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D -- SAS SITE LICENSE RENEWAL DUE 080597 POC Mary Anne Wright, Contract Specialist, on (202) 219-1159, Sylvia Brown, Contracting Officer, on (202) 219-1155 WEB: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Division of Procurement, http:www.usa.gov/ferc/procurement. E-MAIL: Mary Anne Wright, Contract Specilaist at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Div. of Procurement, Information Resources Procurement Branch, ma.wright@fed.gov. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), intends to renew site license Nos. 03622 and 15048 for software described below from SAS Institute Inc. The renewal period of service is effective October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. IBM Mainframe software required is as follows: SAS/BASE; SAS/GRAPH; SAS/CONNECT; SAS/AF; SAS/FSP; SAS/ASSIST; SAS/OR; SAS/STAT; SAS/ACCESS DATACOM/DB; WINDOWS VERSION-25 COPIES EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SAS/ECOBASIC; SAS/ACCESS; SAS/STATPLUS; OS2 VERSION 1-5 COPIES OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SAS/BASE; SAS/FSP; SAS/GRAPH; SAS/AF; SAS/STAT; SAS/ETS; SAS/OR. All interested vendors offering identical or equivalent services must identify their interest and fully document their capability to meet the agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within thirty (30) days of this notice. All requests must be in writing and include company name, telephone number, GSA contract number if applicable and itemized prices. All responses must be sent to the address listed aboveand add Attn: Mary Anne Wright, Contract Specialist reference EADP-98-0025. No telephone responses will be honored. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis of intent, the Contracting Officer, may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis of intent or otherwise request a copy of this solicitation. If no affirmative written responses are received within thirty (30) calendar days after the publication of this synopsis to the effect that a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the Government than purchasing from the open market, a order will be placed with SAS Institute Inc.***** (0219)

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