Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, Medicare Administration, P.O. Box 54905, Los Angeles, CA 90054-0905

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES POC Lloyd Kobayashi Systems Mgr, (213) 742-2853. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company (TOLIC) which is under contract with HCFA for Medicare Part B claims processing is seeking sources for programming support and consultants. The skill sets will depend on the project but may include but not be limited to; COBOL, VSAM, IDCAMS, OS JCL, TSO ISPF, CICS, Endeavor, C, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Assembler, Dy1280, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, DOS, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Novell Netware 4.x, NT Workstation and server, Asynchronous and Synchronous telecommunication protocols. Programmers/consultants must be employees of a contracting company and be able to perform work at the TOLIC offices at 1149 S. Broadway, Los Angeles. Interested parties must respond in writing by January 17, 1997 with their rates for their junior, intermediate, and senior consultants qualified by their skill sets. Responses will be reviewed and evaluated 50% on cost and 50% on meeting the specified skill sets. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only from the current date through December 31, 1997. It does not constitute a commitment by Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company or Transamerica Insurance Corporation to acquire services. There will be no formal reply to the interested parties. (0358)

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