U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: CMB-A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

D -- MAINTENANCE FOR OPMAN AND INFOPAC SOFTWARE SOL PPPPP-13 POC Pamela E. Smith, Contracting Officer (919) 541-0635 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate sole source with Mobius Management Systems, Inc. One Ramada Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801, for continued software maintenance services subject to the availability of FY-98 funds. The software is installed on the Agency's IBM 9X2 CPU. The maintenance services for the software listed below includes usage rights, enhancements, correction of errors and omissions, and all updates necessary for synchronization to changes in the IBM hardware and operating system software. The Agency's requirement for maintenance support is for the following software modules: INFOPAC OPMAN,INFOPAC RDS(CORE), INFOPAC RDS(UNLIMITED VTAM SESSIONS). EPA believes Mobius Management Systems, Inc. is the only vendor capable of satisfying the software maintenance requirements stated above. The period of performance is expected to be from November 11, 1997 through November 22, 1998. No Solicitation is available. All interested parties must respond within 15 days of the date of this announcement. Interested vendors shall: 1) include information on the proposed services which clearly supports the requirements outline above and; 2) provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. Response to this synopsis must be made in writing. Submit response to the U.S. EPA, Attn: Pamela E. Smith (MD-33), Contracts Management Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephonic or faxed request will be honored. See Note 26." (0232)

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