Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Acquisition Division, Room 3290, 650 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20226

70 -- MASTER LICENSE SOL BATF 97-19 DUE 071597 POC Contact Charles Logan, Contracting Officer on (202) 927-7717!! The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms intends to issue a Request for Proposal (BATF 97-19) on a sole source basis to Novell, Inc. This action is being done under the statutory authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 41 USC 253(c)(1)-Only One Responsible Source. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 90-46. There is no set-aside for this acquisition. The standard industrial classification code is 7372 with a small business size standard of $14.5 million average annual receipts. This acquisition will be for the purchase of a Novell Master Licensing Agreement for 3.X-4.X Netware (Qty 2,366), 3.X,4.X.1 Maintenance (QTY 6,466), LWP for Windows License (QTY 3,785), LWP for Windows Maintenance (QTY 4,100), SAA Maintenance (QTY 320) and FLEX IP Maintenance (QTY 31). Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certification-Commercial Items, with their offer. The following provisions shall be included in this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (relative order of importance of the evaluation factors in decending order of importance are: (1) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government's requirement; (2) past performance; (3) price. The contract will be firm fixed price. Responses are due within fifteen calendar days after the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered by the Government and are to reference BATF 97-19 and be addressed to Charles Logan at the above address. The response shall be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish capability to meet these requirements at a price lower than that which we can obtain from Novell, Inc. Numbered note 22 applies to this synopsis. Charles Logan (0181)

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