Immigration & Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I St., NW, Room 2208, Washington, DC 20536

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP POC Joseph M. Garforth Jr. 202-514-3630 The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) plans to issue a sole source modification of INS' Information Technology Partnership (ITP) contract ( COW-4-C-0018) with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation to increase the estimated value of the contract by $47 million. EDS was awarded this contract on August 30, 1994 through the competitive procurement process. The ITP contract is a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) contract for information technology services, including the full range of System Life Cycle Development (SDLC) activities, Computer Linked Application Information Management Systems (CLAIMS), Enforcement Case Tracking Systems (ENFORCE), Intelligent Computer-aided Detection System (ICAD), Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IDENT), Systems Alien Verification For Entitlements Program (SAVE), and Central Index Systems (CIS) just to name some of the programs that this contract supports. The purpose of the modification is to extend the contract capacity to allow (1) continuation of services to support INS initiatives between December 1997 and May 1998 when the successor Service Technology Alliance Resources (STARS) contracts are planned to be awarded and (2) services to support transitioning the work from the ITP contract to the STARS contracts from May through July 31, 1998. The STARS Request for Proposal (RFP) announcement was published in the CBD on August 5, 1997 with a planned competitive RFP release date of August 29, 1997. (0234)

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