Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279

70 -- APPLICATION VANTAGE SOL Reference-Number-MFK-00-AV DUE 021100 POC Marcia Katz, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659477, Fax 4109659560, Email marcia.katz@ssa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-MFK-00-AV&LocID=2422. E-MAIL: Marcia Katz, marcia.katz@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to acquire the following software items from Optimal Networks Inc. The software items are as follows: Application Vantage Software License (1 ea.); 1 Year Maintenance for Application Vantage (1 ea.); Base Database Bundle (Oracle & DB2-AS400) (1 ea.); 1 Year Maintenance for Base Database Bundle (Oracle & DB2-AS400 (1 ea.); Introduction to Optimal Application Vantage Training (one day onsite for 4 people). Application Vantage is an upgrade to an already existing tool called Application Expert which SSA currently is using. Application Vantage will be used to assess applications hosted on NT workstations and servers. These applications communicate across a token-ring network. By decomposing these exchanges between networked components, automatically analyzing the traced data and reporting results in graphical and textual format, this product will enhance a SSA components responsiveness to productions and development application performance assessment requests. Optimal Networks, Inc. is the only known source capable of providing the software items mentioned above. Vendors capable of providing software that meets SSA's needs are invited to submit complete information, pricing and GSA schedules. Interested parties must respond in writing 15 calendar days from the date of this publication. Please refer to MFK-00-AV. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY! This is not a request for proposal. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE HONORED OR ACKNOWLEDGED. Posted 01/27/00 (D-SN419336). (0027)

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