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D -- COMPLETE AND FINAL CONVERSION OF CALIBRATION PROGRAM'S COMPUTER SYSTEM FROM UNISYS MAINFRAME TO DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING PC ENVIRONMENT SOL 52SBNB7C1079 DUE 040297 POC Contract Specialist, Keith Kennedy, (301) 975-6325, Contracting Officer, Sandra L. Febach, (301) 975-6326 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This announcement modifies the original announcement published February 20, 1997, and numbered 034037. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to acquire from Summit Research Corp. (SRC), Gaithersburg, MD, services which complete database conversion for the Calibration Program's computer system from a UNISYS mainframe to a distributed processing PC environment. The estimated period of performance is nine months. FOB destination. This requirement follows a prior requirement for similar services which SRC accomplished. SRC has assisted the Calibration Program to select the appropriate relational database system, and has begun customizing this database to serve specific Calibration Program needs. SRC possesses the knowledge of the Calibration Program database, knows the structure, how it operates, and has completed part of the final product. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. NIST intends to solicit one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1. However, NIST shall consider all capability statements received within 45 days after the date of this synopsis. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting a written capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information on qualifications needed to perform these services. NIST must receive all of the above to determine whether to open this requirement for competition. See Numbered Note 22. (0059)

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