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D -- SOFTWARE MAINTENACE SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DAAB07-97-R-0005 DUE 041097 POC Contract Specialist TOM THYE (520) 538-7453 (Site Code DAAB07) Notice of intent to award a sole source contract to Syncsort Incorporated, 50 Tice Boulevard CN18, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675, for continuing central site software maintenance and documentation for the perpetual Armywide license of the SyncSort OS software. The contractor shall provide software maintenance support services for up to twenty five(25) user sites. Performance is for one(1) Base Year and Four (4) Option years, commencing 1 Oct 97. This requirement is in support of the U.S. Army Information Systems Software Center at Ft. Belvoir, VA. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The services include software updates, revisions, modifications, error corrections, new releases, and enhancements with accompanying instructions for implementation. In addition all commercial hardware and commercial software products shall be Year 2000 Compliant. Interested persons who are able to provide the required services may identify their interest and capability by sending adequate information and literature to this office within 15 days of the publication date of this notice. All timely responses will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement; no contract award will be made on the basis of any response to this notice. No solicitation is available. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. (0042)

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