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D -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING (FIP) SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES POC Ms. Simone Cyr, Contract Specialist, (703) 756-4030, Ms. Karen Smith, Contracting Officer, (703) 756-4014 GSA, Office of Information Technology Integration, FEDSIM Contracting Center (TFMG) on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Center for Public Works, intends to solicit a Request for Proposal (RFP) to R&K Engineering, Inc. Some of the characteristics of this procurement are as follows: the incremental technical enhancement and sustainment engineering of automated systems such as the Real Property Planning and Analysis System (RPLANS), HQRPLANS, and the Desktop Resource for Real Property (DR-REAL); and functional analyses that pertain to Department of the Army (DA) Real Property and Master Planning; supporting facilities management, engineering and manpower analyses as they pertain to the DA's Installation Management Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities. Technical support requires extensive worldwide data collection consisting of facilities engineering, manpower, equipment, and operational data from field units; and processing and manipulating the data through applications developed and customized by a private business for the DA. Applications consist primarily of programming codes developed in Fortran, C, and C++, Delphi, Oracle SQL*PLUS, Oracle PRO*C. Additional technical support requires in-depth analysis and validation of generated reports, and further rigorous testing by functional experts and automated test tools (the test tools currently used are proprietary tools). Validated results serve as an authoritarian Army source for Installation Management POM and BRAC recommendations. This procurement will support Army Installation Management requirements and provide support to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for on-going master Planning and Real Property Management. The contractor must adhere to strict facility management schedules which necessitate a thorough knowledge and experience of Army systems that support Army stationing and installation planning, facility planning, Real Property planning, military housing operations and management and manpower allocation. Small Business firms that believe they can provide the technical and functional expertise, and specialized analysis shall submit a written response to the Contracting Officer within 21 days after publication of this announcement. The response shall clearly show the firm's ability to provide the specialized analysis by the required date. Information received as a result of this notice of intent will be considered solely for the purpose of whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 07/27/98 (I-SN228793). (0208)

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