USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, AAS, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Drop 5230, Beltsville, MD 20705-5230

99 -- DISCOVERWARE SOFTWARE SOL FSIS-19-W-99 DUE 051999 POC Kim Hersh, 301-504-4211 E-MAIL: kim.hersh@usda.gov, kim.hersh@usda.gov. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to make an award under the Simplified Acquisitions process to Discoverware, 926 5th Ave., SW, 5th Floor, Calgary, Alberta T2PN0N7, Canada, for the purchase of Discoverware software for Computer Training "Lite" CBT for FSIS specific application training, and development for existing COTS application training. The slaughter-line inspectors use an interface, which is used on the Word, Excel, and Outlook CBT's that is proprietary to Discoverware. Using the selected sections from existing Discoverware products will improve comprehension and retention of materials, as users can follow-up the basic training with already available identically structured in-depth training on the same course topics. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE. Discoverware is the only known source for providing this software. All interested concerns must identify their interest in writing and fully document their capability to meet the agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response by 05/19/99. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to 301-504-4276. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative response is received by May 19 to determine that a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the Government, negotiations will take place with Discoverware. There is no solicitation document available. Posted 05/03/99 (W-SN326739). (0123)

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