Internationally Focused Performance MonitoringTool

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in Washington, DC intends to award a sole source fixed-price contract under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 6.302-1, other than full and open competition, procedures for the acquisition of services for creation of a contract which will support programmatic performance monitoring and evaluation for USFS and its implementing partners by providing unlimited access and support to a web-based project management and monitoring tool specially designed for the international development community. This tool would fulfill a current need by USFS to systematically tabulate programmatic indicators and project deliverables across multiple time zones and languages in an online environment that allow for simultaneous and continual access by multiple partners. The requirement is specialized requiring a specific focus on international development projects, and meet the following criteria:
• Monitoring & evaluation data collection, storage, and reporting for any type of quantitative indicator
• Tools for delegating data entry to implementing partners
• Interactive mapping functions
• Multilingual user interface
• Multi-currency budget tracking
• Project & workflow management
• Document & photo storage and collaboration tools
Any firm that believes it is capable of meeting the USFS requirements described herein may submit a response no later than 05/30/2011, by close of business to be considered. Responses to this posting must be submitted in writing via e-mail only. Any determination to or not to compete the described contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Federal Government. Any questions or comments should be directed to Cassandra Carey via e-mail at cncarey@fs.fed.us. Please reference Special Notice AG-3187-S-12- 0163 in all communications.