Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Procurement Office, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg, WV, 26101

70 -- SOFTWARE & MAINTENANCE SOL BMC-of-Sugarland-Sole-Source POC Sandy George, Contract Administrator, Phone (304) 480-7661, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email sjgeorge@bpd.treas.gov -- Wayne Jeffers, Contract Specialist, Phone (304) 480-6983, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=BMC-of-Sugarl and-Sole-Source&LocID=1743. E-MAIL: Sandy George, sjgeorge@bpd.treas.gov. Subject to final approval, the Bureau of the Public Debt intends to award a sole source contract to BMC Software Inc. of Sugarland, 6901 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817, to acquire license to the following proprietary BMC DB2 software products: Patrol DB-Admin KM, Patrol DB-Unload for UDB, Patrol DB-Change Manager for UDB, Patrol Agent/KM for AIX, Patrol KM for UDB, Patrol Developer Console for AIX, Patrol Operator Console for AIX, Patrol DB-Change Manager for UDB Client plus maintenance, new releases and upgrades for a system life through September 30, 2001. We will consider comparable products which can be shown to meet the following requirements: 1) must be compatible with BMC_s DB2 for OS/390, Alter and Unload Plus software which are run on the mainframe platform; 2) capability to run on an AIX platform; and 3) interface with IBM UDB V6 or higher. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Admin KM must meet the following functional requirements: allow for scheduling maintenance jobs, able to detect job execution problems, trend analysis, integrate with a change management type product, and track job status. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Unload for UDB must meet the following functional requirements: provide better performance than the IBM export function, integrate with current Admin tools being used, able to select rows and/or columns for unloads, able to break output into multiple files, output able to go to different media, able to handle multiple selects with one operation, and able to handle different formats for different output files. Alternatives to Patrol DB-Change Manager for UDB and UDB Client must meet the following functional requirements: allow for easily creating and modifying UDB structures, help facility, graphical interface, compatible with existing tools, generate scripts for the structures and able to operate associated utilities from the product. Alternatives to Patrol Agent/KM for AIX, Patrol KM for UDB, Patrol Developer Console for AIX, and Patrol Operator Console for AIX, must meet the following functional requirements: detect and view problems SQL, extend databases on overflow conditions, provide diagnostic log information, provide alerts, provide for automated discovery, produce DBA type reports (i.e. buffer pool analysis, locks, table space activities, etc.), report on the number and status of database connections, provide real-time information, provide logging information and provide a graphical interface. All affirmative responses must be in writing, and must be accompanied by clear and convincing evidence to clearly conform to the functional requirements outlined above. No solicitation document is available. A request for documentation will not be considered an affirmative response. If no affirmation written response is received, within 15 days after publication of this notice, to the effect that comparable items(s)/services is/are available, and that it is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these items/services through a sole-source contract with BMC, a sole-source acquisition award will be made. Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted. Posted 02/07/00 (D-SN422480). (0038)

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