U.S. Department of Commerce, Acquisition Services, 14th & Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 6516, Washington, D.C. 20230

70 -- SIRIUS WEB SERVER PRODUCTS POC Howard G. Price 202/482-4185 The U. S. Department of Commerce intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competiion basis with Sirius Software, Inc., 215 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This acquisition is for a perpetual license for mainframe software products proprietary to Sirius Software, Inc. The required products are one each of Sirius' 10 Thread TCP/IP Base Product, 10 User Janus Web Server, RSA SSL Security Layer and SIRSCAN Utility Product for a Group 60 Mainframe. This sole source requirement is based on Sirius' predominate experience and proprietary specifications of the software. Further, these Sirius products fully intergrate with Model 204 database applications and were developed to allow web browser access to Model 204 database applications. The Sirius software products will allow intra/internet access to existing M204 database applications by OCS customers. This acquisition is within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. Software license shall include all modifications, updates and enhancements developed by Sirius Software, Inc.. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all written responses received within 10 days of this synopsis will be considered, providing there is sufficient technical and pricing information to enable evaluation of the products to meet the requirements of the agency. Interested firms have 10 days from the publication date of this notice to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the areas mentioned above. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the 10 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. If no affirmative responses are received within 10 days from publication of this notice, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the acquisition to Sirius Software Inc. (0262)

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