Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

L -- SERVICE ON A HYPERION GENERAL LEDGER SYBASE SOFTWARE DATABASE SOL 1PI-Q-0097-99 DUE 122898 POC Louise Stoneberger, Telephone No. 202-305-7322 WEB: Download solicitation, www.unicor.gov/procurement. E-MAIL: lstone@Central.UNICOR.gov, lstone@Central.UNICOR.gov. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., intends to enter into a Firm-Fixed Price sole source requirement with Relational Data Systems (RDS), 30 Executive Park, Suite 260, Irvine, CA. 92714 for performing remote management on a Hyperion General Ledger Sybase Software Database running under Windows NT. Maintenance of server's database applications allow UNICOR to receive maintenance and updates. This includes 24 hour on call assistance to maintain servers bugs being fixed in a timely manner with phone call being placed. This will be daily, weekly and monthly maintenance required to be performed. RDS will provide 1st tier "Lights out Service" for support of 5 X 24 working as primary system and database production support. RDS will also provide NT, Sybase and Network Consulting plus expenses in addition to service referenced in Item 2 extended service to include 7 X 24 coverage. Production support consulting includes: Complete hardware review, loading OS with tuning for DBMS. Loading DBMS with turning to OS. Event definitations and notifications for Powerdba and OS Monitor. Network consulting for proper instruction of systems into Network. Certification for Powerdba/OS Monitor to provide lights out service. The price for the service is based on the expected number of hours needed to support the Client's database. RDS will also serve Sybase database operation or the interfaces, ties, and linkages among the NT operating system and the Sybase Database. RDS personnel shall respond to the client service calls within thirty (30) minutes, Monday through Friday, twenty-four (24) hours per day from January 1, 1999 thru December 31, 1999. Production Support Consulting includes: Complete Hardware Review, Loading OS with tuning for DBMS. Loading DBMS with tuning to OS. Event definitions and notifications for PowerDBA and OS Monitor. Network consulting for proper introduction of systems into network. Certification for PowerDBA/OS Monitor to provide Lights Out Service. The required performance will be January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999. Performance will be FOB Destination to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Central Office, 400 First Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20534-0001. This notice is not a request for quotations. Interested offerors may submit a quotation, which will be considered by this agency, however, a determination by the Government not to quote this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Provisions FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1: Paragraph (c)Period of acceptance of offers; the offeror agrees to hold their prices of their quote firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes. Provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, price shall be evaluated by multiplying each offeror's proposed unit price by the each line item, taking into consideration any applicable Buy American differentials. Discounts for early payment, if offered, will not be considered in the evaluation of award. Each reference must contain the name, address and telephone number of the company or government agency for which a contract was performed as well as a contact person and contract number if applicable. Vendors must include a completed copy of FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer. Any quotes that reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation or do not include the certifications and representations contained in FAR 52.212-3 may be excluded from consideration. The following clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, and FAR Provision 52.214-31, Facsimile quotes are acceptable. Send to the attention of Louise Stoneberger, Contracting Officer at (202) 305-7363/-7365. Vendors may submit quotes to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc, ATTN: Bid Custodian, Material Management Branch, 400 First Street N.W., 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20534. Quotes may be submitted on the Standard Form 1449 or on your company letterhead. The due date and time of receipt of offerors is 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, December 28, 1998. All quotes must reference the quotation number 1PI-Q-0097-99 and the due date for receipt of quotes, name, address and telephone number and discount terms that is offered and discount terms. If quote is not submitted on a Standard Form 1449, you must include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms and conditions of this quotation. NO TELEPHONE REQUEST OR QUOTE WILL BE ACCEPTED. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered. Clause 52.232-33, Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment, applies to this acquisition. Due to electronic payment procedures, all vendors must supply your ACH Number and TIN Number with your quote. FAX questions are welcome at 202-305-7363/-7365. Contact Louise Stoneberger at 202-305-7322 for information regarding this solicitation. Posted 12/16/98 (W-SN280968). (0350)

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