76 -- NETWORKED INTEGRATED LOGISTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM (NILSS) FOR TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, TOBYHANNA, PA 18466

Notice Date

August 22, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Communications-Electronics Command, Tobyhanna Depot Contracting Office, ATTN: AMSEL-TY-KO, 11 Hap Arnold Boulevard, Tobyhanna, PA 18466-5100

ZIP Code

18466-5100

Solicitation Number

DAAB17-01-R-0003

Response Due

September 28, 2001

Point of Contact

Marilyn Watkins, (570)895-7918

E-Mail Address

US Army Communications-Electronics Command, Tobyhanna (marilyn.watkins@tobyhanna.army.mil)

Description

Networked Integrated Logistics Support System (NILSS) for the Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD), Tobyhanna, PA 18466 which will provide access to logistics databases (including specifications, standards, and logistics part number research information) via Tobyha nna Army Depot s Local Area Network (LAN). Subscription services to technical information shall be desktop accessible driven to individual Government-owned Personal Computers (PCs). The system shall have interactive search capabilities for each characte ristic and parameter and/or a combination of characteristics and parameters as specified. Access to the data for each subscription should include print capability as well as view capability. Print capability shall be designed to operate using Microsoft W indows print options. Contract to include a Base Year and five (5) option years. Contractor to provide all labor, material, equipment, transportation, communication lines, training, passwords, and incidentals necessary for simultaneous multiple-user ac cess to a networked information system, shareable across TYAD s LAN. The NILSS shall be on-line accessible via a dedicated 256K or better extranet frame relay line. The contractor shall be responsible for all system unique data, hardware, software, on-si te license, installation, and on-site training. The NILSS shall be menu driven and user friendly with on-line help available from within the databases. The contractor shall provide a toll free customer service and assistance hot line to be available betw een the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. The NILSS shall be of conventional design throughout, meaning that prototype equipment or software is not acceptable. The NILSS shall consist of a Core Database(s), which shall provide parts rese arch and logistic information, a Department of Defense (DOD) Standards Database capable of providing military specifications and standards dating back to 1970 or older, and a DOD Directives Database, which shall provide all unclassified directives issued b y components of the DOD, a database of DOD Adopted Industry Standards with text provided in such a manner that it enables users to cut and paste selections into required project documents, and a Database of Semiconductor and Passive devices. The NILSS mus t meet the needs of engineers, logisticians, parts researchers, and equipment specialists; particularly those who staff Tobyhanna Army Depot s (TYAD s) Mission Parts Hotline (MPH). Databases must be linked in such a manner that users can link directly to other databases (without having to exit one database, log into another, and re-enter the required search information). The core databases shall be updated continually by the contractor within seven days of receiving published updated data to ensure up-to- date, accurate information. The NILSS must enable a user to permanently save a preferred output format for use in saving reports as files or outputting them to printers. The custom output feature must be available for interactive or batch searches. The NI LLS must support from 4 to 10 concurrent users. The exact number of concurrent uses by database and options to add additional concurrent users will be established in the solicitation. Contractor shall provide on-site remedial maintenance of the NILSS syst em as necessary to sustain availability to Tobyhanna Army Depot users. Evaluation for award will consider proposal acceptability, offeror past performance and price. Solicitation DAAB17-01-R-0003 applies. Approximate issue and open dates are 10 Sep 01/28 Sep 01. Exact dates will be as stated in the solicitation and are predicated upon the actual issue date. Requests for the solicitation should be made within 10 days of the date of publication of this solicitation synopsis. This action is unrestricted, ho wever, please provide your business size in your request. NAICS, 51491, size standard $18 Million is applicable. All responsible sources may submit an offer t hat will be considered by the agency.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010824/76SOL003.HTM (D-234 SN50V7G3)