70 -- BUFFER POOL TOOL MAINTENANCE RENEWAL

The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue an order under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Responsive Systems Company of Morganville, NJ for renewal of annual maintenance support of the proprietary software product Buffer Pool Tool for the period of October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003. SSA currently leases this software from Responsive Systems Company. The Buffer Pool Tool software is currently installed on a SSA mainframe located at the National Computer Center, Baltimore, Maryland. This software is used to collect DB2 buffer pool statistics for each object (tablespace/index). These statistics are used to tune the buffer pools by allowing the assignment of similar objects to the same buffer pool. SSA uses this software to enhance performance of the subsystems and the corresponding applications. Responsive Systems Company is the only known source capable of satisfying SSA?s requirements for maintenance support of the Buffer Pool Tool software. If no affirmative written responses are received, to the effect that a comparable source exists other than Responsive Systems Company, an order will be placed, based on simplified procedures, with Responsive Systems Company for the Buffer Pool Tool maintenance. Interested vendors able to provide the required maintenance are invited to submit information in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to meet SSA's requirements. Cross-reference to previously submitted material is discouraged. Cost or pricing data may be submitted. This is not a request for proposal (RFP) and the Government does not intend to pay for information submitted; respondents should refer to AVPMMY600. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the data received. Requests for updates and status after the closing date will not be honored. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. Responses to this notice should be submitted via mail, in duplicate within 7 days of the publication of this notice. FAXED RESPONSES ARE NOT PERMITTED. Questions concerning this announcement may be submitted via email. The = size limitation for email attachments is five megabytes per individual = email message. The SSA utilizes Microsoft Word 97 as the standard = word processing software.