Department of Veterans Affairs (381), 1615 Woodward St., Austin, Texas 78772

D -- ADP SOFTWARE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND SOFTWARE BUY SOL 200-9-97 DUE 101596 POC Albert Villalpando-512/326-6027 The Department of Veterans Affairs Austin Automation Center, Austin, Texas intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Software Technologies Corp., 222 E. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, Ca. 91016. This contract provides for: 1) Technical support services using VA owned STC software products, and 2) Purchase of an additional software product ''DBS Communications Tool Set''. Responses must be in writing, must be received within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice, and must include pricing and documentation in sufficient detail to allow for the evaluation of service. Third party firms will be considered but only if responding with clear and convincing evidence that they have been granted rights to provide the services on proprietary software products identified herein. No solicitation documents are available and requests for such will be considered non-responsive. (0275)

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