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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 12,1998 PSA#2157National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, 6011
Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20892-7260 70 -- IBM SOFTWARE SUPPORT, DOCUMENTATION, AND TRAINING FOR IBM
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE SOL 263-97C-0300 DUE 092498 POC Julius Y. Tidwell,
Contracting Officer (301) 402-3074 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the
Contracting Officer via, Julius_Tidwell@nih.gov. The National
Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management intends to issue
a within-scope modification to NIH Contract Number 263-97C-0300 awarded
to FDC Technologies, 4800 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Contract Number 263-97C-0300 is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite
Quantity, Task/Delivery Order type contract providing hardware,
maintenance, and hardware support for the NIH Center for Information
Technology. IBM Corporation is a subcontractor to FDC Technologies
under the subject contract. The National Institutes of Health intends
to modify the subject contract to include contract line items providing
software support, documentation and training for IBM proprietary
software. The modification will include current mainframe related
software and related software services. The statutory authority for
this with-in scope modification is 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1), FAR 6.302-1
and HHSAR 603.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies
or services will satisfy the agency requirement(FAR 6.301-1(b) (1)
unique capabilities, e.g. supplies or services). The NIH Center for
Information Technology's required services are based on the MVS and VM
Operating Systems (also known as OS/390), a set of proprietary
products of IBM. MVS and VM are the only operating systems capable of
providing the services and facilities. No compatible operating system
exists. Adequate support of these services and facilities require
specific and detailed product knowledge. This knowledge is required to
ensure proper support. As the developer and owner of MVS and VM, IBM
retains the unique in-depth knowledge required for proper software
support. See Numbered note 22and Numbered Note 26. Posted 08/08/98
(W-SN234472). (0220) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0424 19980812\70-0001.SOL)
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