NIMA, PCE/D-88, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816-5003

A -- NIMA COLLABORATION CENTER SUPPORT SOL NMA202-98-C-1006 POC Dan Hinchberger, Contract Specialist, (301)227-4244 The National Imagery and Mapping Agency intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with EDS, Herndon, VA, for support of the NIMA Collaboration Center. This is a follow-on contract to extend the current hardware/software support. The contractor employee performing the effort will require expertise in the following software packages: Group Technologies Aspects, Symantec MORE, EDS Collaborator, Aldus Persuasion, and C.A. Facilitator. EDS is the only contractor with the specialized experience to maintain the collaboration center. The estimated period of performance of this contract is one year. Authority for this sole source procurement is U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B) and FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii). Firms that believe they are capable of performing the work described above are encouraged to identify themselves and provide written notification to the Contract Specialist within 15 days after the publication date of this synopsis. The final determination to open this requirement to competition based on any information provided, is solely within the discretion of the government. All responsible sources will be given full consideration. Only written responses will be considered. (0304)

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