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70 -- UNIX-BASED CLIENT SERVER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PACKAGE POC Maggie Russell (703) 648-7366 This is not a notice for a solicitation. This a notification to firms announcing that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will take possession of CA-Unicenter on a trial installation. This is also a request for Information and products for demonstration. The USGS requests information from firms which can provide UNIX-based, client server management software. This package must be able to accommodate various UNIX systems as well as OS/2 and OS/400 executing in various places on the network. This package must also have the capability of integrating with other management applications as well as Novell and MVS. The package should include, but not be limited to, the following features: Security, Workload Management and Scheduling, Calendar Management, Backup and Archive Management, Tape Integrity, Problem Management and Help Desk, Console Management, Resource Accounting and Chargeback, Report Distribution and Spool Management, Performance Monitoring, Customization and Relational Database Management System. Vendors interested in supplying production information or products for evaluation are invited to respond. Products to be demonstrated are limited to the above computer specifications. Neither a draft statement of work nor specifications are available from the USGS. Any pricing information submitted that contains restrictions on its disclosure will be returned to the vendor. No formal solicitation or contract will result from this synopsis for industry information; any subsequent solicitation will be synopsized prior to its release. Any resulting solicitation will NOT be conducted on a sole-source basis. All responses, including technical and commercially available pricing information, must be received by July 30, 1995. Vendors interested in providing products for demonstration should state so specifically in their WRITTEN response. Vendors will be contacted to arrange for receipt of the products for demonstration. No telephone requests will be accepted. The Government does not intend to pay for the information solicited except as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal (B&P) costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (0171)

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