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A -- HUNGARY-NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE INFORMATION NETWORK FEASIBILITY STUDY DUE 012400 POC Evangela Kunene, TDA, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The Hungarian National Council of Justice (Grantee) invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for the National Council of Justice Information Network. The grantee requires a study to structure the technical specifications for the computerization and networking of national courts and the implementation of services necessary to increase court efficiency and the application of new legislation. The major factor influencing the implementation of the Council's strategy regarding information technology (IT) is Hungary's desire to join the European Union in the year 2002. In order to be part of the European Union, Hungary must update its court system in the manner proposed in this project in order to have access to the European Union's rules and regulations. The National Council of Justice has started a long-term IT program to design amodern IT infrastructure. This IT program consists largely of the computerization and networking of Hungary's judicial courts. The major goals of the this development have been identified as follows: To support the judges in their judicial work; To apply modern automation techniques to the administration of the court system; To support the financial and budgetary needs of the court; and To serve as a communications platform between various courts, administrators and other departments within the Hungarian government. The major objective of the IT program is to implement an IT infrastructure capable of providing high level information transfer services and a defined set of user services. The development program has identified the major components of the IT infrastructure: Value added network allowing electronic connection between courts; Local area networks (LANs) of the sites; Servers and workstations including operating systems; Software for document management, electronic mail and web applications; Software for general purpose office applications; Hardware and software components to support secure external connections; and Centralized network and system management applications. The study will involve a network assessment, requirements analysis, network design, and project management plan. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $160,380 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirementsthroughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 p.m., January 24, 2000 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. Posted 11/19/99 (W-SN402270). (0323)

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