U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Procurement And Contracts Branch, Mail Stop O-20, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312

W -- SOFTWARE LEASE POC Arza Gardner, Contract Specialist, (202) 942-4997, Linda Sudhoff, CO, (202) 942-4990. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Compuware Federal, 8201 Greensboro Drive, McLean, Va. 22102, to lease the following software for a one year period: Abend-AID/XLS, Xpediter/CICS, and CICS Abend-aid/FX. These software tools are needed to recreate the existing SEC software environment for Y2K remidiation and testing. See Note 22. Posted 04/16/99 (W-SN321410). (0106)

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