Commanding Officer, USCG Operations Systems Center, Kearneysville, WV 25430

D -- SOFTWARE TOOL SOL DTCGG3-99-P-TWV189 DUE 021299 POC Kathy P. Klein, Contracting Officer, 304-264-2566 This is notice of intent to purchase on a sole source basis. The U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center recently purchased on a sole source basis the McCabe Year 2000 (Y2K) Server and parser as a tool to safeguard against undetected Y2K problems and to perform follow-on work. This action was synopsized in the CBD on September 15, 1998. The McCabe Visual 2000 tool was purchased because of its unique capabilities to perform functions beyond Y2K efforts. It can be used as a metric analyzer to ensure that code developed in the future is not overly complex and meets standards. This tool provides documentation and graphical displays of a software system's design and architecture. It supports reverse engineering and on-going maintenance of software by automatically identifying redundant modules. It compares restructured or changed modules against the original version or design to find differences or discrepancies. The Marine Safety Information System (MSIS), a Coast Guard mission critical system, is in process of being re-hosted onto another platform and two McCabe Visual Language Parsers are needed. The parsers will greatly reduce the risk of software failure in MSIS from Y2K in accordance with the MSIS Contingency Plan. As such, the Operations Systems Center intends to procure, on a sole source basis, the following: Item (1) -- 1 McCabe Visual 2000C Language Parser, Item (2) -- 1 McCabe Visual 2000C++ Language Parser, Item (3) -- McCabe Visual 2000 Training Course for up to 15 attendees. McCabe&Associates, 5501 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 111, Columbia, Maryland is believed to be the only known source with the stated capabilities to fulfill this requirement. Other vendors who can furnish this requirement are invited to submit clear and convincing data substantiating their capability to furnish the entire requirement. Vendors failing to provide complete information for an accurate comparison will not be considered. Responses to this inquiry must be received no later than 4:30 PM on Friday, February 12, 1999, and shall be addressed to Commanding Officer, ATTN: Kathy P. Klein, U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center, 600 Coast Guard Drive, Kearneysville, WV 25430. All responses must be in writing. Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN295095). (0035)

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