Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Room 4210, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229

70 -- REPLACEMENT OF COMPUTER ASSOCIATES MAINFRAME BASED SOFTWARE PRODUCTS SOL CS-97-101 POC Mark Weinstein, 202-927-0567 The U.S. Customs Service requests potential sources for the replacement of the following Computer Associates mainframe based software products which support the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Customs Service Data Center located in Newington, Va. These products are required in support of Customs mission critical and non-mission critical computer applications which execute 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The offeror shall provide software products which are direct replacements for the following Computer Associates products: CA-Auto Operations, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, CA-Dispatch, CA-APCDOC, CA-Easytrieve, CA-Endevor, CA-Examine, CA-Intertest, CA-JCLCHECK, CA-Librarian, CA-Multi-Image Manager, CA-NETMAN and related components, CA-9R+, CA-OptimizerII, CA-Prevail Automation Point, CA-Panaudit, CA-Phoenix, CA-ROSCOE, CA- Top Secret, and CA-TPX. The offeror should provide as part of its submission descriptive technical literature, a brief technical proposal describing the service, past performance information, commercial pricelists,pricing information, etc. which would indicate that your firm meets the Government requirement. This announcement is not a formal solicitation. Responses to this synopsis should be mailed using the identification number set forth in this synopsis to Mr. Mark Weinstein, Contract Specialist, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 4.2-E, Washington, DC 20229. Telephone, facsimile, or e-mail responses will not be honored. (0343)

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