Minerals Management Service, Box 25165, Mail Stop 2730, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0165

D -- PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENT POC Mary A. Haden, 303-275-7376, Contracting Officer The Minerals Management Service (MMS) intends to award a Purchase Order to DoxSys. Inc., 4800 Hampden Lane, Third Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, utilizing other than full and open competition for proprietary software enhancements of the ViewStar workflow application in the MMS Integrated Document Management System (IDMS). DoxSys, Inc. is the only ViewStar authorized distributor of this proprietary software allowed to modify or enhance. They have a unique knowledge of the MMS IDMS system, production systems and processes required for these enhancements. No solicitation is available for this sole source acquisition. Authority for this non-competitive acquisition is found under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). (0226)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0032 19970819\D-0003.SOL)