70--SiteScape Enterprise Forum

The Bureau of the Census intends to negotiate a single source contract with Sitescape Inc. of Maynard, MA for the following: 1 ea. SiteScape Enterprise Forum Server with Solaris Kit; 200 ea. SiteScape Enterprise Forum License V7; 1 yr. Premium Maintenance/Support; 3 days Administrators, 1 day (on-site) Customization Training. This software is currently being used at Census for external collaboration with the following functionality: portlet available for Oracle portals (Oracle and SiteScape are partners); supports Oracle databases as well as legacy databases; browser-based interface; provides a summary page upon authentication including all authorized workspaces, new entries, and a list of team members online for discussions; organized threaded discussions; real-time chat; Web file system; canned and customizable workflow processing and document sharing and co-authoring with automatic version control. In particular, the ability to perform workflow processing and document version control are key selection criteria. Workflow control allows for the ability to monitor changes in documents and/or tasks over the course of a project. The document version control allows the participants in the project to see and discuss the evolution of changes to documents, through this system, over the life of the project. These two capabilities allow for archival handling, a feature that is important in providing benchmarks over the course of the project. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a partnering agency, has also invested in SiteScape software. Their procurement of this software has enabled the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Justice Statistics employees to collaborate about interagency projects from their respective locations. Purchasing additional SiteScape software licenses will provide a consistent user experience for collaboration and result in significantly lower costs for training and product support. This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, responses received within the required time will be reviewed and evaluated. Interested companies having the capability to provide the above described services should submit, in writing, their capability statement with cost information to Linda Vance, email: [email protected] or fax: 301-457-8465 within 15 days of this notice. No telephone requests will be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice; but offers will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no responses are received within 15 days from the date of this notice, a sole source contract will be awarded to Sitescape Inc. without further notice.