Recovery---Precise i3 Application Performance Management Consulting Services

RECOVERY – THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY – THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This notice is for informational purposes only and is intended to provide notification of the use of funds authorized under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 on this award. The United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency awarded a contract to Carasoft on 08/21/2009 for two (2) Expert Resident Consultants ensuring customer success with USDA’s Application Performance Management (APM) activities with a focus on J2EE, Websphere, and Oracle and SQL Server database products. Task elements completed within this award will include the following: Task Element 1: Provide a Precise I3 APM Expert Resident Consultant (6 months) to support the Database Management Office (DBMO) APM initiatives. This consultant displays expertise in monitoring, managing, and tuning database environments through the use of data and tools provided by Precise APM software. Task Element 2: Provide a Precise i3 APM Expert Resident Consultant (12 months) to support the Information Processing and User Support Office (IPUSO) APM initiatives. This consultant displays expertise in monitoring, managing, and tuning J2EE based application environments through the use of data and tools provided by Precise APM software. The task order award is a firm fixed price contract that was awarded competitively utilizing GSA Schedule 70. Award of this Task Order is $448,999.95. Period of Performance of this Task Order is September 09, 2009 through September 08, 2010. The NACIS code is 541512. The appropriate Treasury Account Symbol is TAS::120599::TAS.