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70 -- WANG PRINT INTEGRATION SUPPORT DUE 091799 POC RANDALL PICKWELL, 410-966-1325 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, RANDALL.PICKWELL@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration is seeking industry sources that provide: 1) print management software/hardware products capable of routing and queuing print traffic from a WANG VS host processor to local and remote NT controlled Local Area Networks, and, 2) Installation/ integration support services for these products. The products must be capable of all the following tasks in an enterprise-wide environment: a) redirecting print jobs to any printer defined to the LAN or WAN, b) checking job and printer status, c) displaying jobs, d) canceling jobs, e) re-queuing jobs, f) utilizing a Graphical User Interface that permits administrative personnel to view and control print output from their workstations, g) creating and storing forms and fonts, and placing the host print data stream on the forms as required, h) generating the assembled output in PCL 5 format for printing in the LAN environment, i) producing and maintaining all required forms to include data placement within each form as defined by each of SSA's state business partners, and, j) be compatible with disability case processing software that is in use by SSA's state business partners. The installation/ integration support services for these products must include: a) installation, integration, and licensing of software and hardware, including necessary future upgrades, at SSA's state partner's locations, b) systems configurations as necessary to meet the requirements of SSA's state business partners, c) technical support at the state locations during core state operating hours between 7:00 A.M. and 5:00 PM, 5 days per week, and, d) training for all required staff members who will administer the print management platform provided by the vendor. Vendors are invited to submit information detailing relevant technical experience, customer references, geographic area service coverage, competency of technical personnel, project management capabilities, technical training and certification programs, and any other relevant descriptive literature. This isnot a request for proposal and the Government will not pay for any information received in response to this notice. All responses must clearly demonstrate the vendor's ability to provide the software and services as described. No cost or pricing data is requested or required. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any internal Government evaluation of data received. Interested parties must submit appropriate data in duplicate within 15 days of the date of this announcement. Refer all correspondence to the point of contact listed above and refer to SSS-99-WANG. Posted 09/07/99 (D-SN376871). (0250)

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