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D -- DOCUMENTUM SOFTWARE SOL 223-97-5522 POC Contract Specialist -- Leonard Grant or Contracting Officer -- Dennis Hunt (301)443-1555; FAX (301) 827-0966 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to negotiate an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract #223-97-5522 with Documentum, Inc., Pleasanton, California, on a sole source basis for the acquisition of Documentum software licenses, and associated maintenance, training, consulting and professional support services over a five (5) year period. The Documentum software is currently and will continue to be utilized to track, archive, and retrieve data in the process of reviewing Investigational New Drugs (INDs) and New Drug Applications (NDAs). Other than full and open competition is justified because only the Documentum software has the ability to accomodate the large compound documents and the workflow required to process the INDs and NDAs. In addition, the FDA has invested a significant amount of budgetary and human resources in the development/customization of the Documentum product; therefore, migration from this product to another at this point in time would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that would not be expected to be recovered through competition. (0150)

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