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D -- SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUED USAGE, UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE OF STERLING COMMERCE, INC. SOFTWARE SOL JAJMD-00-0075 POC Thomas Sowa (202) 307-1921 E-MAIL: Thomas A. Sowa, Contracting Officer, thomas.a.sowa@usdoj.gov. The Department of Justice (DOJ) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Sterling Commerce, Incorporated (Sterling), 5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 1500, Irving, TX 75039 for continued usage, upgrades and maintenance, as needed, for existing proprietary software currently installed at the Justice Data Centers in Rockville, MD and Dallas, TX. The proprietary software products currently licensed for use by DOJ include Connect:Direct VM, SNA and ARS. The negotiations will provide for sixty (60) months of software maintenance and support services, which includes one (1) base year plus four (4) one-year options to extend the term of the resultant contract. The required software maintenance support shall include, but is not limited to, providing new releases, updates, documentation and corrections to the software. Any additional functions to the software should be provided as they become available in order to ensure continued reliability and functionality. In addition there shall be a provision for the upgrade of the software product in the event of an operating system or processor change. The authority for negotiating on an other than full and open basis is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested parties will have fifteen (15) days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities (i.e., technical specifications, brochures, and price lists), in the critical areas mentioned above. Responses received without the requested information may be considered nonresponsive to this synopsis. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon written responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses shall be submitted to the address shown above to the attention of the Contracting Officer, Thomas A. Sowa, referencing RFP No. JAJMD-00-0075. See Note 22.***** Posted 12/16/99 (W-SN409155). (0350)

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