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70 -- SEEKING SOURCES OF COTS FOR CONVERTING GREEN SCREENS INTO GUI SCREE NS. DUE 063099 POC JOANNE TARR, 410-965-9474 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, JOANNE.TARR@ssa.gov. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. Reference: MIDAS99 when responding to this announcement. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking vendors who can provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software for converting an AS400 application, the Modernized Integrated Disability Adjudicative System (MIDAS), green screens into Graphical User Interface (GUI) screens. The functional requirements of the software are as follows: (1) The software package must be field proven with a proven track record. That is, it currently must be commercially available and in use in production environments at multiple customer sites. SSA must be able to contact existing users for reference purposes. Software that is in BETA testing or in development will not be acceptable; (2) Software should be limited to screen scraper. The SSA wants to continue to build on the existing AS/400 MIDAS application front end code. The SSA does not require or wish a set of Application Program Interfaces with which to build a GUI front end; (3) AS/400 or AS/400e security and data protection measures cannot be by-passed; (4) Software should reside on the workstation or have capability to be server- based: (5) No AS/400 programming should be required; (6) "Plug and play" software installation that requires no desktop programming; (7) AS/400 green screen transformations should convert: (a) Date fields into popup calendar boxes; (b) "Binary" (e.g., yes/no) fields into mutually-exclusive radio buttons; (c) Multiple choice fields into check boxes; (d) Text fields into text boxes; (e) Programmable function keys should be transformed into 3D bars; (8) No batch processing of AS/400 screens should be necessary for the product to convert to the GUI, so that future changes in AS/400 screens can be immediately useable without developer intervention; (9) Capability for elements from two or more text screens to be combined into one GUI screen; (10) Capability for elements from a single text screen to be split between two or more GUI screens; (11) Administrator can create macros that execute multiple actions; these macros can be assigned to buttons on the GUI screens; (12) Installation is via individual workstation (3.5 inch diskette) or via Windows NT server using SMS; (13) Compatibility with SSA-standard NetSoft NS Elite router and workstations configuration; (14) Capability to access Microsoft Office applications from a button within the GUI screen; (15) Individual GUI screens should be customizable in: (a) Basic design and layout; (b) Colors; (c) Fonts; (d) Size and location of individual elements (e.g., text boxes, radio buttons, etc.), (16) Software must run under Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and must be certified by Microsoft. Responsible organizations possessing the requisite expertise and resources are invited to submit information concerning their pricing, capabilities, experience, and other pertinent data (including GSA contract information). Please include references of other users of this software and information regarding the type of technical supportthat is available; such as training programs, customer support hotlines, documentation, etc. Any literature, or information submitted as a response to this notice, must contain enough information attesting to the capability of a product offered to meet SSA's requirements. In addition to the requirements listed herein, SSA will evaluate all technical literature, and may ask to conduct a test or demonstration of such software to ensure compatibility with the existing SSA Enterprise Security for desktop applications and SSA's Intelligent Workstation/Local Area Network (IWS/LAN) configuration. RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE DUE BY COB JUNE 30, 1999 and should be submitted to the address noted in the beginning of this announcement. Questions of a technical nature may be submitted via the e-mail address. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to MIDAS99. THIS IS NOT AN RFQ/RFP and requests for a solicitation will not be honored. No faxes are permitted, and the Government does not intendto pay for any information provided. Posted 06/14/99 (D-SN342337). (0165)

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