National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NIMA/PCE MS D-88, 4600 Sangamore Rd, Bethesda MD

A -- FOLLOW-ON DMMS DEVELOPMENT/EVALUATION SOL NMA202-99-R-1015 DUE 113098 POC Brian Wolfe, Contracting Officer, wolfeb@nima.mil; Technical POC: Dale Lewis, lewisd@nima.mil IAW FAR 6.302-1(a)(ii) and (iii), the Government intends to procure the following on a sole source basis from Cinebase Software: (1) Upgrade of NIMA's Digital Media Management Schema. The schema defines the structure of the metadata and data content in the Cinebase database. The previous schema is not adequate for use with Cinebase 2.0 due to improvements in Cinebase 2.0. Upgrading the schema is essential to successfully testing Cinebase 2.0. (2) Preparation of data loaders for NITF, TFRD, TIFF6, and DTED. Cinebase loaders allow importation of data in a number of common commercial formats. The loaders being prepared under this effort are for NIMA-specific data. The NIMA-specific loaders built for the previous version of Cinebase will no longer work with Cinebase 2.0 and must be reworked to allow Cinebase to ingest NIMA data for testing. (3) Updating of the Test Suit, running of the Test Suite, and compilation of performance data. The existing Test Suite will have to be modified to reflect the changes to the schema as discussed above. Cinebase will run the Test Suite against the updated schema and compile the test data comparing the new results with previous results. As before, the Test Suite will be used to test Cinebase against certain performance requirements abstracted from the NIMA Libraries Requirements Document. Award is anticipated on or before 30 November1998. Cinebase proprietary knowledge/experience with its software, system integration and administration experience, unique data implementation of classified material, requisite clearance and specialized knowledge of the system configuration is such that award to any other source would result in duplication of costs that are not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. There is no formal solicitation package available, this notice is simply an announcement of the Government's intent, not a request for proposals. Note 22 applies, however, all offerors with Digital Multimedia Management System capabilities should note the sources sought synopsis 70 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS electonically sumitted to the CBD on Wed 10/7/98 with responses due 30 Nov 98. Posted 11/10/98 (I-SN270122). (0314)

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