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70 -- DASD ''ERASE'' UTILITY SOFTWARE DUE 120195 POC Contact Point, Beverly Brown, (202)720-8614 The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM), National Computer Center (NCC) seeks the following information about commercial, off-the-shelf, software: (1) availability; (2) field proven; (3) functionality; (4) performance; and (5) price. NCC's hardware includes IBM ES/9021 Model 820 CPUs, IBM 3990 L03 SCUs, IBM 3390 A38 and B3C DASD, and IBM/STK 3480 magnetic cartridge subsystems. NCC's software includes ACF2, JESMaster, JES2, MVS/ESA 4.3, etc. NCC's seeks an automated tool (s) that will ''erase'' (overwrite) individual DASD data sets and entire DASD volumes. The NCC requests one (1) copy of documentation, both marketing and technical, for utility software that addresses function- ality; a point of contact for seeking additional technical information; a point of contact at a comparable installation where the utility software is installed, maintained (a federal government organization is preferred), and in operation; and pricing data for commercial and government organization. This is a request for information. It is not a request for comment or a request for proposals. No solicitation exists. Information to be considered must be received by December 1, 1995. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request for information. Any information submitted will become the property of the Government and will not be returned. Parties who reply will be placed upon a mailing list of interested parties should the Government decide to issue a request for comment or a request for proposals. Written responses are to be directed to Ronald C. Brewer; Capacity and Performance Management Staff; ATTN: DASD ''Erase'' Utility; National Computer Center; Post Office Box 419205; Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.(0312)

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