Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Group, Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225

70 -- SOFTWARE LICENSE SOL 98SQ810216 DUE 020498 POC Evelyn M. Tate, Contracitng Officer, 303/236-8040 extension 228 WEB: Bureau of Reclamation Denver Office Acquisition Home Page AAMS current solic listing, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden/AAMSsol.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's E-Mail Address, etate@do.usbr.gov. Concerns having the ability to furnish the following services are requested to give written notification, including a telephone number for a POC to the Acquisition office listed in this notice within 15 calendar days from the date of synopsis. The Bureau of Reclamation has a requirement to lease the ABAQUS software license. It is Reclamation's belief that Hibbitt, Karlsson, and Sorensen Inc., 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI, 02860-4847, is the only firm capable of providing this software license based on the fact that this firm possesses unique knowledge of the ABAQUS as the developer of the software. This is not a formal solicitation. However, concerns that respond shall provide detailed data concerning their capabilities and may request to receive a copy of the solicitation when and if it becomes available. This notice may represent the only official notice of such a solicitation. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 5045(Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software). The small business size standard is 500 employees. This is not a small business set-aside. The following FAR clauses apply: 52.216-23, 52.216-25 Alt I, 52.203-06 Alt1, 52.212-04, 52.212-05, 52.216-24, 52.232-29, 52.232-30, 52.232-33, 52.232-34, 52.239-01, 52.212-03, 52.204.06, 52.212-01, 52.212-02. (0020)

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