U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: OARMSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

70 -- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GSI) SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL PR-RT-99-00304 POC Pamela Smith, Purchasing Agent/Contracting Officer (919)-541-0635 70 -- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE. EPA has identified a requirement for maintaining its installed base of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software during the period April 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999. EPA uses GIS for support of environmental decision-making through acquisition, management, analysis, and display of environmental information in its spatial context on EPA's centralized computing platforms. A brief description of these functions of EPA's centralized computing platforms follows. EPA's centralized computing platforms are located at its National Computer Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C. EPA's centralized computing platforms for GIS include Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General, Sun, HP, and Windows NT servers and workstations. These platforms support a wide range of scientific and administrative applications that are critical to EPA's mission. EPA's requirement includes software maintenance, software bug fixes, and software upgrades. EPA is not aware of any organization, besides Environmental Systems Research Inc. (ESRI), Redland, California, that can meet the full range of EPA's maintenance requirements for its installed base of GIS software. The software contains proprietary information that cannot be accessed by anyone but ESRI, the software vendor. Continued availability of the required maintenance services for these critical data analysis components is necessary to ensure that EPA can provide information services without disruption. Any disruption to these services could have a serious negative impact on the Agency's mission to protection the nation's environment. EPA plans on entering into a sole source procurement with Environmental Systems Research Inc., 380 New York Street, Redland, California 92373 for the GIS software maintenance. Interested parties who believe they can provide the required services are invited to submit, in writing, an affirmative response demonstrating an ability to immediately provide the GIS software maintenance. Any written response must be received no later than 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Responses without the required decoumentation will be considered non-responsive. This is NOT a formal notice of solicitation. No telephone or facsimile request will be honored. See Note 22.***** Posted 03/15/99 (W-SN308693). (0074)

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