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70 -- COTS ACQUISITION SOFTWARE PACKAGE DUE 052798 POC GARY STAMMER, 410-965-9471 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, GARY.STAMMER@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration's (SSA's) Office of Acquisition and Gra Off-The-Shelf (COTS) comprehensive acquisition software package that provides a (GUI) solution which runs on a Windows NT server, servicing Windows NT end users Functionality needs to service Acquisition Planning, Purchase Requests, Workload Contract Specialists and Managers, Acquisition Tracking and Management, Contract interface to the Commerce Business Daily (CBD), utilization of emerging technolo traveling between SSA acquisition/financial components and vendors, electronic i automated systems (eg., Purchase Card, Financial, Administrative), an interface Acquisition Regulation (FAR), along with Small and Disadvantaged Business (SADBU SSA is currently utilizing a character based DOS application to service its acqu software runs on a Netware server, supporting LAN and WAN clients at headquarter offices (FOs). The SSA-FO WAN/LAN topology consists of Pentium Desktop PCs oper Microsoft Office Suite, including Internet Explorer for Intranet/Internet Access 3270 software for mainframe access. Any organization capable of providing this software is invited to submit informa pricing data and any other pertinent data within 15 days of this announcement. information only. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). No contract award responses received; however, this information will be used in SSA's assessment o Government does not intend to pay for information received. (0132)

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