Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, ATTN: M:P, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

70 -- VERITAS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE DUE 083199 POC Cynthia Smith (202) 283-1351 The Internal Revenue Service intends to issue a purchase order to Veritas, 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043 for software maintenance of the following items: Veritas NetBackup Server, Window NT, Vertias NetBackup Robotics Ext., Veritas NetBackup Client, Veritas NetBackup Client Sequent PTX, Veritas NetBackup DB Ext/Oracle. Sequent PTX, Veritas NetBackup DB Ext MS Exchange, Veritas NetBackup DB Ext MSl-SQL, Veritas NetBackup Server, Veritas NetBackup Client, Veritas NetBackup DB EXT Oracle. All responsible sources who can provide the above requirements at prices, terms and conditions equal to or better than those which can be provided by Veritas, should submit clear and convincing data in writing substantiating an ability to furnish the entire requirement. Responses to this notice must be received by this office within 5 days of the date of this publication. All responses should be sent to: Internal Revenue Service, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Room 700/CONN, Attn: Cynthia Smith, M:P:I:CS. Responses will be accepted by facisimile at (202) 283-1533. Facsimile responses must contain signatures, arrive at the place and by the time specified in the synopsis and may not exceed 10 pages. The Goverment will not be responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of any facsimile information. If a response is received that meets the Government's requirement, and analysis of both technical and pricing documentation indicates a competitive acquisition would be more advantageous to the Government, a formal solicitation may be issued. No solicitation document exists for this requirement. Requests for the same will be considered non-responsive. If no compelling responses are received, award will be made to Veritas by August 13, 1999. Posted 08/04/99 (W-SN363128). (0216)

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