D -- INTEGRATION AND TESTING CENTER (ITC) AND INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV &V) SERVICES.

17. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has a requirement for information technology Integration and Testing Center (ITC) and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services. The ITC team administers a facility in which PBGC's custom developed, Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS), and Infrastructure IT systems can be tested by software development, end user, Infrastructure Engineering, and IV&V teams prior to going into production. The IV&V team tests IT software systems deemed by PBGC to be so critical that requirements verification and validation must be done independently of the development teams testing. The procurement anticipates combining two separate contracts performing today into a single contract. The base contract performance period will be from award date through 30 September 2004, with four (4) one-year option periods for renewal at the Corporation's discretion. Reference solicitation number PBGC01-RP-03-0020 on all requests. All responsible parties submitting a proposal will be considered by the agency. The solicitation document, including amendments, will be distributed through the FedBizOps.gov web site. The site contains downloading instructions. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the site to assure that they have the most up to date information about this acquisition. Paper copies of the solicitation and associated amendments will not be available. The estimated release date of the solicitation is January 13, 2004.