70 -- RasterMaster Software

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN 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. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-25. This acquisition is NOT set aside for small businesses. The NAICS code is 511210 and the related small business standard size is $21 million. The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of Hearings and Appeals has a requirement for Snowbound Software's RasterMaster Software Development Kit and its related maintenance for editing color JPEG and TIFF documents stored in DMA in support of SSA's AeDIB project on the Sun Solaris and IBM Mainframe z/OS Platforms. The Contract Line Number (CLIN), quantity, and unit issue of the software to be maintained (maintenance is described in the technical specifications below) are as follows: CLIN 0001 CPU Plat Dist License for RM Plus V. 8.0 Java, 91 each; CLIN 0002 CPU Plat Dist License for RasterNote Annotation V. 8.0 Java, one (1) each; CLIN 0003 Annual Priority Maintenance Contract, one (1) each. The vendor shall deliver all items electronically, or FOB Destination to Social Security Administration, Operations Building, Attn: Don Hester, Room 2-D-18, Cube 4, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21235. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, and 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The clause at 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions'Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Additionally, the clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders'Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (14) 52.222-3; (15) 52.222-19; (16) 52.222-21, (17) 52.222-26, (18) 52.222-35, (19) 52.222-36, (20) 52.222-37, (23) 52.225-3, (25) 52.225-13, (31) 52.232-34, and (33) 52.239-1. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Quotation which addresses pricing for all CLINs; 2) Description of maintenance, including any telephone number or contact information, and the hours of any telephone support; 3) Copy of most recently published price list(s); 4) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.acqnet.gov/far/loadmainre.html. All offers should be sent to contact@example.gov. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on 11/3/04. Faxed offers will not be accepted.