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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 28,2000 PSA#2589

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

D -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR SOFTWARE -- FAST ACCESS AND PREALERT DUE 050500 POC William Cox, (512)326-6241 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, william.cox@mail.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, TX is contemplating negotiating a sole source procurement with Allen Systems Group, Inc. (ASG) for a new software license for FAST-ACCESS and PreAlert. Since this procurement involves acquiring a new software product, this notice is being issued as a sources sought for a comparable product with the same functionality. It is contemplated that the software will be installed on a CPU with 128 MIPS or 22 MSU's at the AAC. Respondents must clearly demonstrate how their products compare to ASG's products by a side-by-side comparison of their functions. 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 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. Posted 04/26/00 (W-SN448673). (0117)

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