Department of the Treasury (DY), Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Rm 450A, Washington, DC 20227

D -- DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF FRB EXPANDED FUND TRANSFER MESSAGE FORMATS POC Sharon Whitaker, Contract Specialist, (202) 874-7272. The Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service intends to issue a contract modification to Keystone Computer Associates, Inc., 1055 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034. The purpose of the modification is to increase the level of effort and total dollar value of the current sole source contract with Keystone for the acquisition of a Banking Communication System (BCS), and related customization and maintenance services. The BCS, which was purchased from Keystone in 1995, supports hundreds of Federal Program Agencies by transmitting Fedwire and Same Day Payment Request payment authorization to the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New York. Keystone is certified by the FRB as a provider of the BCS Fedwire fund transfer services, and is the only vendor known to have an off-the-shelf system which provides a direct link between an IBM 43XX platform and the Fedwire network. The modification will authorize Keystone to develop and implement new expanded fund transfer message formats recently approved by the FRB. Interested vendors must submit a written capability statement, including technical information sufficient to demonstrate a bonafide capability to meet this requirement, to the address shown above. Vendors not submitting this information or merely requesting a copy of the contract will be considered nonresponsive. All information must be in writing and received within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0255)

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