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70 -- PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL & MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, MCTSSA, MCB CAMP PENDLETON, CA SOL M67854-97-Q-5702 DUE 090497 POC Contact Contract Specialist, Susan Humann or Contracting Officer, Esther Christianson, (760) 725-2478 This is a combined synopisis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number M67854-97-Q-5702 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This is a total small business set-aside. SIC 7372, $14.5m. The Government requires: CLIN 0001 -- Fifteen (15) True Change Rapid Team Development Tool Permanent License or equal . CLIN 0002 -- Fifteen (15) True Change one (1) Year Maintenance or equal for CLIN 0001. CLIN 0003 -- Training for True Change Software or equal. Training shall consist of two (2) people at the vendors training facility for two (2) days. CLIN 0004 -- Ten (10) TrueChange -- Rapid Team Development Tool Temporary License for a period of performance of seven (7) months starting from the date of delivery. CLIN 0005 -- Ten (10) True Change Seven (7) Month Maintenance or equal for CLIN 0004. The Government requires that these items, CLINS 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005 are TRUE CHANGE or equal, and shall meet the following minimum functional and performance specifications: 1: Software shall be based on change-set technology which shifts the unit of change and management from individual files to logical changes such as bug fixes and features. 2: A selectable change system which stores changes as independent, selectable and self-contained units of changes that are not tied to any particular version. The fundamental unit of specification is the change (e.g. a feature, a bug fix) versions of an application are implicitly or explicitly specified as a collection of change-sets (allow users to create new file revisions by applying change-sets to an application version). A change-set does not need to correspond to differences between file revisions (e.g. new file). 3: Support concurrent and fast moving life cycles. 4: Implement central reference for seamless team cooperation. 5: Use the building inventory, simplify multi-platform builds. 6: Manage your complete inventory. 7: The software product shall offer a physical security feature with the use of script files to control user access privileges. 8: The software program shall ensure that every interaction occurs in the same way across all users with the same privileges. 9: The software product shall be built from the group up around "change sets" and the "selectable change" model. 10: The software product shall create and maintain at all times an inventory of "change sets", self-contained, re-usable and easily movable units of change that include all changes to any number of files corresponding to a particular fix, feature, or enhancement. 11: The software product shall implement all second-generation life cycle management functions (configuration management, process management, guild management) at the level of complete change sets, allowing the user to perform all management functions in the same context they use to plan and implement. 12: The Software product shall allow transparent inter-operability across NT, UNIX, VMS and Windows desktop. 13: The Software product shall include a complete "out-of-the box" configuration management process and graphical user interface, customizable to fit specific requirements. The software product shall include a built-in programming language for creating customized reports, implementing reusable procedures, and performing source code analysis. 14: The software product shall show relationships between source code structure (e.g., CALLS, CONTAINs, INCLUDEs) and updates them as changes are made. CLINs 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005 shall be delivered F.O.B. Destination, and accepted at MCTSSA, Supply Officer, Bldg 31345, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5171 no later than three (3) calendar days aftercontract award. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. For evaluation purposes, the provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, shall apply. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the soliciation will be most advantageous to the Government, price, and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical capability, ability to meet required delivery date, and price. The offerors shall identify where the offered items meet or does not meet each of the Governments functional and performance minimum specifications listed herein. Any offeror who submits a quotation on a "equal product" is required to clearly identify the item by brand name, if any, and make or model number, and provide literature (e.g., catalog, description, etc.) which shows that the offered products meets the salient functional and performance characteristics as listed herein. Technical capability and ability to meet required delivery date constitutes minimum criteria for acceptable award. Failure to meet one of the two criteria shall render the quote to be technically unacceptable and the quote shall not be considered for award. Award will be made to the responsible offer which meets the criteria of both of the minimum factors and which offers the lowest price. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with quote. The provision at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, Subparagraphs (a), (b), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (14), and (d) and (e), apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. The provision at FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside and DFARS 252.211-7003 "Brand Name or Equal" apply to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212.-4, "Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items", shall be incorporated into the contract by reference. Quotations are due in the MCTSSA Contracts Section, PO BOX 555171, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5171 no later than 2:00 p.m. on 4 September 1997. The point of contact for information regarding this solicitation is Sue Humann at (760) 725-2478. (0231)

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