U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Procurement and Property Branch, 320 First Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20534

J -- SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF ARCSERVE NT AND NETWARE ETC. SOL ADP-99-004 DUE 100698 POC Pratap Das, Contracting Officer, (202) 616-6150 The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue a sole source purchase order under simplified acquisition procedures to Computer Associates(CA), One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788-7000 towards the support(Tier 2 level)and maintenance of CA products for a period of twelve months on a 7x24 basis. The proposed service is required only towards the maintenance and support CA products, which are: (1)Clin# NTFFAR650EEC -- Arcserve for NT Enterprise edition -- support and maintenance -- Qty.-109; (2) Clin#NTFFTA300PEC -- Tape Library option for NT support and maintenance, Qty. -- 109; (3) Clin# NT=IL40-AS -- Inoculation option for Arcserve NT support & maintenance, Qty. -109; (4) Clin#NT-ORC20 -- Back-up agent for Oracle NT support and maintenance, Qty. -- 109; (5) Clin#NWAS61-EE -- Arcserve for NW Enterprise Edition -- support & maintenance, Qty. -- 119; (6) Clin# NWAS6C031 -- Changer option for NW support & maintenance, Qty. -- 119; and (7) Clin#NWFS5-250C -- FaxServe for NW 250 user support and maintenance, Qty. -- 1. No solicitation document exists. Prospective contractors should submit cost and technical data to be evaluated. Interested firms must indicate their ability to satisfy the requirement within 5(five) days of this notice. Interested firms will be considered only if they respond with clear and convincing documentation they are capable of meeting or exceeding the requirement stated herein at a cost sufficiently more advantageous than the contractor named. If no response is received within 5 days of this announcement, an award will be made to CA. For further information contact Pratap Das, Contract Specialist, (202) 616-6150. No collect calls will be accepted. Posted 09/29/98 (W-SN255904). (0272)

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