Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001

99 -- INTEGRATED DATA ENVIRONMENT FOR USCG DEEPWATER CAPABILITY REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS PROJECT SOL DTCG23-99-R-ADW393 DUE 082399 POC Dawn A. Burnett, Contracting Officer, (202) 267-6203 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, dburnett@comdt.uscg.mil. The U.S. Coast Guard Deepwater Capability Replacement Analysis Project has a need for an Integrated Data Environment (IDE). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitues the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is DTCG23-99-R-ADW393, and is issued as a request for proposals. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. The following contract line item numbers (CLINs) apply: 0001 The Deepwater IDE System; 0002 Training; 0003 Maintenance; and 0004 Travel (to be paid on a cost-reimburseable basis). The system shall be delivered no later than 90 days after contract award. The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1; 52.212-4; 52.212-5; 52.203-6, Alt.I; 52.219-4; 52.219-8; 52.219-9; 52.219-23 (10%); 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-36; 52.222-37; 52.225-3; 52.225-9; and 52.239-1. The FAR provision 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items, also applies to this acquisition. The system will be evaluated on the following criteria, in descending order of importance: (1) Meeting stated technical requirements; (2) Cost; (3) Ease of use; and (4) Supportability and Maintainability. The Deepwater IDE would be initially configured to accommodate up to 15 users and be capable of expansion to an indefinite number of users. Initial system training would be required for 15 users when the system is implemented. The contractor shall provide training and documentation on use of the system such that those trained can train other personnel on use of the system. The system shall be a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) item, with minimal customization needed. The system shall be portable, expandable and upgradeable. The system shall provide user document management, lifecyclemanagement, and system administration. The system shall also provide hypertext mark-up language (HTML) features, and an information architecture that supports the World Wide Web (WWW) model of distribution across autonomous systems. The system shall provide information management functionality that is recognizable to the user as simple everyday Web mechanisms, such that it provides access to Java applets, search engines, URLs, e-mail integration, upload/download services, integration with plug-in and helper applications, and the ability to hyperlink and navigate information across all user databases. The system shall be web-centric and support multiple simultaneous users located in widely separated geographic regions. Using web technologies, the system shall provide the ability to use disparate applications typically used by Government engineering, planning, acquisition and logistics personnel, as well as contractor personnel, such that they can work together as one composite application. Examples of disparate applications include all Microsoft Windows NT applications; Microsoft Office applications, including database applications such as Access; and Oracle applications from version 7 upward. The system shall provide a web-based integrated enterprise-wide solution for data visualization, data acquisition, data management, and a robust mechanism for enabling enterprise-wide design collaboration. The system shall provide data acquisition capabilities that "web-enable" legacy and incumbent information for use during the product and process lifecycle. The system shall provide a framework that supports the concept of autonomous system installations that can be coupled together, though their implementations may differ significantly. Information Retrieval capabilities: (1) Such that the user may query an external information repository, find and select the desired information, and create a proxy object that references the external information; (2) Provide robust database-like features to document authors along with desktop publishing capabilities; (3) Provide a combination of gateway, data acquisition and visualization capabilities that allow system users to access external data sources, include external data in the product processes and make the data available to the entire enterprise for visualization and mark-up; and (4) Provide document management capabilities such that managing the creation, storage, and maintenance of user information shall be as easy as selecting a hyperlink. The system shall provide information control in a password protected, secure product development environment accessible via the Internet only by authorized users. This shall allow for use of various security levels. This control capability shall define, implement, and manage flexible access control policies, ensuring that only the appropriate users and groups have access to objects within a domain. The system shall provide User/Group Definition that specifies all attributes for a user account, including default language preference, or to take advantage of existing data. The system shall provide domain definition that helps the user logically organize any information, and indexing policies to ensure that information may be easily identified via common search techniques. The system shall provide information sharing that includes an e-mail distribution and tracking system that threads, sorts on subject, and makes the information available to those who need it. The system shall provide multi-file documents that allow for a single document to consist of several files including external files linked by a URL reference, and the ability for simultaneous usage of the same document. The system shall provide a data vault with: (1) Visibility to information made available to the users through a web browser; (2) Information archiving capabilities such that people joining the project, auditors, and future users can get the complete history at one place, and retain an historical file of all reviewer comments; (3) Check in/check out functions that provide the means by which documents are submitted to and obtained from the vault; (4) Version control and history functionality that provides the capability to keep track of changes and review historical data; (5) Full text retrieval, supported by a search engine, providing fast identification and access to internal and external product data regardless of the document format; (6) Capability to track and permanently record all changes to the master document; and (7) Event-based notification that ensures the timely delivery of important information about an object to the appropriate users as the object transitions through its lifecycle states. The system shall be compatible with the current USCG SWIII computer system (MicroSoft Windows NT Version 4.0 OS) and possible future upgrades. Funds are not currently available for this acquisition. The Government's obligation under this solicitation is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this acquisition and until offerors receive notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the FAR provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. Offers are due to the Contracting Officer by 2:00 PM EDT August 23, 1999, at the following address: Commandant (G-ACS-4), 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. Posted 07/14/99 (W-SN353711). (0195)

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