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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 27,1997 PSA#1791Department of the Treasury (DY), Financial Management Service, 401 14th
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227 D -- IBM INFORMATION NETWORK LINK SOL RFP-FMS-97-0006 POC Ross Dence,
Contract Specialist, (202) 874-6788 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the
Contract Specialist via e-mail., ross.dence@fms.sprint.com. The
Treasury Department, Financial Management Service, intends to enter
into a sole source contract with IBM Corporation, 6705 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20817, for database services that are necessary to provide
user friendly online access to IBM's technical and marketing
information related to the Financial Management Service's computers
(IBM 9672 Model R83), operating systems (390 OS/390, MVS, and VM), and
communications systems (OS/390, MVS, VM VTAM, MVS Network Control
Program, and 3745 communications systems). The above database services
shall provide access to IBM's: (1) press releases, product
announcements, software catalogs, publications information, dealer
lists, education schedules, systems and product guides, sales data,
discount schedules, H/W and S/W prices, and industry related solutions;
(2) order backlogs, product delivery schedules, order entry
information, electronic invoicing, credit sales terms, and product
configurators; (3) technical support in the form of flashes and
bulletins on products and services and the ability for the Financial
Management Service's employees to ask technical questions and receive
answers; (4) H/W and S/W authorized program analysis request (APAR) and
program temporary fix (PTF) information, automatic software alerts,
electronic delivery of PTFs, preventative service planning information,
APAR status tracking, and creation and tracking of level two software
defect reports; and (5) communications capability to electronically
exchange notes and files with product personnel related to all of the
above services. The services shall be based on System Network
Architecture (SNA). The contractor shall ensure the continuous
operation of the 9600 bps voice grade analog leased line connection
from the Financial Management Service in Hyattsville, MD to a local
node. Other vendors who believe they can meet these requirements should
respond in writing to Department of the Treasury, Financial Management
Service, Ross Dence, 401 14th Street, SW, Rm 457B, Washington, DC,
20227 within 15 days of this notice providing proficient technical data
and documentation to demonstrate comparable capabilities. (0056) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0031 19970227\D-0004.SOL)
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