Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21207

70 -- NOTICE OF INTENT FOR A SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE DUE 030698 POC Joanne Tarr 410-965-9474 WEB: RFP, IFB & CBD Listing, http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue a sole-source purchase order under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures to VERTEK Inc., 11811 NE 1st Street, Bellevue, WA for the acquisition of 30 copies of VERTEK's OASYS JOB MATCH for Windows software. The software is required by SSA vocational specialists to objectively define occupational goal/jobs, required skills, education, aptitudes, temperaments and strengths and identify occupational outlook and wages as specified in a PASS participants vocational goal plan, as well as collect programmatic management information. The software shall have the following functions that meet SSA's minimum requirements: 1) display screens will allow the user to "zero in" on or "point and click" to the information that is being sought without having to "page or walk through" pre- programmed screens; 2) will provide the user with access to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) which provides specific job definition information, Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) which provides information on the projected labor market demand for occupations listed in the DOT and Standard Industry Codes (SIC) codes which allows the user to determine the industry in which an occupation is most likely found and occupational wage information by state; 3) will be able to match a person's, knowledge, physical capacities and abilities (tested and/or experiential/work history) to occupations using transferable skills analysis; 4) will provide a side by side comparison of a person's skill profile to the work requirements of any occupation to determine how closely they match, and whether training would be beneficial or whether it is an appropriate job goal for the PASS participant; 5) will provide information on available schools/colleges/training programs for defined occupations by state and locality; 6) will be able to create and track individual client files (name, address, case number) and thus build a database of PASS participants by site for export to capture PASS data nationwide; and 7) will permit customization of data fields/labels for the collection of SSA specific management information (MI). VERTEK's OASYS JOB MATCH for Windows software is the only known software product that meets all of SSA's minimum requirements as stated herein. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this publication. Any responsible firm that feels it has the capability to provide an equivalent software product shall provide a quotation, and technical literature substantiating that the offered product meets all of the aforementioned requirements, to SSA no later than 10 calendar days after the issue date of this announcement. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to OAYSYS98. Responses should be submitted to the address cited at the beginning of this notice. FAXED RESPONSES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED. (0055)

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