EPA, ADP Placement Section (3803F), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

70 -- EPA NOVELL INTRANETWARE MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT DUE 041797 POC Mark L. Hopkins, Contracting Officer, 202-260-8219 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to procure a Novell Master License Agreement (MLA) for Novell IntranetWare LAN Operating System licenses for a 12 month base period and four 12 month option periods. This Master License shall provide maintenance and upgrades for the Agency's existing 20,728 IntranetWare LAN nodes licenses, and allow up to 3,000 additional LAN node licenses to be added to the MLA. The MLA shall also provide the following: 1)The authority to utilize other/earlier supported releases of the Novell LAN operating system, such as NetWare 4.1X, and 3.12 on an unlimited number of LAN servers; 2)The licensed nodes may access any of the Agency's LAN servers running any version of the Novell operating system; 3)24 x 7 toll-free telephone hotline support from Novell's customer technical support personnel; 4)Assignment of a Service Account Manager (SAM); 5)Preferred access to senior support engineers on a 24 x 7 basis; 6)An annual subscription to the Network Support EncyclopediaProfessional Volume technical infobase; 7)Beta Test priority consideration; 8)Single Senior Management contact for resolving major problems; 9)Briefings for EPA management on the status of new developments in Novell's IntranetWare products; 10)Coupons toward Novell-certified training classes commensurate with EPA's level of licensing under the MLA; 11)The authority to reproduce IntranetWare from CD-ROM Master Copies up to the license quantities of the MLA, and reproduce associated electronic and hardcopy documentation, as necessary, for distribution to EPA and EPA contractor staff; 12)The authority to negotiate a fixed price for the MLA for the entire five year period, including additional licenses, upgrades and maintenance, and conduct a single annual procurement action (i.e. purchase requisition/delivery order) for new licenses issued during that year and annual maintenance of all existing licenses. Quarterly invoicing shall be used to keep these licenses current. The intent of this synopsis is to identify potential sources that are able to meet these Novell IntranetWare MLA licensing requirements. No solicitation is currently available. All interested parties must respond within 15 calendar days of the publication date of this announcement. Therefore, the last day for receipt of written responses to this announcement is 04/17/97. Offerors who assert the ability to meet these requirements must submit written evidence, signed by Novell, Inc. of Novell's authorization for the offeror to be included in an MLA relationship (i.e. fulfill the terms of a Novell Master License Agreement). Written responses in the form of a routine letter requesting a copy of an solicitation will be ignored. Responses shall be submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attention: Mark L. Hopkins (3803F), 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460. Vendors' response shall be in writing and reference "EPA Novell IntranetWare Master License Agreement". Telephone requests will not be honored. (0092)

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