Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

70 -- SOFTWARE SOL 50-YABC-6-66002 POC Patti K. Becker, 301-457-1808 The Bureau of Census (BOC) intends to solicit and negotiate with Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway MS-659309, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, for maintenance support services for the following software: OracleRdb, Oracle SQL Services for DECNET, Oracle SQL Services for TCP/IP, Rally, Oracle Rdb SQL Precompilers for DEC Cobol, Oracle Rdb SQL Precompilers for DEC Fortran, Oracle Rdb SQL Precompilers for DEC C, RdbPRE Precompilers for Fortran, RdbPRE Precompilers for Cobol, CDD/Repository, and Oracle Trace Collector. This software resides on a family of Vax computers using the Open/VMS operating system located at BOC facilities in Suitland, Maryland, Charlotte, North Carolina, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and at remote field offices located throughout the United States. The period of performance is for one year, with four one-year options. Services shall include software and documentation upgrades supplied on electronic media to the BOC headquarters in Suitland, Maryland, and 24 hour per day, 7 day per week access to a telephone support center for technical assistance for any and/or all software maintained on any cpu owned by the BOC. This support shall include voice support between the telephone support center and any authorized BOC employee at any BOC location, as well as access to any available electronic technical support services. Maintenance support services as defined above may also be acquired for a subset of this product list under the OpenVMS/AXP operating system in the future. It is anticipated that all required maintenance and software support may be acquired for any and/or all present and future software residing in Government owned equipment throughout the life of this contract. This is not a formal solicitation. Concerns that respond must furnish sufficient technical information which demonstrates their ability to meet this requirement. This information will be considered only if clear and convincing evidence, including technical and pricing data is provided, that interested sources can meet the requirements of the government, and that it is advantageous for the government to consider such sources. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the above referenced address (Attn: Patti Becker) within 45 days of the date of this notice. If no written responses containing the above listed information are received, a contract will be negotiated with Oracle Corp.. No telephone requests will be honored. Reference No. 50-YABC-6-66002. See numbered Note 22. (0136)

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