Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Group, Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES SOL 1425-97-SP-81-91022 DUE 080197 POC Contact Ray Lewis, 303-236-8040, X246, Contracting Officer, Ray Lewis, 303-236-8040, X246 WEB: AAMS Current Solicitation Listing, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden/AAMSsol.html. E-MAIL: Diana Mulligan, Contracting Officer, dmulligan@do.usbr.gov. The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) is an agency within the Department of the Interior. Administratively based in Denver, Colorado, the USBR is a water management organization with operations distributed through the western United States. The Information Resource Services (D-7100) provides computer support and direction to the rest of the organization. Currently, the environment includes: client/server applications; Novell Local Area Networks (LAN's); a Wide Area Network (WAN); various Internet applications; Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Data General (DG) minicomputers running UNIX; Personal Computers (PC's) operating Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT; Oracle databases; various programming languages and client/server tools; GroupWise office suite; and other assorted hardware and software as required by USBR operations. High-level consulting services for various computer and administrative related disciplines are required by D-7100 and other USBR organization intermittently in the general areas of data administration, network hardware and software, network services, computer security, computer room design, desktop/client hardware and software, server hardware and software, database software and application development tools, automated group interaction tools, project management and project development methodology decision processes, quality assurance and testing, customer support, security, Internet technologies, business process reengineering, cost recovery, and general administration. The work for this requirement is primarily Denver-based. The Contractor shall have the capability of providing consulting services in no less than 60% of any of the required areas of expertise within ten working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order. The Contractor shall provide consulting services in the remaining areas within 20 working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order. Contractors having the capability to provide consulting services in all of the defined areas within 10 working days (excluding Government holidays) after receipt of a valid task order are preferred. Individuals providing consulting services under this contract shall have at least 12 years experience in the subject matter areas such as computer systems software, computer user support, data base management, local area and wide area communications, applications development, information resources administration, general government IRM administration. Experience is defined as any combination of years in under-graduate, graduate-level studies, or full-time work experience to equal 12. Up to five Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract awards are anticipated to result from this solicitation. Each will consist of one base year, plus four option years. Task Orders for work under the contracts will be competed among the awarded firms. A firm is considered to be a small business and eligible for award under this solicitation if its average annual receipts, including any affiliates, for the preceding three years equates to $18.0 million or less. SIC CODE is 7379. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered. All sources responding to this synopsis shall submit information relating to their business status, including identification as to whether small, large, minority-owned, woman-owned, or 8(a) certified. See numbered notes 1, 12, and 26. (0160)

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