Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 4210, Washington, D.C. 20229

D -- ADP AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES Contact, Terence Lew, Contracting Officer, 202-927-0423. The U.S. Customs Service intends to negotiate with Keane Federal Systems, Inc. for a 6-month firm-fixed price contract for continued software development and maintenance support services for the Application Development Division, U.S. Customs Service in support of the Automated Commercial System (ACS). This interim contract will provide development and maintenance support services until award of the new support contract. Customs must award this 6-month ``bridge'' contract to provide continued uninterrupted coverage and provide an acceptable level of service and support to its user community. Any lack of software support services for ACS will greatly impact the ability of customs to support and maintain the mission critical operation and services of ACS. Because of the overwhelming complexity and size of the ACS make it infeasible to employ the services of another Contractor. Also, because of the magnitude of the system, the lengthy transition period and the enormous learning curve, employing services of a new contractor for this 6-month effort would not be practical. A Contractor experienced in the development and maintenance of the ACS will reduce the risk to Customs, eliminate the need for transitioning of responsibilities from one Contractor to another, and ensure the successful operation of the system. The incumbent contractor, Keane/Lamarian, Inc. has the technical skills and the institutional knowledge of the system required to support the continued operation of the ACS. Such technical skills include expertise in the design, development, testing and maintenance of a large online mainframe based system in an IBM or IBM compatible mainframe environment and experience using command level CICS, CA-ROSCOE and/or TSO/ISP, INTERTEST, CA-LIBRARIAN, CA-DATACOM-DB, OS-JCL AND COBOL II. Keane/Lamarian, Inc. is the only source that can successfully complete the requirements stated herein within the time constraints and without severe programmatic disruptions based on their unique knowledge, expertise, and experience of the ACS system software and maintaining an acceptable level of service and support to its user community. Based on the authority 41 U.S.C.(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 award to Lamarian/Keane, Inc. without full and open competition is planned. This is not a Request for Proposal, nor is a RFP available. See Note 22. (051)

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