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STATINTL Approved For Rse 2002/06/18: CIA-RDP84-00933RQQQ500070035-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505 .)/,!—- f-‘t tlI – 0 2V ‘3 STATINTL STATINTL SUBJECT: Action Item B23–Impact of Non-Compatibility of SAFE GLOBAL ADPE with Installed Governemnt ADPE REFERENCE: SAF-E012-80 Letter to from Subject: Use of Life-Cyc e Costing in the SAFE ADPE Proposal Evaluation, dtd. 14 January 1980 STATINTL Dear This letter is in response to Action Item 823, in which the Government was to evaluate the impact of SAFE GLOBAL ADPE not being compatible with installed CIA/ODP and DIA/RSO ADPE. Over the last several months, the Government has been involved in a detailed evaluation of this impact. The results of this evaluation are three cost adjustment factors that are to be added, depending on system architecture, to the systems life evaluation cost (see reference) of SAFE GLOBAL ADPE. These factors represent a dollar estimate of the cost incurred by the Government for GLOBAL SAFE incompatibility with installed ADPE architecture(s).

For the purposes of this analysis, prospective SAFE GLOBAL ADPE has been divided into three architecture categories: IBM-compatible, Honeywell- compatible and “Other” (e.g., Univac, Burroughs, etc.). The cost adjustment factor developed for each of these architecture categories is provided in the attachment. The final impact of these adjustments in selection is of course dependent on the weight of cost versus technical and other criteria in the overall evaluation scheme. Approved For Release 2002/06/18 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000500070035-4 STATINTL STATINTL STATINTL Approved For Ro se 2002/06/18: CIA-RDP84-00933RGAW00070035-4 These cost adjustment factors and resulting adjustments are made up of additional training costs, loss of support personnel sharing benefits associated with a compatible architecture and, for the DIA, certain conversion costs associated with their installed Honeywell and IBM 360 systems. Additional details are on file in CSPO. I any dues the use of these factors on the Governmen contract, please contacts the Government’s on ractina Officer.

The cost adjustment factors we have developed are considered conservative measures of the cost impact of an architecture. The Government acknowledges the difficulty of providing meaningful cost estimates in this type of situation. To the best of the Government’s ability, the proposed cost adjustment factors represent a balance between the estimated real resource impact to Government, programs and the Government’s desire for a free and open competitive procurement. We believe the cost factors have been fairly developed and will permit maximum competition for SAFE ADPE, ensuring meanwhile that the Government realizes a cost savings to (partially) offset the full and real cost associated with architectures not compatible with installed ADPE. The RFP and Evaluation Plan should, therefore, be written to reflect the cost adjustment factors described in the attachment. The cost adjustment factors depend on vendor architecture and are to be treated as costs incurred in Mid-FY83 in constructing the systems life evaluation cost of a proposed GLOBAL configuration.

The Government is developing appropriate language for the fFP to explain to the marketplace the rationale behind the factors. If you have any question on these factors please direct them to f CSPO. In addition, if au have .3 Sincerely, Attachment: Analysis of Cost of Non-Compatibility Approved For Release 2002/06/18 : CIA-RDP84-00933R000500070035-4 STATINTL STATINTL Approved For Re*se 2002/06/18 : CIA-RDP84-00933RO 00070035-4 Cost of Non-Compatibili~y STATINTL Cost Adjustment Factors to Reflect Additional Government Costs Due to Non–Compatibility with Existing CIA/ODP and/or DIA/RSP ADPF If SAFE GLOBAL Architecture Is: Add this Cost to GLOBAL ADPE Systems Life Evaluatic Cost (In Thousands of Uid-FY83 1. IBM-Compatible II. Honeywell III. Other (Non-IBBi-Compatible and Non-Honeywell) * Systems Life Evaluation Cost for the GLOBAL systems includes FOC mainframes and peripherals, software and maintenance services over the systems life (see SAF-E012-80). Cost adjustment factors are treated as a cost incurred in Mid-FY83 (i.e., 1 April 1983) in determining the overall present value discounted cost.

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• Creator/s: CIA Reading Room
• Date: 1/31/1980
• Book Topics/Themes: CIA Reading Room

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