U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts and Property Management, Mail Stop T-7-I-2, Washington, D.C. 20555

70 -- ENCORE SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICE SOL RS-HR-00-282 DUE 110899 POC Mary Mace, Contracting Officer, 301/415-7314/Paulette Smith, Contract Specialist, 301/415-6594 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to enter into a sole source contract with Encore Real Time Computing, Incorporated, for the acquisition of their Software Update Services (SUS) for four Government-owned Encore computer systems located at the NRC Technical Training Center (TTC) in Chattanooga, TN. The procurement shall be conducted using other than full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. The period of performance shall be for a three (3) year contract with two (2) one-year options. The NRC owns and uses one Encore 32/6780 computer, three Encore RSX computers, and three Encore Infinity computers with DEC Alpha processors connected to the RSX computers to run three full-scope nuclear reactor simulators for training purposes at the TTC. The SUS is required to update the various operating and utility software so the executive simulator software can be modified and upgraded. These computers utilize proporietary operating systems, customized executive systems and related software that are not available, off-the-shelf, commercially. Encore is the developer of this proprietary software and is the only organization which produces SUS materials for Encore computers. The types of software to be updated include the MPX-3 Release 3.x operating system and utilities, Fortran-77+ compiler, Scientific run-time library, Ethernet handler, COMM-32 DOD Architecture, AID debugger, MPX-32 Development system, Digital UNIX operating system, Digital Fortran-90 and C compilers, and Encore DRTX communication software. Interested respondents must submit a written capability statement including technical information sufficient to demonstrate a bona fide capability to meet this requirement to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contract and Property Management, Mail Stop: T-7-I-2, Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephonic responses and responses providing insufficient information for evaluation will not be considered. See Note 22. Posted 09/23/99 (W-SN383832). (0266)

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