Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Rm. 4210, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229

D -- DATA BASE, ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES. SOL CS-97-005 DUE 091396 POC Terence Lew, Contracting Officer, 202-927-0423. The U.S. Customs Service intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis (RFP No. CS-97-005) a labor-hour type contract with Computer Assocaites International Inc., Reston, Virginia to acquire data base administration, management and software support services on an interim basis for a period of performance up to 6 months (3 months base period and 3 one-month option periods) until a competitive follow-on contract (CS-96-014) is awarded. The authority for this acquisition will be 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. It has been determined that Computer Associates is uniquely qualified to perform the data base services at the anticipated award date of October 1, 1996 without a transition period and without a severe disruption to the Customs Data Center. This is due to Computer Associates in-depth knowledge, expertise and familiarity with Customs data base management systems which was gained from providing these services to Customs since 1991. If another vendor was selected to perform this interim contract, it is anticipated that Customs would experience an unacceptable delay, incur substantial duplication of costs, and result in severe degradation of services. The POC is Terence Lew, Contractng Officer, 202-927-0423. See Note 22. (0226)

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