U.S. Dept. Of HUD, Ofc. of Procurement & Contracts, Admin. Support Div. (ARCA), 451 7th St., Sw, Rm. 5266, Washington, DC 20410-3000

D -- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) PLATFORM SOL R-OPC-21372 POC Lucille Scruggs (202) 708-1772, ext. 7130 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities, http:/www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: lucille_f._@hud.gov, Click here to contact Lucille Scruggs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking a firm with the capability of providing a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software package and supply, install and integrate the departmental standard Geographic Information System (GIS) platform. The GIS platform must be capable of supporting the expanded mission of the Department's Community 2020 Initiative. The primary goal of this mission is to become an umbrella program to provide the Department's clients, public organizations, internal users, and community groups with tools and geographically enabled information on the Department's role in community development and social investments. It is the Department's intent to purchase software from a single vendor or Value Added Reseller (VAR), Integrator or Technical Partner which will best meet our requirements with minimum modification. A single firm will be selected to provide these services, but elements of the work may be subcontracted. The software solution must meet a number of mandatory requirements set forth in the solicitation. Qualified firm(s) having met the mandatory requirements will be invited to provide an on-site demonstration at HUD Headquarters-Washington, D.C. Following the technical evaluation of the "implementation" proposal, qualified firm(s) considered to be in the competitive range will perform benchmark testing. The methodology of the benchmark testing will be distributed at the preproposal conference. The anticipated contract type will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (Completion)/Labor-Hour. The anticipated period of performance is twelve (12) months with four twelve (12) month option periods. A PREPROPOSAL CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD. The date and time established for the preproposal conference will be specified in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued on or about April 5, 1999. The date and time established for receipt of proposals will be set forth in the solicitation. No RFPs will be accepted nor sent via Facsimile. HUD posts all required notices of its contractingopportunities on its Internet Home Page Contracting Opportunities site at http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING NO EARLIER THAN 16 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations from HUD's Home Page will NOT automatically receive any amendments to those solicitations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to solicitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. Posted 03/16/99 (W-SN309210). (0075)

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