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NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION. The 42d Contracting Squadron, Maxwell AFB AL, intends to purchase Questionmark Perception’s Oracle 10,000 Package – hosted at Customer Site using Oracle as back-end database with perpetual licenses. This software package provides a testing analysis capability for on-line courses to ensure the evaluation process and metrics for on-line courses is equivalent to the process used in the resident course environment. Questionmark Corporation is the sole provider of Perception software as well as any and all add-ons related to Perception. This purchase includes the following in CLIN 0001 – Oracle 10,000 Package – hosted at the Customer site, Questionmark Perception using Oracle as back-end database with perpetual licensing including one Windows© based authoring license, three browser based authoring licenses, one server license, 10,000 participant accounts, 50 administrative accounts, and one set of user manuals; CLIN 0002 - ten additional Windows© based authors; CLIN 0003 - the Perception secure browser; CLIN 0004 - the Monitors package; and CLIN 0005 – software support plan to include free upgrades (both major and minor) and free phone/email technical support for one year. A portion of the specifications of the software that Questionmark Corporation will provide to the Air Force Institute for Advanced Distributed Learning are as follows: question banking organized by learning objective; adaptive branching based on how questions are answered; testing capability with at least twenty different questions types; reporting tool that allows for item analysis for psychometric evaluation and question statistics for question analysis; a secure browser which locks down the computer disabling the print function, the “print screen” command, saving the html, and internet browsing; a monitors function that enables dual log-in for “high-stakes” testing authentication purposes. The Communications Squadron has approved Questionmark Perception for government use and must approve any and all information technology purchases. The government proposes to award a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Questionmark Corporation, 5 Hillandale Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902-2843. The solicitation number is FU330032050100. No request for proposals will be issued. This sole source procurement is made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. If there are other companies that can provide the software described above, a response to this notice must be received no later than 12:00 Noon on 17 September 2003. Central Contractor Registration is required prior to award. If no responses are received by the specified time and date, a purchase order will be issued to Questionmark Corporation. The POC for this notice is Randi Ellis. Responses may be mailed to 42d Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6334; faxed to 334-953-3543 or emailed to [email protected].

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