Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

70 -- SOFTWARE SOURCES SOUGHT (OMEGAMON II FOR MVS V4.0.0, SUPERSESSION VI.4.7.G, AF/OPERATOR V2.4.0) DUE 042800 POC Contracting Offcier -- Greg Hamberg The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, Texas, is contemplating negotiating a sole-source procurement with Candle Corporation, for a new software licenses for the subject products. Maintenance support, which is included in the first year at no extra cost, includes providing updates and enhancements to the software and providing reasonable technical support. Since this procurement involves acquiring new software products this notice is being issued as a sources-sought for comparable products with the same functionality. It is contemplated that the software will be installed on a CPU with 128 MIPS or 22 MSUs at the AAC. Respondents must clearly demonstrate how their products compare to Candle Corporation's products by function. The Government must be able to use the software at no additional cost to process data on a fee-for-service basis and/or in a parallel sysplex environment. Responses must be in writing and must be received within 7 calendar days of this notice. In addition, responses must include pricing and documentation in sufficient detail to allow evaluation of license and maintenance fees. This includes the vendor's commercial price list, and (if one exists) GSA contract and price list. Documentation includes the vendor's standard commercial license agreement if the product is not available on a GSA schedule. Pricing must state whether the software license is perpetual or term; whether it is available on a GSA schedule; whether it is licensed by site, by CPU (i.e., tier group, MIPS, MSU, etc.), and/or by use (i.e., concurrent users, total users, frequency of use, etc.). Responses received that do not include all requested information will be considered non-responsive. No solicitation document is currently available. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government, and if such determination is made, no additional synopsis will be published. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Responses may be faxed to (512) 326-6028 to the attention of the Contracting Officer, with the hard copy to follow in overnight mail. Or responses may be e-mailed to: greg.hamberg@mail.va.gov. Posted 04/21/00 (W-SN447506). (0112)

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