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70 -- LEXICAL TECHNOLOGY INC METAPHRASE ARCHITECT SOFTWARE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL 1999Q00074 DUE 020899 POC Susan B. Kiddoo, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6769 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to solicit a quotation on a sole source basis from Lexical Technology, Inc, 950 Marina Millage Parkway, Suite 100, Alameda, California, 94501, to purchase the Metaphrase Architect Software, a commercial off-the-shelf item. The Metaphrase Architect software, when combined with Ontyx's Terminology Development Environment (TDE) software, makes up the software suite known as Common Modeling Terminology (CMT) Tools. The CDC requires one server version and one workstation version of the Metaphrase Architect software. In addition, CDC requires support for installation, training, and interface tailoring to CDC's vocabulary structure. The software is for the development of a terminology model for laboratory medicine testing. The requirements of the software are as follows. The software must: (1) be able to allow the flexible development and storage of relationships between terms including such relationships as "is part of," "derives from," "has attribute of," and others as they may develop during the course of modeling; (2) provide tools to allow in the assistance of the correction of this modeling using existing terminology systems; (3) be compatible with existing PC work environments and allow transport of development system outside the work-site on a laptop system; (4) have a proven track-record for use in development of medical terminology; (5) have a graphical user interface for ease in developing, displaying, and moving through complex relationships; and (6) provide a database of medical terms and relationships. Simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized and an oral quotation will be solicited on or about 02/08/99. Other than full and open competition is authorized pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 2253 (c)(1). Qualified vendors have 14 days from date of this synopsis to submit capability statements delineating their ability to provide this product. Such qualifications will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competition basis. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. ONLY WRITTEN OR FACSIMILE REQUESTS OR COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE HONORED. Posted 01/20/99 (I-SN289759). (0020)

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