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D -- TELEPROCESSING SERVICES CONTRACT EXTENSION POC Contact Susie Bolling, Contracting Officer, (202) 720-3211 THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXPECTS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, AN EXTENSION TO TELEPROCESSING SERVICES CONTRACT 53-3142-9-1022 WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN DATA SYSTEMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE (NASS). THE CONTRACT CURRENTLY HAS A SYSTEM LIFE OF 8 YEARS. THE MODIFICATION IS TO EXTEND SYSTEMS LIFE BY 1 FISCAL YEAR. NASS's MISSION IS TO ADMINISTER THE USDA'S PROGRAM OF COLLECTING, COMPILING, AND DISSEMINATING CURRENT NATIONAL AND STATE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. THE EXTENSION TO THE SYSTEM LIFE WILL ALLOW NASS THE TIME IT NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEWLY DEVELOPED CLIENT SERVER DATABASE APPLICATIONS, COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF ITS WIDE AREA NETWORK, AND TO EVALUATE THE MAINFRAME REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT ITS RECENTLY EXPANDED MISSION TO CONDUCT THE NATIONAL CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. DURING THE 1 YEAR EXTENSION TO THE SYSTEMS LIFE, NASS WILL REQUIRE THE VENDOR TO SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS TO SUPPORT EXISTING APPLICATIONS: ABENDAID/CICS, VERSION 5.4 BY COMPUWARE; ABENDAID/MVS, VERSION 6.1.4 BY COMPUWARE; ADABASE, VERSION 5.1.8 BY SOFTWARE AG; ASSEMBLER H VERSION 2.1 BY IBM; AUTOMATED SPACE MGT SYSTEM II VERSION 3.0.3 BY COMPUTER ASSOCIATES; BOOK MANAGER VERSION 2.0, BY IBM; CA/OPTIMIZER VERSION 5.1 BY COMPUTER ASSOCIATES; CA/OPTIMIZER II VERSION 1.2 BY COMPUTER ASSOCIATES; CICS/MVS VERSION 2.1.2 BY IBM; COBOL ANS IV VERSION 1.5, BY IBM; COBOL COMPILER AND LIBRARY VERSION 1.2.4 BY IBM; COBOL PROMPTER VERSION 1.4 BY IBM; DFSMS/MVS VERSION 1.2 BY IBM; DFSORT VERSION 1.12 BY IBM; EASYTRIEVE/PLUS VERSION 6.1.4 BY COMPUTER ASSOCIATES; FAST ANALYSIS TAPE AND RESTORE VERSION 4.3.8 BY INNOVATION DATA PROC; FDR/CPK VERSION 5.0.E BY INNOVATION DATA PROC; FDR/DSF VERSION 5.2.9 BY INNOVATION DATA PROC; FORTRAN IV G1 VERSION 2 BY IBM; GRAPHIC DATA DISPLAY MANAGER VERSION 2.3, BY IBM; ISPF VERSION 3.3 BY IBM; JES2 VERSION 4.2, BY IBM; MVS/SP ESA VERSION 4.3 BY IBM; NATURAL VERSION 2.1.6, BY SOFTWARE AG; NATURAL CONSTRUCT VERSION 3.1.2, BY SOFTWARE AG; NATURAL GRAPHICS VERSION 2.1.4 BY SOFTWARE AG; NATURAL SECURITY VERSION 2.1.6 BY SOFTWARE AG; NATURAL SECURITY VERSION 2.1.4 BY SOFTWARE AG; NETMASTER VERSION 2.1 BY STERLING SOFTWARE; PDS/E VERSION 3.2 BY SERENA; PKZIP VERSION 2.1 BY ASI; PROCMAN VERSION 3 BY TONE; RACF VERSION 1.9, BY IBM; SAS VERSION 6.8 BY SAS INSTITUTE; SAS FSP-OS VERSION 6.8 BY SAS INSTITUTE; SAS IML VERSION 6.8 BY SAS INSTITUTE; SAS STAT VERSION 6.8 BY SAS INSTITUTE; SIMPC MASTER VERSION 4 BY SIMWARE; SIMXFER VERSION 1.1 BY SIMWARE; SUPER OPTIMIZER VERSION 2.5 BY BMC SOFTWARE; SYNCSORT/MVS VERSION 3.5 BY SYNCSORT; TCAM VERSION 2.4 BY IBM; TCP/IP VERSION 3.3 BY IBM; THE MONITOR FOR CICS VERSION 8.2 BY LANDMARK SYSTEMS COR; TSO/EDIT FSE VERSION 6.1.14 BY APPLIED SOFTWARE; TSO/E VERSION 2.4 BY IBM; VS/COBOL II VERSION 1.4 BY IBM; VTAM VERSION 3.4 BY IBM; VTAM PRINTER SUPPORT VERSION 6.1 BY LEVI, RAY AND SHOUP; STACK BY LOCKHEED MARTIN; 3270-PC FTP FOR TSO VERSION 1.1 BY IBM. THE CONTRACT WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING BASIC REQUIREMENTS: 1) ALL SSOs AND WASHINGTON, D.C., MUST PROCESS ON A CENTRAL COMPUTER CONFIGURATION HAVING COMPLETE FILE SHARING; -2) ALL NASS UNITS MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE PROGRAM AND DATA FILES AS NEEDED TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND COST; -3) THE CENTRAL COMPUTER CONFIGURATION MUST BE ABLE TO PROCESS BOTH BATCH AND INTERACTIVE CONCURRENTLY AND INTERCHANGEABLY;-4) THE TELEPROCESSING SERVICE MUST BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY RECEIVE DATA SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED TO THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SITE FROM ALL SSOs; -5) THE TELEPROCESSING SERVICE MUST PROVIDE A PRACTICAL, TIMELY, AND ECONOMICAL METHOD OF BROADCASTING RELEASES TO ALL SSOs; -6) THE CENTRAL COMPUTER CONFIGURATION MUST HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PROCESS LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA WITHIN SHORT TIMEFRAMES; -7) THE CENTRAL COMPUTER CONFIGURATION MUST BE ABLE TO PROCESS A LARGE NUMBER OF REMOTE BATCH JOBS DURING PEAK PROCESSING CAUSED BY THE NASS RELEASE DATES; -8) A HIGH LEVEL OF FILE AND DATA SECURITY MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE OPERATING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL DATA. THE CONTRACT MODIFICATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 1, 1996. AT THE TERMINATION OF THE EXTENDED SYSTEM LIFE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION FOR NASS's NEWLY DEFINED TELEPROCESSING REQUIREMENTS. THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IS 10 U.S.C. 2304(C) (1). ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE. SEE NUMBERED Note 22. NO OTHER NOTICE WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT MODIFICATION. SUSIE A. BOLLING CONTRACT OFFICER. (0264)

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