70 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT TOOL

Notice Date

September 4, 2001

Contracting Office

USDA, Office of Operations , Procurement Operations Division, Stop 9850, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9850

ZIP Code

20250-9850

Solicitation Number

RFI-OPPM-01-1038GD

Response Due

September 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Ms. Geloria Dorsey, Contract Specialist, 202-690-4677

Description

The United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Chief Information Officer, National Information Technology Center (NITC), is seeking Application Performance Measurement Tool. This is a Request for Information(RFI) to locate potential sources for COTS software for an application performance measurement tool. The requirements for the product are as follows: 1) Support the following subsystems and database environments: COOL:Gen; CICS; CA-IDMS; and DB2; 2) Support the following languages: COOL:Gen; COBOL for MVS; ADS/O; and Assembler; 3) Allow drilling through the application components for statistics. These statistics include, but are not limited to, CPU time, system service routines, database calls, wait time and I/O counts: 4) schedule measurement sessions by day of the week, date or time of day; 5) Capture historical data for analyzing application performance over time: 6) Operate in an OS/390 environment. Only firms that currently have software products (s) possessing the above characteristics are invited to respond to this RFI. RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE: 1) Technical documentation limited to twenty (20) pages, which addresses each of the above characteristics and any other important technical aspects of the products. 2) Commercial price list of GSA schedule for license and maintenance fees software. 3) Points of contact (including name, email address, phone number, and fax number) from three customers currently using the identified product. This is a RFI and not a request for comment or request for proposals. Nothing shall be construed herein or through the RFI process to commit or obligate the Government to further action as a result ot this RFI. Firms responding to this RFI shall bear all risk and expense of any resources used to provide the requested information, and all information submitted in response to this request shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. To be considered, responses must be received within seven (7) calendar days of the publication of this announcement. Written responses to this notice are to be directed to Sally Soule: Strategic Planning & Support Branch; National Information Technology Center; 8930 Ward Parkway; Kansas City, Missouri 64114-3363. Telephones inquires will not be accepted.

Record

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