Office of Justice Programs, Contracts Branch, Room 542 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20531

R -- SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES TO THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. SOL OJP-97-R-005SG POC Shirley Green, Purchasing Agent, (202) 307-0992 or Robyn Dyson Towles, Chief Contracting Officer, (202) 616-9226. The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) intends to acquire consulting services on a sole source basis using simplified acquisition procedures from Novell Inc. to assist the agency in the upgrade to NetWare 4. The contractor will be required to review the agency's NetWare and GroupWise environment and develop design documents for and a migration plan for NetWare 4 to GroupWise. In addition, the contractor will be required to perform the following specific tasks: Examine the current NetWare environment to include, Server configuration, Client configuration, LAN and Wan Topology; Examine the current GroupWise environment to include, Post Office configuration; Develop NetWare 4 design and migration plan to include NDS Tree design and Time synchronization. Novell is the developer and manufacturer of NetWare and subsequently is the best source of information regarding the product and can provide the best assistance to customers in the migration and implementation of NetWare. This is not a request for competitive proposals. Simplified Acquisition Procedures will be utilized in this procurement. Any firm desiring consideration must submit documentation which demonstrates its technical capability to perform this requirement. All responses will be considered. (0359)

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