DISA-DITCO/DTS42, 2300 East Drive, Bldg 3600, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5406

70 -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL DCA200-97-R-0063 DUE 042897 POC sally gettleman 618-256-9719 WEB: 70 -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE, http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Office, DMC Computer Technology Division, Procurement Branch (DITCO-DTS42), Scott AFB, IL, intends to issue a sole source contract to Sterling Software, 1800 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA, 22091. This acquisition allows for the sustainment of existing executive software licenses from Sterling Software, whether leased or owned, while also providing the ability to add lease/maintenance coverage as the DISA inventory gorws either as a result of the consolidations or replacement of software products via other procurement actions. This supports continuity of operations during the DISA consolidation efforts in response to the DMRDs and Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) by retaining the current executive software operating environment. All the executive software lease/maintenance support services from Sterling Software are for Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Software for which DISA is responsible. Maintenance services consist of: regularly recurring maintenance; new releases and versions (at no additional cost); right to bring DISA facilities up to the same release level; corrections, revisions with best effort for error detection and correction of reported errors; enhancement to current products with accomplaying instruction for implementation and operation; and technical support for operational questions, problems or failures. This acquisition provides the ability to implement machine group upgrades through the highest group level when new CPUs are delivered or workload leveling requires loading the software onto a different CPU at a DISA facility. This acquisition allows for the inclusion of lease/maintenance services for additional executive software products justified and purchased via separate contracting actions. Executive Software is defined as: Operating Systems, System Admininstration, Data Base, Interactive Systems (On-Line), Communications, Network Access Control, Systems Security, Bridging, Network Managmenet, Graphics, Training, and Customer Assistance software. The central site identificaiton will be DISA Computer Systems Engineering, 4375 Chidlaw Road, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-5006. The resultant contract will be a 60 month (1 base year plus 4 option years) firm fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. Point of contact is Sally Gettleman, 618-256-9719. SIC Code 7372 (0053)

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