Department of Energy, ATTN: Document Control Specialist, P.O. Box 2500, Washington, DC 20013

D -- SOFTWARE LICENSE UPGRADE AND ASSOCIATED MAINTENANCE SOL DE-RP01-96AD71093 DUE 121195 POC Jody Naleppa, Contract Specialist, (202) 634-4578, Thomas Pilson, Contracting Officer, (202) 634-4567 The Department of Energy intends to award a sole source contract to COGNOS for a one-time software license upgrade and coversion to user base licenses for our existing PowerHouse software. Included with this conversion will be a one year maintenance agreement. This notice is a notice of intent to make award to COGNOS. All responsible sources may submit a proposal to the Department of Energy at 1615 M Street NW, Attn: Document Control, Room 240, Washington D.C. Offers who believe they can supply the above required upgrade can forward capability statement to the above mentioned address. All responsible offers received prior to the closing date will be considered. All requests and questions must be in writing and be forwarded to the address noted above. The solicitation number must be included on all requests. (0296)

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