Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1541, Washington,(Suitland, MD) DC 20233

J -- VERITAS MAINTENANCE RENEWAL SOL 87-0-15835 POC Pamela Miller 301-457-3547 The Bureau of the Census intends to issue a sole source contract to Veritas Software Corporation, 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94943 for software maintenance renewal for the following: Veritas DB Edition/HA Oracle, Sun Solaris, Standard License Tier 2, Part Number PS-ORH1-1500-2 Qty. 2 and Veritas DB Edition/HA Oracle, Sun Solaris, Standard License Tier 3, Part Number PS-ORH1-1500-3 Qty. 3 for the period of 12 months. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this requirement no greater than 15 days from the published date of this announcement to the above address. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurements. No solicitation document exists and request for such document will be considered nonresponsive. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448339). (0116)

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