Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21207-0696

70 -- CRAM SYSTEM UPGRADE DUE 070197 POC Madeline Y. Tims Tel: (410) 965-9488xxxx The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue a sole source purchase order to TMSI of Richmond, Virginia to upgrade the Central Routing Assistance Monitor (CRAM). CRAM was developed jointly by SSA and TMSI by integrating TMSI's proprietary HubView PC polling software with the Excel spreadsheet on an OS2 based platform and utilizing IBM AT2 data collectors/processors at remote locations. The CRAM displays the call handling capacity of all the Teleservice Service Centers simultaneously on a single screen thereby providing vital information for the National 800 Number network routing decisions. The purpose of this requirement is to upgrade those hardware and software portions of the CRAM system which have become obsolete. The upgrade will include the Network Status release 3 integration software to operate on MS Windows NT. The Government will continue to retain/use the remaining portion of the overall CRAM, which consists of 21 AT2s valued at $47,250 and the OrbiTel polling software (UNIX based), recently acquired from TMSI, valued at $25,000. This is a follow-on requirement for the continued production of the CRAM pursuant to the authority under FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii). The upgraded CRAM will be able to collect records from 24 remote sites simultaneously and the collection and presentation process will be completed within 90 seconds of the first record received at the central unit. Files passed between systems making up the central processing unit will be handled via independent LAN and have the capability to interface and pass files to SSA~s IBM mainframe via SSA~s IBM token ring LAN. The upgrade will be fully tested for polling, have intersystem connectivity, file transfer and CRAM screen presentation prior to delivery and installation and include training and on-site technical assistance. Award is anticipated on or about July 1, 1997. This is not a request for proposal or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this publication. Note number 26 (0167)

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