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

D -- INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT POC Jane M. Quinn Tel: (410) 965-9495 The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate with Lockheed Martin Services, Inc. on a sole-source basis to increase the level of effort during the last year (February 1, 1998 through January 31, 1999) of the Integrated Software Support Services Contract (ISSSC). This is a one-time interim action pending award of a fully competitive follow-on contract anticipated in November 1998 whose first contract year will be at a level of support comparable to the new total envisioned for this last year of the ISSSC. Other than full and open competition for this increased level of effort is justified because only Lockheed Martin has the inherent knowledge of the SSA computing environment, software, hardware, and Client-Server platform configurations which allows them to continue to support these systems with minimum disruption and duplication of effort during this last year of the ISSSC. No solicitation is available. See Note 22. (0005)

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