SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- 70 Support of Government owned Sterling Commerce software
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SSA-OTHER-0191
- Response Due
- 6/23/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/8/2006
- Description
- This is a NOTICE OF INTENT to negotiate on a sole-source basis. SSA intends to negotiate with Sterling Commerce America, Inc., 12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 370, Reston, VA 20191, for software maintenance and upgrades for Sterling Commerce software products under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 ???Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements???. These software products are used to support SSA???s File Transfer Management System (FTMS). SSA currently owns and maintains 747 software licenses consisting of 739 licenses of Connect:Direct and 8 licenses of Gentran products, which are proprietary software. These licenses are installed on mainframe systems, Unix servers, and personal computer (PC) systems nationwide to provide a means for SSA???s business partners to interact with SSA. These business partners include 48 states, 3 territories, and various federal and local agencies. In addition, other business-to-business (B2B) trading partners interact with SSA via the Internet with the integration of some of the software tools listed below interfacing with Web-based applications. SSA also provides mainframe computer resource service to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE). The 747 software licenses consist of the following Sterling Commerce Software products: a) QTY: fifty five (55) licenses - Connect:Direct for OS/390; b)QTY: six hundred fifty (650) licenses - Connect:Direct for Windows Server; c)TY: three (3) licenses - Connect:Direct for AS400; d) QTY: thirteen (13) licenses - Connect:Direct for UNIX; e)QTY: seventeen (17)licenses - Connect:Direct various licenses (UNIX, NT, VSE, etc???); f)QTY one (1) license - Secure DTF; g)QTY: one(1) license - Gentran:Plus OS/390; h)QTY: one (1) license - Gentran:Plus Secure FTP Add-on for Enterprise; i)QTY six (6 )licenses - Gentran Integration Suite (GIS). In addition, SSA owns 1,050 licenses of Connect:Direct for Windows Servers, which SSA has opted not to maintain at this time. SSA reserves the right to activate maintenance on some or all of these software licenses at its discretion. All services and maintenance would be carried out at any SSA designated site. SSA is considering establishing a contract with Sterling Commerce for a 5-year period consisting of a base year and 4 option years for Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct and Gentran software maintenance and upgrades for the period December 21, 2006 through December 20, 2011. Sterling Commerce is the only source known to the government that is capable of providing upgrades and maintenance support for these proprietary software products. This is a Notice of Intent only, not a solicitation. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. Requests for solicitation will not be acknowledged. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Sterling Commerce Software Upgrades and Maintenance. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Record
- SN01068174-W 20060614/060612221306 (fbodaily.com)
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