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

D -- SOFTWARE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 200-6-98 POC Contracting Officer, Albert Villalpando, 512/326-6027 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center, Austin, TX intends to negotiate a sole source Simplified Acquisition contract with Software Technologies Corporation, of Arcadia, California. This acquisition provides for Technical Software Support services to the VA held licensed product: STC DataGate Software which includes: 1) all DataGate Modules, 2) DataGate Libraries, 3) DataGate Headers, and 3) Communication Clients. 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 the publication of this notice. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. (0234)

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