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70 -- ORACLE SOFTWARE SOL 7030 POC Karen Staubs (703) 648-7372 (Contact) Susan Pimble (703)648-7358 (CO) The U.S. Geological Survey intends to modify its Contract No. 1434-HQ-96-CN-30329 with Oracle Corporation on a sole source basis to acquire 1) one 50 End-User Bundle for RDBMS, Distributed Option, Sql*Net, and TCP/IP; 2) an additional point of contact; 3) technical support for the 50 End-User Bundle; and 4) documentation. The reason no competition is anticipated is that Oracle has proprietary rights to all proposed software as developer of the software and does not sub-license any other organization to modify or maintain its proprietary product. This modification is a commercial item acquisition being conducted using the authority in FAR 13.106-2. Any questions should be addressed in writing to Ms. Susan Pimble at the address specified in this announcement or email to spimble@usgs.gov. (0311)

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