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D -- SOLE SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT PURCHASE SOL HCFA-95-018/DTB POC Donald T. Bolster, Contract Specialist,(410) 966-5156. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, with SAS Institute Inc. to upgrade the Agency's license on all Group 40 products to a Group 70 license: BASE SAS, SAS/CONNECT/, SAS/ETS, SAS/FSP, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/AF, SAS/OR, SAS/SHARE, SAS/STAT,SAS/ASSIST, SAS/TOOLKIT, SAS/IML. The period of performance will be a Base Year, beginning April 1, 1995 and two (2) Option Years. The license will be for proprietary software inclusive of annual maintenance and customer support. If there are no alternative responses received within 15 days, that demonstrate a comparable source more advantageous to the Government, HCFA will begin procurement actions with SAS Institute Inc. Cary, N.C. 27513 (0011)

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