U.S. General Accounting Office, Office of Acquisition Management, 441 G Street N.W., Room 6852, Washington, DC 20548

70 -- SOFTWARE PRODUCTS LICENSING RENEWALS POC LaVonne Walker (202) 512-5102 U.S. General Accounting Office, Office of Acquisition Management, 441 G Street N.W., Room 6852, Washington, DC 20548. 70-Commercial software license agreement -- notice of intent to enter into agreement. POC: LaVonne Walker, (202) 512-5102. The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) intends to enter into agreement with SAS Institute Inc., P.O. Box 65505, Charlotte, NC 28265 for the purpose of continuing GAO's license and maintenance of SAS products. These products include VMS, Windows, and Unix versions of SAS and associated modules, including but not limited to SAS/ETS, FSP, GRAPH, IML, STAT, AND ASSIST. GAO currently has an installed base of SAS software in the following distribution: VMS SAS and VMS SAS/Graph - 1; Windows SAS and SAS/STAT, GRAPH, and related modules - 225; UNIX SAS and SAS/STAT, GRAPH, and related modules - 15. GAO intends to negotiate with SAS Institute Inc., on a sole-source basis for acquiring licensing rights, upgrades as available, notices, fixes, and technicaltelephone support. This contract will be for Fiscal Year 1998 and 4 option years, (FY1999, FY2000, FY2001 and FY2002). See Numbered Note 22. (0241)

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