Liferay, Inc Open Source Training

This serves as a - Notice of Intent to purchase training services from Liferay, Inc . This Notice is SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY 2009 FUNDS pursuant to FAR Clause 52.232-18. This notice does not obligate funds. After careful consideration for incorporating portal technology into the next generation of GSA Advantage! FAS has chosen Liferay open source portal. The proposed technology is to support a framework of vertical services which are designed on a flexible architecture solution to implement, current and new requirements tailored to each store easily and fast with features like - personalization, - workflow, - search, - intra-agency information sharing, - collaboration and - content management around a secured user role & group based identity management supporting the complete eCommerce experience efficiently and effectively. With the above approach in mind and the requirement for rapid development of the PBS Store deployment FAS and Unisys have contacted Liferay for development training and for 200 hours of both onsite and offsite consulting support. FAS and Unisys have worked with Liferay to identify a custom training curriculum to focus on Liferay implementation in the GSA Advantage environment and the across the FAS Open Systems environment Two hundred hours of consulting support has been requested broken out as follows: - Two weeks (80 hours) of onsite support September 8th to 19th to fast track development of the PBS Store. The consultant would help to establish the environment, review the planned architecture and support initial development. - Provide forty hours of off site support to answer developer questions from September 22nd to October 27th. - Provide two weeks of on-site support for tuning, finishing touches to development, and production implementation. Travel estimates for these engagements were provided separately and may be more or less once travel is actually booked. A rough estimate based on conversations with Liferay for Portal training, consulting, and travel is (please keep these numbers in confidence as we cannot quote on their behalf): Training: $30,800 The government has evaluated several portal products and determined that Liferay Portal is the best fit for their environment. They have an aggressive delivery schedule and are looking to begin development as soon as possible. The timing of the training and consulting support is to complete rapid development of the PBS Vertical Store. A core component of Liferay's Professional Service offerings is its internal use of a knowledgebase of issues which is proprietary to Liferay Inc and provided directly by the core engineers who created the product. Liferay does not offer this service through any other channels. The requirement is to provide the highest level of support available in a very quick turnaround. LifeRay, Inc is the only source for this type of support. All interested parties should request additional information, communicate concerns, or direct any questions concerning this acquisition to Beverly Bowden 703 605 2607, email: beverly.bowden@gsa.gov. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals, nor a solicitation for offers. RE: Note 22.