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D -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE DUE 090696 POC Contact, Karen E. Kincaid, 618-256-9707 Synopsis number 96290. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) intends to issue a purchase order to Sterling Software, 1800 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 22091-4382 for renewal of software maintenance for: SAMS Disk; Connect Direct Combo; Direct MVS-ARS Option; VM Manager (Account/Archiver/Backup/Monitor/Operator/Sort/Spool/Tape/Secure) ; Solve Acces; Answer Bridge; Answer Builder; Answer Extract; Answer Transact; Array Proc/Mark IV; DB Interface IMS; and Online Exec/Mark IV for the period 1 Oct 96 thru 31 Jan 98. This software is proprietary to Sterling and is therefore being acquired using other than full and open competition under the authority of 40 USC 759(g), Specific Make and Model. (0227)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0023 19960815\D-0008.SOL)