Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Room 4210, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229

D -- CONVERSION OF (CA) DATACOM/DB Y2K COMPLIANCE FOR THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE. SOL CS-98-101 DUE 122297 POC Mark Weinstein, (202)927-0567/Ronald M. Venable (202)927-4901 The U.S. Customs Service (Customs) desires the utilization of a Contractor(s) to perform automated renovations of Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) computer source code both CICS on-line and batch to be Year 2000 compliant. The Contractor must be able to take Customs COBOL code in an EBCDIC format and renovate it so that it can be reviewed and tested prior to being migrated into a production environment. The Customs Service utilizes an IBM mainframe environment with the database tables across different MultiUser Facilities (MUF). This particular type of database table linking is referred to as "Star Link". Because of the interdependencies created within the Star Link, there is a need to create "bridge programs" for intermediate processing. the Contractor must be able to build bridge programs that could account for the Star Links in the COBOL source code, and thus resolve the interdependencies between the MUF's. Because of the sophistication involved, Customs desires a Proof-of-Concept or demonstration of the automated process prior to the start of actual work on the project to ensure success. Customs has 21 million lines of COBOL code, of which up to one half must be renovated to be Year 2000 compliant by automated processes. The actual amount of code to be renovated via automated process depends upon the success of the contractual relationship. The Contractor must be able to renovate COBOL code via an automated process due to the size and time requirements necessary to complete Year 2000 work by May 31, 1998 for Customs mission critical applications. All personnel assigned to the project are required to either have a current Customs security clearance or be prepared to submit the necessary security papaperwork for background investigation prior to the start of work on the project. Access to sensitive but unclassified information will be required for this project. The offeror should provide as part of its submission descriptive technical literature, a brief technical proposal describing the service, past performance information, commercial pricelists, pricing information, etc. This announcement is not a formal solicitation. Responses to this synopsis should be mailed using the identification number set forth in this synopsis to Mr. Mark Weinstein, Contract Specialist, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 4.2-E, Washington, DC 20229. Telephone, facsimile, or e-mail responses will not be honored. (0345)

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