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All Federal Contract Awards
Definitive Contract DOLBLS14C0001
Award Date
6/11/14
Potential Completion Date
3/2/21
Potential Value
$12M
Overview
Contacts
Activity
30
Transactions
30
Subawards
Opportunity Stack
Similar Awards
Federal Agency
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Awardee
Data Management Associates Of Brevard, Inc. K9NSLL1ZAK69
Ultimate Awardee
Not listed
NAICS Category
518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
PSC Category
D318 - It And Telecom- Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, Predominantly Services
Federal Contract Vehicle
Not listed
Set-Aside Type
No Set-Aside Used
Extent Competed
Full and Open Competition
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Time and Materials
Place of Performance
Washington, DC 20212, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
2
Legislative Mandate
Clinger Cohen Act
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
Not listed
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
Update #1
Update #2
MAINFRAME SERVICES
Posted 6/11/14
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Description
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FederalAgency
Type
PostedDate
Mainframe Computer Services
Added: Jan 24, 2014 5:51 pm Please review the attached document for more details and response directions. The BLS of the U.S Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making. BLS has historically used a mainframe service center to support a variety of data processing requirements. In recent years, most of that processing has migrated to UNIX and/or Windows systems. One BLS program, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, continues to use mainframe processing for some of its data processing. QCEW is expected to continue with a mainframe workload similar to its recent usage for the next four years, before it begins to migrate production to other platforms.The QCEW program produces a comprehensive series of employment and wage data for workers covered by State unemployment insurance (UI) laws and is a virtual census of payroll employment. The program produces data on establishments, monthly employment, and quarterly wages by industry, county, and ownership. The QCEW program is a Federal/State cooperative program, with the cooperating state agencies (50 states, D.C, and two territories) performing most of the data collection and editing, and performing aggregation and analysis of data for their own states and areas. The state-edited data is accessed by the BLS national office to produce and publish data at the national, state, and county levels, as well as for other areas. At the state level, the activities begin with input files created by state UI agencies. These files are processed by one of two purpose built systems. The mainframe system, known collectively as EXPO, is used by 39 of the agencies, 36 of whom use it at the BLS contracted service center, and 3 of them use it on state operated mainframes. The remaining 14 agencies use a PC and network based system to perform the similar function.The EXPO system uses a combination of batch processing and a CICS started task to meet the programs' needs. TSO sessions are used for variety of purposes, including, but not limited to: job submission, job monitoring, print routing, file transmission, and source code and system maintenance. The EXPO system uses a variety of standard z/OS utilities, and the program specific code for both the batch jobs and the CICS system is COBOL - typically the most current and widely available version, but only using widely available language features so that the system can be used at both the service center facility and those used by the tee states that run it separately.Currently, almost all data enters or leaves the EXPO hosting service center via FTP file transmission. A small and declining number of files is sent in by tape cartridge (via common carrier - FedEx, UPS, etc.). The states upload and/or read the UI system provided files, edit and analyze them via EXPO batch and interactive sessions, and make files available for downloading to BLS users and for other purposes as needed by the states. The contract with the current BLS mainframe service provider will expire in the coming year, and BLS is seeking information from vendors that can provide this service. The current vendor provides BLS an LPAR of a size and capacity that was required to meet the significantly larger BLS workload of prior years. A somewhat smaller capacity may be adequate to meet the anticipated workload going forward. That said, the following details of the current service provider's environment should help potential respondents determine if the BLS workload is suitable for their capabilities.
DOL142J12035
Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Award Notice 1/2
1/24/14, 5:51 PM
BLS Mainframe Computer Services
Added: Mar 25, 2014 9:12 am The contractor shall provide mainframe computer services in support of administrative, statistical, developmental, and production applications for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These services consist of, but are not limited to: providing batch and interactive processing; printing; data storage and maintenance; security; communications support; production monitoring; and technical assistance to include help desk support by phone.The Department of Labor (DOL) has relied on contractor-provided timesharing services for its mainframe computing needs for many years. The BLS had a separate contract from the rest of DOL until the late 90's when the contracts were extended and merged. The BLS is again moving to a separate contract, as the BLS' requirements significantly differ from those of DOL.
DOL142J12035
Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Award Notice 2/2
3/25/14, 9:12 AM
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Date
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.20 FROM ORDER DOLBLS14C0001.
Other Administrative Action
($4)
1/10/22
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,023.89 FROM ORDER DOLBLS14C0001.
Other Administrative Action
($2k)
12/15/21
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.20 FROM ORDER DOLBLS14C0001.
Other Administrative Action
$0
3/2/21
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,023.89 FROM ORDER DOLBLS14C0001.
Other Administrative Action
$0
3/2/21
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MAINFRAME COMPUTER SERVICES
Other Administrative Action
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3/1/21