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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 01, 2003 FBO #0549
SOURCES SOUGHT

D -- DCAMS/HECM Maintenance and Secondary Operational Support

Notice Date

5/30/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Procurement and Contracts (OPC), Administrative Support Division, NCA, 451 Seventh Street, S.W. Room 5256, Washington, DC, 20410
 

ZIP Code

20410
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-R-OPC-1828
 

Response Due

6/13/2003
 

Archive Date

6/28/2003
 

Point of Contact

Kevin Davis, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-708-1771 Ext. 7125, Fax 202-708-2933,
 

E-Mail Address

Kevin_Davis@hud.gov
 

Description

This is a Sources Sought Notice as well as a mechanism for obtaining feedback from the industry in regard to the general requirements as stated in this Notice . THIS IS NOT A SYNOPSIS FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential sources prior to the issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. Interested sources should provide a capabilities package not longer than 10 pages demonstrating ability to perform the services listed below. Potential sources may submit resumes or personnel information plus information specific to their company including name, point of contact, size of business, and company profile. In addition, the potential source should include any pertinent information on contracts that have been performed by the company, similar in size and complexity to this effort, working knowledge of Debt Collection Information Act (DCIA), Federal Claims Collection Standards, Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 and Section 255 of the National Housing Act, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage system (HECM), and the Insurance Accounting Collection System (IACS). The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Information Officer, Washington, DC, is seeking sources to support HUD's core Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS) and the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) systems of which HUD does not own the source code. DCAMS and HECM are proprietary software owned by Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). The technical support services being sought requires a contractor to: 1) analyze client DCAMS and HECM applications, 2) troubleshoot and provide recommendations for improving and automating DCAMS and HECM processes and core routines, 3) perform operational support, 4) provide secondary cycle support, 5) develop design documents and customize DCAMS and HECM software to support user requirements, 6) provide DCAMS and HECM software maintenance support to existing ACS source code and develop formal software release with notes and documentation, 7) conduct unit and system testing for all custom DCAMS and HECM software releases for quality assurance, 8) integrate DCAMS and HECM baseline upgrades into the HUD environment and, 9) provide support for DCAMS and HECM off-line batch processing. The potential source must have specialized experience with HUD's DCAMS and HECM software, COBOL programming, VSAM, DB2 and client-server user interface. The contract type is anticipated to be a Firm-Fixed Price contract for five years. The period of performance consists of one base year plus four option years. It is the Government's intention to conduct this procurement in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 8.4 - Federal Supply Schedules, utilizing GSA Information Technology (IT)-Schedule #70. The resultant contract will be awarded on a best value basis. At this time, a solicitation is not available. Interested sources are requested to submit their capability package no later than 4:00 P.M. EST on 13 June 2003 to the point-of-contact for this procurement, Mr. Kevin Davis at Kevin_Davis@hud.gov. If you have any difficulty submitting the e-mail, please call Mr. Kevin Davis at (202) 708-1772, x7125. The Contracting Officer is Mrs. Vernette R. Elliott, telephone: (202) 708-1772, x7124. All responses must include the following information: Company name; Company address; Company business size; GSA schedule number; point-of-contact name and telephone number, fax number; and e-mail address. Interested sources that do not provide the requested information will not be considered.
 

Place of Performance

Address: U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington,DC

Zip Code: 20410

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00336443-W 20030601/030531233022 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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