Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

70 -- RETRIEVALWARE ENTERPRISE SOL S-OPRAQ-98-M-2435 DUE 072898 POC Contact: Millie G. Pugliese, 703-875-5816 WEB: State Department Acquisition Web Site, http://www.statebuy.inter.net/home.htm. E-MAIL: RetrievalWare Enterprise, Pugliese.M.G.@Dosnetpo.US-State.Gov or Millie.G.Pugliese%dos.us-state.gov@state. NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE. The U.S. Department of State intends to negotiate a sole-source purchase with Excalibur Technologies Corporation as part of the overall continued operation of a new pc based local area network which was installed as an upgrade to the current Bureau-wide INRISS system. The U.S. Department of State currently uses Excalibur software. It is the intent of the U.S. Department of State to purchse ENT-150, RetrievalWare, Enterprise Software on 2 Systems w/150 additional concurrent user licenses (cumulative total 200 cu Licenses) with an additional platform (intel NT). Excalibur Technologies offers the U.S. Department of State a credit of the original purchase amount of retrievalWare Software, towards the license Upgrade. (Please do not use the internet E-Mail address for Millie Pugliese to inquire about this notice). Posted 07/16/98 (W-SN224635). (0197)

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