U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

70 -- ADP OFFICE AUTOMATION CONTRACT EXTENSION SOL 9C-Y-JMD-0042 POC Nancy Feeney (202) 307-1976 The Department of Justice (DOJ) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis an extension of a contract with Tisoft, Inc of Fairfax, VA. During this extension period, the government will continue purchasing systems integration services which are currently provided for the ADP Office Automation needs of DOJ's Offices, Boards, and Divisions. The extension is necessary due to unforeseen delays which arose while migrating to a replacement office automation contract. The existing system to be supported contains an essential proprietary software known as Data Processing Network (DPN) which is mission critical to the department. Tisoft holds the propriety rights to DPN which is an essential part of the system architecture. DOJ has determined that Tisoft is the only firm capable of providing the services required to maintain the viability and interoperability of the network. The contractor has unique experience and expertise as well as specific knowledge of past and on-going engineering and development plans essential to successful continuation of department wide tasks. It is anticipated that the contract extension will be for a period beginning 12/1/97 and ending 6/1/98 or at the date of final transition of services to a competitively awarded replacement contractual vehicle. No solicitation is available for this sole source acquisition. Authority for this is found under 41 USC 253(c)(1) and (2). See Notes 22 and 26. (0288)

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