract line item numbers (CLINS) 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004 and 0005 for On-Line Data Base Service. The base period (CLIN 0001), is from date of award through September 30, 1997. Option Period I (CLIN 0002), is from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. Option Period II (CLIN 0003), is from October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999. Option Period III (CLIN 0004), is from October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000. Option Period IV (CLIN 0005), is from October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001. The vendor shall provide a file consisting of United States real properties including, but not limited to the parcel id, property address, owners names, owners addresses, owner phone numbers, property description for complete data elements lists. There is no intention on the part of the government to build such a file under this contract. The file must already exist and be made accessible to the Customs Service under the delivery specified below. Likewise, this contract is not for software development. Programming required to integrate vendor provided real estate data into the Customs Computer System will be developed by the Customs Service outside the scope of this contract. Should software development be required on the part of the vendor to comply with the delivery requirements, vendor agrees to absorb that cost as part of the expense of delivering the file. Offerors will be evaluated with respect to their technical and cost proposal. The technical evaluation will be based on the following factors. PAST PERFORMANCE, COVERAGE- NUMBER OF REAL PROPERTIES, DELIVERY, COVERAGE -- NUMBER OF STATES, COVERAGE -- NUMBER OF COUNTIES/MUNICIPALITIES, and CURRENCY OF THE DATA. PAST PERFORMANCE: The Offeror shall provide information to show the corporate experience gained within the las five years on the same or similar work as described in th Proposal Evaluation (Technical) listed below. This information should show the knowledge and ability to perform the task. The Offeror shall provide a list of previous contracts, name of company, points of contact, telephone number, facsimile number and dollar amount; for the same or similar work. COVERAGE -- NUMBER OF REAL PROPERTIES ON FILE: The Government requiresas a minimum 68 million properties. For purposes of evaluation a property is defined as a unique parcel identification number as used by county or other municipality for identifying real property parcels. DELIVERY: The Government requires as a minimum the proposed delivery be met. DELIVERY: File resides on the vendors computer system at their site. Vendor and government computers are linked together via online communications. Data is retrieved on a transaction basis and delivered to th government via online communications. The procedure involves a peer-to-peer communication between two large scale computers. Dial up access to a vendor computer system from a users PC does not qualify under this requirement. Vendor agrees to grant permission to the U.S. Customs Service to load the delivered property data onto the Customs mainframe computer located at the U.S. Customs National Data Center in Springfield, Virginia, which houses the Treasury Enforcement Communication System (TECS). Under this option property dataaccess is restricted and limited to users of the TECS application only. COVERAGE -- NUMBER OF STATES: As a minimum the Government requires coverage for 34 states. For purposes of evaluation a state is defined as one of the fifty states in the country United States of America, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. COVERAGE -- NUMBER OF COUNTIES/MUNICIPALITIES: As a minimum, the Government requires coverage for 363 counties/municipalities. For purposes of evaluation a county/municipality is defined as a geopolitical entity which is a subdivision of a state (as defined above) which registers deeds and or collects tax on real properties within its jurisdiction. CURRENCY OF THE DATA: As a minimum, the data has to be current in which each record on the taxroll file must be accurate to the most recent tax cycle such that taxroll data is provided at least quarterly to the Customs Service. EVALUATION OF PROPOSAL: The Government will make an award to the technically acceptable Offeror at the lowest price. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted. The Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at U.S. Customs, 7681 Boston Blvd, Executive Conference Room, Springfield, VA at 11:00 am on May 6, 1997. Government Representatives will attend the conference. The Technical Evaluation and Cost Proposal evaluation criteria will be discussed. Contractors interested in attending the conference must notify the Contract Specialist by facsimile (317) 298-1344. Advance questions are encouraged. Facsimile (317) 298-1344 to: Clarence Abernathy, U.S. Customs, Field Procurement Services Group, 6026 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, 52,212-5, Contact Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Offerors -- Commercial Items will apply to the resultant contract: 52.203-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.222-26, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.222-41, 52,222-42, 52,222-43 and 52.217-9. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the government to exercise the option (s). The proposal should include the cost for the base period and each option period. Offerors should include a completed copy of the provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items, with their proposals. The government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all option periods to the total price for the base period. The government will make a contract award to the offeror who is technically acceptable and offers the lowest price. The contractors responsibility will be pursuant to FAR 9.104-1. The government may evaluate proposals and make award without discussions. Proposals are due Wednesday, May 14, 1997 at 3:30 p.m., local time. Late proposals will not be considered. Proposals shall be addressed as follows: U.S. Customs Service, Field Procurement Services Group, Attention: Clarence Abernathy, 6026 Lakeside Boulevard, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278. (0112)

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