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70 -- COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) MUSEUM COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION Contact Ms. Dyra Monroe, Contracting Officer (202) 523-0059. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-5, the National Park Service (NPS) intends to enter into a non-competitive contract to purchase a state of the art COTS museum collection management software application and associated specialized professional services. This software will be installed in sixteen parks and centers as a test replacement for the obsolete NPS-developed product currently being used in over 320 parks, servicewide. Specification of a COTS product eliminates the possibility of acquisition of a proprietary product that is developed only for NPS and the development and expansion costs that accompany such an acquisition. Therefore, IAW authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(5) as implemented by FAR 6.302-5 the Government intends to enter into negotiations on a non-competitive basis with Advanced Computer Consulting Services (ACCS), Inc. within 30 days after the publication of this notice. However, all information received by this agency shall be considered. A determination not to open the requirement to competition based on responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the agency. This synopsis may represent the only notice of this action. (124)

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