COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 17,2000 PSA#2666 U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place,
Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530 D -- SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE, MAINTENANCE, UPGRADE, AND
SUPPORT SERVICES OF STERLING COMMERCE SOFTWARE SOL JAJMD-00-0104 DUE
082900 POC Ken Freeman, (202) 307-1971 E-MAIL: Kenneth H. Freeman,
Contracting Officer, kenneth.h.freeman@usdoj.gov. The Department of
Justice (DOJ) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Sterling
Commerce (Sterling), 12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 370, Reston, VA
20191 for the license, upgrades, maintenance, and technical support
services of proprietary software that will be installed at the Justice
Data Centers in Rockville, MD and Dallas, TX. Sterling has released a
new software product, CONNECT:Direct for OS/390, which will replace
and upgrade the CONNECT:Direct for MVS and ARS products currently
installed at the Justice Data Centers. 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 fourteen (14) 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, Kenneth H. Freeman,
referencing RFP No. JAJMD-00-0104.***** Posted 08/15/00 (W-SN486075).
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