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This Government Contract opportunity from Department Of Transportation was posted on February 17, 2010. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

RSIS Operation, Maintenance and Enhancement Services

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DTFR53-09-R-00013Federal

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The Federal Railroad Administration intends to award a performance-based contract for the operation, maintenance, and enhancement of the Railroad Safety Information System (RSIS), which is critical for monitoring train accidents, incidents, casualties, and highway-rail grade crossings in accordance with 49 CFR Part 225. The RSIS consists of three primary subsystems: the Railroad Accident/Incident Reporting System, the Railroad Inspection Reporting System, and the Grade Crossing Inventory System. To ensure continuity of service during the procurement process, the current contract with Creative Information Technology Inc. was extended through December 8, 2009. The scope of work includes RSIS hosting services, system and data management, application development and maintenance, and comprehensive program management support. The selected vendor must provide contractor-site facilities to house production operations and government-furnished equipment. This requirement is a 100 percent set-aside for 8(a) small businesses under NAICS 541513, with a size standard of 25 million dollars. The contract structure consists of a 12-month base year followed by four one-year option periods.

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Contract Value

$13,311,854.05

NAICS

541513 - Computer Facilities Management Services

Place of Performance

See Schedule, DC, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

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Documents

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DTFR53-09-R-00013 RSIS Operation Pre-Solicitation Notice

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AgencyDepartment Of Transportation → 693JJ6 Federal Railroad Administration
Contacts2 people available
OfficeWASHINGTON, DC, 20590, USA
Office AddressWASHINGTON, DC, 20590, USA
Contacts
Barbara DrookContract Specialist
Charles N. NurseContracting Officer

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The purpose of this notice is to advise interested parties that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to extend the current RSIS contract through December 8, 2009. Creative Information Technology Inc. (CITI) will continue to perform under contract number DTFR53-04-C-00002. The incumbent is in place, operational and able to provide the services during this interim period with full system implementation without interruption. The additional time is necessary to allow sufficient time to competitively award the new RSIS procurement. The FRA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about October 2009. The Government does not require individual acknowledgement by potential respondents. This will be an 8(a) competitive requirement, NAICS 541513 with a size standard of $25.0 Million. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to award a performance-based contract for the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the Office of Safety's Railroad Safety Information System (RSIS). RSIS houses information on train accidents/incidents, casualties, crossing accidents, railroad inspections and the attributes of the nation's highway-rail grade crossings. RSIS is the system through which FRA management monitors its mission of providing a safe railroad system. The FRA regulations on reporting railroad accidents/incidents are found primarily in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 225 (49 CFR Part 225). The purpose of the regulations in Part 225 is to provide FRA with accurate information concerning the hazards and risks that exist on the Nation's railroads. RSIS is comprised of three principal subsystems: the Railroad Accident/Incident Reporting System (RAIRS); the Railroad Inspection Reporting System (RIRS) and the Grade Crossing Inventory System (GCIS). The selected vendor will be expected to provide contractor-site facilities to house the production operations including data center space for the government furnished equipment, circuits, software and data. The required services include: (1) RSIS Hosting Services and Support: Management of GFE Hardware and Software; Network management; Web hosting and support; Production and Disaster Recovery site services; Server management and administration; Email administration (2) RSIS System and Data Management Services and Support: SQL Server database administration; SAS IntraNet and SAS BI platform administration; MS SharePoint (MOSS) administration; Web services administration; Data collection, validation and analysis; Help Desk services; Web content management (3) Application Development, Maintenance and Enhancement: Web application development; Client software application development, maintenance and support (4) Program Management support: Software engineering support; Enterprise architecture support; Security compliance (Certification & Accreditation) support; Business process improvement; Capital planning and investment Control support The period of performance for the contract will include a 12-month base year plus four 1-year option periods. FRA anticipates issuing the subject solicitation on or before Octover 1, 2009. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the Federal Business Opportunities Website at www.fbo.gov. Interested sources may submit a written request via email to be placed on the bidders list so they can be notified when the solicitation has been released. Vendors should email their requests to sabrina.williams@dot.gov. This requirement is 100% set-aside for 8(a) small businesses. All responsible sources may submit an offer. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted.

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