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70 -- COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF TAPE CONTROL SOFTWARE DUE 102398 POC ALMA SAMPSON, 410-965-4853 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, ALMA.SAMPSON@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking to identify responsible vendors that can provide and support commercial off- the-shelf Tape Control software that will register, track, copy and record data of expired magnetic tape media received from non- SSA sites and will also record and report identifying criteria associated with the shipping of SSA created output files. This software will be installed on mainframe equipment located at SSA's National Computer Center, Baltimore, Maryland. At a minimum, the Tape Control software must have the following features/capabilities: (1) be compatible with OS/390 operating system, Control-M Scheduling Software and the Federal Express Powership2 System Software; (2) have the capabilities for an online panel facility that gathers information required for the registration of non-SSA tapes and cartridges; (3) be capable of validating entered information for syntax and edit for standard compliance; (4) build and maintain a file of profile data to be used as baseline reference for non-SSA files; (5) create a record of each magnetic tape received consisting of baseline data from the profile plus additional information entered by the operator at the time of receipt; (6) assign a unique tracking identifier plus maintain a slot assignment scheme for vaulting of all received tapes; (7) have reporting capabilities on information contained in the profiles and tracking tables; (8) automatically generate job control language streams that will effectively copy incoming tapes to SSA media (tape or DASD) as specified in the profile and invoke the actual copy job; (9) be Year 2000 compliant and (10) include full documentation and technical support. Any organizations possessing the requisite products expertise and resources are invited to submit information concerning their capabilities, experience, and other pertinent data (including GSA contract information) within 15 calendar days from the date of this publication. Any literature, or information submitted as a response to thisnotice, must contain enough information attesting to the capability of a product offered to meet SSA's requirements. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided. This is a request for vendor product information and not a solicitation. Respondents should refer to AS-99A. Posted 10/08/98 (D-SN260403). (0281)

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