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70 -- WORD PROCESSORS AND DESKTOP PUBLISHERS FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS PRODUCT LINE POC National Product Line Asset Center (NPLACE) Suitability Testing Representative, 1-800-495-3877. The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization tasked to be an impartial participant in suitability testing commercial off-the-shelf software products for the USAF Electronic Systems Center (ESC), is seeking fully developed Word Processor and Desktop Publisher products for suitability testing. As part of an overall plan for acquisition reform, ESC is implementing a product line acquisition strategy that leverages extensive use of commercial off-the-shelf software components. This approach was described in CBD announcement PSA-1493, Section 58, December 19, 1995. ESC is ready to begin the suitability testing phase for the Word Processor and Desktop Publisher component area of the Generic Command Center Architecture (GCCA) developed under the PRISM program. Software vendors are encouraged to submit fully functional evaluation copies of Word Processor and Desktop Publisher software that runs on Solaris 2.x and/or Windows NT for suitability testing against the Word Processor and Desktop Publisher criteria, and for placement on the Command Center Product Line Product List (PLPL). To obtain a copy of the product submittal package or for more information, contact the NPLACE Word Processor and Desktop Publisher Suitability Testing Representative at 1-800-495-3877 or through the world-wide-web at http://www.nplace.wvhtf.org. Interested sources should contact NPLACE within 30 days of the publication of this synopsis. All responsible concerns may submit suitable products for testing and all such submittals will be considered without prejudice. This synopsis does not commit the WVHTC Foundation or the Government to a procurement action. (0177)

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