Virginia Contracting Activity, P.O. Box 46563, Washington, DC 20050-6563

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOL 462/0010Z/98 DUE 102097 POC Purchasing Agent, SHARON STEWART, (202) 231-2825 The Virginia Contracting Activity, on behalf of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), intends to solicit and negotiate with Sterling Software USA on a sole source basis to award a service purchase order for software maintenance support for Sterling Software's VMCENTER/ESA, XMENU/RT and V/SEG-PLUS/ESA software products for the period date of award through 30 Sep 98. Other sources capable of satisfying this requirement are invited to submit clear and convincing data substantiating their capability to satisfy this requirement. All responses should reference PR 462/0010Z/98. Interested parties have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competition basis. Responses received without the requested information may be considered non-responsive to this synopsis. Oral communications are not acceptable to this synopsis. A determination by the Virginia Contracting Activity not to compete this proposed procurement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this synopsis is solely within the discretion of the Virginia Contracting Activity. Please indicate business size. THIS PROCUREMENT IS PRESENTLY SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. (0276)

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