Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

D -- ADP SOFTWARE, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE SOL 200-27-00 POC PCO: Justina S. Hamberg, 512-326-6501 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, TX intends to negotiate sole source with Software Technologies Corp. (STC) of Monrovia, California to purchase the software license for DART, the installation services, and the software maintenance. Maintenance support includes providing updates and enhancements to the software, and providing reasonable technical support. The software will be installed on DEC Unix at the AAC. Responses must be in writing and must be received within 3 calendar days of this notice. In addition, responses must include pricing and documentation in sufficient detail to allow price evaluation of the software and services required. This includes the vendor's commercial price list, and GSA contract and price list (if one exists). Third party firms will be considered only if responding with clear and convincing evidence that they have been granted rights by STC to provide the software, installation and maintenance services on the proprietary software identified herein. No solicitation documents are available at this time and requests for such will be considered non-responsive. If one is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Responses may be faxed to 512-326-6028 to the attention of the Contracting Officer, with the hard copy to follow in overnight mail. Posted 11/21/99 (W-SN402563). (0325)

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