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D -- SOFTWARE LICENSE UPGRADE AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL JOJMD-99-0022 DUE 043099 POC Linda Payne (202) 307-1957 70 -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with SAS Institute, Incorporated, SAS Campus Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27512 for the software licensing, maintenance, and upgrades as needed of various SAS proprietary software products which are utilized by the DOJ. These products include SAS Base, SAS Graph, SAS ETS, SAS FSP, and SAS Stat. The authority is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The required software maintenance support shall include, but is not limited to, providing new releases, updates, documentation and corrections to the software. Any additional functions to the software should be provided as they become available in order to ensure continued reliability and functionality. In addition there should be provision for the upgrade of the software product in the event of an operating system or processor change. The negotiations will provide for sixty (60) months of softwarelicensing and maintenance. Interested parties will have fifteen (15) days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities, (i.e., technical specifications, brochures, and price lists), in the critical areas mentioned above. Responses received without the requested information may be considered nonresponsive to this synopsis. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon written responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses shall be submitted to the address shown above to the attention of the Contracting Officer, Linda Payne, referencing JOJMD-99-0022. See Note 22.**** Posted 03/12/99 (W-SN307895). (0071)

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