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D -- DESIGN INTERNET-BASED NIST SRM CATALOG, SRM DATABASE, AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION SOL 53SBNB860021 DUE 032398 POC Brenda K. Lee, (301) 975-6394 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contract Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a small business set aside. The SIC code is 7378. The size standard is 18M (average annual receipts for preceding 3 fiscal years). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to award to Blue Atlas Interactive, 8 Brookes Ave, Suite 203, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The estimate range cost for this procurement is approximately $35,000 to $50,000, which pertains to the design and development of software applications and databases that will serve as a repository for a NIST Internet-Based Standard Reference Materials Catalog and Management Application. Currently, the SRM Program employs multiple operating systems, which include OS/2, Windows NT, and an IBM AS400 mini. The Government requires a Key Person with: Five years experience in software engineering with a BS degree in computer science or computer engineering; Familiarity with Internet technology and standards, including Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) -- a series of communication standards that provide for the transfer of data between computers for such applications as e-mail, file transfer, and World Wide Web access, HTML, and JavaScript; Knowledge of Web/database application development and middleware packages such as Cold Fusion; Knowledge of the design, creation and maintenance of relational database applications such as Microsoft Access and SQL Server; Familiarity with RAD application development environments such as Visual Basic, Delphi and Power Builder; Project management experience. BAI has gained an understanding through a previous purchase order the complexity and the importance of the multiple platforms and their impact on the computing requirements and practices within the NIST SRM Program. BAI also has gained an understanding of the complexity of the NIST TCP/IP backbone as well as the server structure, which will be the focus of this project. The proposed contractor, Blue Atlas Interactive, has previously provided consulting services (Reference Order #43NANB807740) for the on-site design and implementation for the SRMP web site. The knowledge of the NIST information technology infrastructure and management policies acquired by Blue Atlas will save the US Government both time and fiscal resources in qualifying different contractors. Consequently, BAI is the only known company with the combined knowledge, skills, and experience to provide the services that meet NIST requirements. This purchase order is not a follow on of the above reference purchase order as it was unforeseeable at the time that the previous procurement was needed. BAI has gained an understanding of complex issues that will require BAI to populate the SRM Catalog database according to the SRM product specifications. For example, an understanding has been developed with regards to the requirements of the NIST policy regarding the use of Metric (SI) Units. The scientific data from the six (6) NIST laboratories must be expressed in SI units, requiring BAI to design conversion codes for the database that will provide a repository for the NIST data as well as the administration, production (hard copy, and electronic), and maintenance of the SRM Catalog. Because of the NIST requirement for use of the SI Units and requirements stipulated by SRM, BAI will provide a data entry accuracy of no less than 90%. In addition, the SRM Catalog database will be completely Open Database Compliant (ODBC). BAI will also provide the acquired expertise on the functional aspects of each page that affects the SRM Catalog, and provide guidance on other technical aspects of the SRM Catalog Web site development. Issues that BAI will address shall be: Site navigation & hierarchy, and specification of required page objects (i.e. buttons, graphics, hyper-links, etc.) utilized by the current design and layout of the SRM Home Page, which BAI was instrumental in implementing through the above mentioned Purchase Order. BAI will also provide a preliminary prototype test phase, which will give SRMP the opportunity to evaluate and test the final output. This testphrase will be interactive between NIST/SRMP and BAI so as to allow input to the initial design and to the contractor's approach to the project tasks. BAI will also provide weekly progress reports through the duration of the project. Request for a solicitation package will be disregarded. No solicitation package will be issued. The Government will verbally request a written quotation from Blue Atlas Interactive. The Contractor must be able to meet all requirements stated herein. The anticipated award date of the contract is April 3, 1998. In accordance with FAR 5.207(e)(3), Numbered Note 22 DOES NOT APPLY. Numbered Note 1 does apply. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Brenda Lee at the telephone number identified above. (0071)

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