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This action is intended to be a Full and Open Solicitation (DTNH22-12-R-00542) resulting in a Firm Fixed Price Contract a One Year Base and 9 Option Years. The National Driver Register (NDR) program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), acts as a nationwide clearinghouse for driver licensing decision makers (i.e., State driver licensing authorities and Federal agencies that employ people as drivers). It is also a source of information for programs related to airline, railroad, highway, and maritime safety administered by Federal agencies. It may also be used by employers to inquire on employees who are being hired as motor vehicle operators or airline pilots. NHTSA is soliciting Firm Fixed Price proposals for the hosting of the Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS) application including network and managed services support beginning in Fiscal Year 2012 for one base year and nine optional years. Proposals for a hybrid Cloud (dedicated/virtual) hosting environment will be considered.  This Request for Proposal (RFP) is broken down into three parts. Part One provides details regarding the infrastructure/software installation and configuration requirements for the new PDPS environment (). Part Two explains the migration requirements necessary to move the PDPS application from the incumbent vendor to the new vendor's hosting site. Part Three describes the necessary hosting and administration requirements. All parts address the associated roles and responsibilities needed for the vendor to accomplish all of these requirements. Currently, the Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS) resides on dedicated servers at the incumbent vendor's data center, which provides hosting, infrastructure management, and managed services such as database administration and system administration. This Solicitation will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.502 and 5.102, Therefore hard copies will not be provided. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the following internet address:  www.fedbizops.gov

This solicitation will be issued electronically as will all amendments thereto.  Because of this , the government is under no obligation and is fact unable to maintain a bidders mailing  list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments, which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal non-responsive and  result in rejection of same. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), plan on awarding on or before 9/30/2012.