SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Date Simulation Tool
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance, 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFI-11-DateSimulation
- Archive Date
- 7/9/2011
- Point of Contact
- Bradley Karbeling, Phone: 410-965-9505
- E-Mail Address
-
bradley.karbeling@ssa.gov
(bradley.karbeling@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Social Security Administration is seeking to identify responsible vendors capable of providing a forward date simulation tool. Date simulation tools are used for batch jobs, DB2 workload managers (for DB2 stored procedures), CICS AOR's, and WebSphere servers. The agency will evaluate responses based on functional, technical and commercial merit. The agency will pursue further due diligence, including but not limited to solution demonstrations, detailed questions, and proof of concept workshops. Vendors with the ability to meet the requirements listed below should submit complete details. The responses must clearly state how their product provides the ability to meet the requirements. Interested parties must respond to this notice within 14 calendar days from the date of this publication. Vendors responding should indicate whether their products are available on the GSA schedule or not. Pricing data may be submitted. This is not a request for proposal and the government does not intend to pay for information submitted. REQUIREMENTS The product must be able to support the following minimum information requirements: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS •· Simulate any legitimate date, e.g. no February 30th. •· Handle leap year situation. •· Handle Daylight Savings time in the U.S. •· Re-run failed jobs on the same apparent system date. •· Simulate correct local date and time. •· Turn on the tool at the individual job step without impacting other jobs or users. •· Turn on the tool at the application level so that no user action is needed. •· Function seamlessly during a transition period with current tools. •· Performs no permanent changes to the code. PLATFORM/FRAMEWORK/ENVIRONMENT •· Turn on the tool at the TSO or CICS user level without impacting other jobs or users. •· Function in a JES3 environment. •· Support CICS date setting for AOR's and batch usage. •· Support date setting for Java applications. •· Support date setting for WebSphere 31-bit and 64-bit servers. •· Support date setting for WebSphere V7 with ITCAM usage. •· Support date setting for DB2 Workload Managers. •· Support date setting for TSO batch scenarios. •· Interact with Control-M, Xpediter/TSO, InterTest, JCL, z/OS 1.12 and any future z/OS versions. PERFORMANCE •· Low overhead/impact on the system. •· Have a user friendly interface through which to set dates. OTHER REQUIREMENTS •· Have 24X7 customer support. •· Product must be section 508 compliant. OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS •· Support Windows Servers (SHE environment) •· Support SQL Server •· Support Oracle •· Support Solaris •· Support.Net •· Support Mobile Devices. Responding sources should provide details to meet this date simulation tool. This is not a request for proposal, therefore SSA will not honor or respond to written and/or verbal requests for copies of a solicitation, or other information related to this announcement. SSA will use this information in their assessment of capable sources. Interested sources that believe they have the capability to address the services required should submit a detailed statement of their capabilities to Bradley Karbeling, Contract Specialist, via email at Bradley.Karbeling@ssa.gov. Please reference SSA-RFI-11-DateSimulation in the email subject line. Responses must be received by 3:00 pm EST on Friday, June 24, 2011.
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