Attachment 01 - Statement of Need.pdf
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This notice of intent describes a sole source contract award for software maintenance and licensing services. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requires maintenance support and license renewal for Cuadra STAR software for the period of February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025. The software provides capabilities such as database definition, data entry, reporting, searching, and web interfaces. Services include upgrades, assistant system management, and technical support. The contract will be awarded non-competitively to Cuadra Associates as the original equipment manufacturer and copyright holder of the proprietary STAR software. No other vendors can legally modify or access the source code. Interested parties may provide documentation to determine if competition is warranted by January 5, 2023, but oral comments are not permitted. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service is the contracting agency.
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STATEMENT OF NEED
Cuadra STAR - Software Maintenance Support & License Renewal
1.0 GENERAL SCOPE
The agency National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has an ongoing requirement for the Cuadra product, STAR. Cuadra STAR provides a software product that is a text a management/information retrieval system. The product provides the ability to define, re-define and manage databases utilizing STAR’s Database Definition manager and Global Change functions. The product provides the ability for direct database data entry, importing data files, ad-hoc and canned report generation, data index subfuctions and structured and unstructured textual searching. The product also provides the ability for web-based interfaces to perform basic search functionality and a professional search functionality with Boolean logic and the ability to generate web-based reports.
The vendor selected for this requisition will be required to provide a 12-month of software support and upgrades if applicable.
2.0 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
1. STAR Software Maintenance/Upgrade Service 20 User License (CRIS) - Quantity: 1.
2. STAR Software Maintenance/Upgrade Service 30 User License including 10 Search-Only (CRIS2) -
Quantity: 1.
3. Provides software upgrades.
4. Assistant System Manager Service/Technical support - Quantity: 1.
5. The period of performance is from 02/01/2024 through 01/31/2025
| STATEMENT OF NEED |
| Cuadra STAR - Software Maintenance Support & License Renewal |
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