Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

D -- ADP SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SERVICES SOL IFB-200-1-98 POC Contracting Officer, Albert Villalpando, (512)326-6027 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center, Austin, Texas, intends to negotiate a Sole Source Simplified Acquisition contract with Intersolv, Inc., 9420 Key West Ave., Rockville, Maryland 20850. This acquisition provides for software maintenance services to the following VA held licenses: 1) APS Development Center, including the products MV-APTR Application Painters; MV-GIDM MVS-IDMS DB, MV-IIDD, MVS-IDMS IDD, MV-GIDC, MVS IDMS DC MV CUSF Customization Facility, MV-OXLP On Line Express, MV-PPTR Program Printer, MV-ADIR Application Dictionary Utilities, MV-ONSD On Screen Document Facility, and CICS Generator. 2) APS/MVXS Customization Facility. No solicitation document exists, requests for such a document will be considered as non-responsive. Responses must include sufficient documentation to allow this office to evaluate the possibility of your firm to submit a valid proposal and must be received within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. (0209)

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