U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Purchasing Division, Room 1230, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611

70 -- YEAR 2000 DATA CONVERSION SOFTWARE POC Mr. Paul T. Ahern, (312/751-7130). The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) seeks information about the availability of Year 2000 Data Conversion Software for an IBM 3090-400J computer under the MVS-ESA operating system. The software being sought would assist the RRB in converting dates and dates fields in legacy software systems to accommodate years beyond 1999. The software package(s) shall have the characteristics and capabilities listed below. Firms providing information must furnish information as to whether their product(s) provide(s) the following functions or has the following characteristics: 1.) Must run on the aforementioned mainframe computer and under the stated operating system; 2.) Must be compatible with the RRB's data processing environment consisting of IBM 3090-400J mainframe, MVS/ESA, IDMS DB/DC (release 12.0), CA-ADS, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, OS/VS COBOL, and CA-LCS/CMF; 3.) Must allow concurrent users; 4.) Must process all programs in a system in one run; 5.) Must locate date fields in program source code, ++INCLUDE and COBOL COPY members by analyzing field name, COBOL picture clause, and data movement; 6.) Must allow user to add or eliminate date field names for searching; 7.) Must advance the user to date fields in the ISPF session; 8.) Must have sample date routine ISPF edit MACROS for insertion into source code; 9.) Must provide impact analysis reports at both program and system level. Conversions can be done by expanding fields from 2-digit year format to 4-digit year format. Conversions can also be done by changing program logic using windowing techniques. Impact analysis reports must estimate time cost and level of complexity for both the field expansion conversion method and the change in program logic method. Interested parties should submit hardcopy technical literature describing the software product(s), pricing list and General Services Administration (GSA) contract number, if applicable. Interested firms shall also provide a statement on company letterhead of their qualifications, experience and references describing the degree to which the software product proposed can comply with the above requirements. The vendor hardcopy documents must be received at the RRB by close of business, April 19, 1996. THIS IS NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP). NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. No telephone calls will be accepted. Any further questions regarding this Request for Information (RFI) must be in writing on company letterhead and can be faxed to (312) 751-4923 to the contact person above. The RRB shall not send an acknowledgement of receipt of any firm's information submission. (082)

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