Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21207-0696

70 -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE DUE 032897 POC Joanne Tarr Tel: (410) 965-9474 The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue a sole- source purchase order under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Cayenne Software, Inc., 8 New England Executive Park, East, Burlington, MA 01803 for the continued annual maintenance and support on the following proprietary Cayenne software products currently utilized at the Social Security Administration, in Baltimore, Maryland. The software products are as follows: Groundworks, Capture for Cobol, DBA for DB2, SharedWorkBench (Server and Client), Generator for Oracle, and PowerBuilder, and the Terrin products for Windows. Cayenne Software Inc. is the only known source which can provide the required maintenance and support as the software is proprietary to Cayenne Software and maintenance and support is not available through dealers or other third parties. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this publication. Any responsible firm that feels it has the capability to provide this annual software maintenance and support to SSA may contact the referenced Contracting Officer, Joanne Tarr with a quotation no later than 15 calendar days after the issue date of this synopsis. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Cayenne97. Responses shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the address cited at the beginning of this notice. FAXED RESPONSES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED. (0073)

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