THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) INTENDS TO AWARD A SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO NETIQ, 1233 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 810, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027, FOR NETIQ SOFTWARE. 

NETIQ APPMANAGER PROVIDES MONITORING SUPPORT FOR MANY DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.  THIS PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT IS TO UPGRADE THE LICENSING MODEL OF A SERIES OF NETIQ MODULES WHICH ARE UTILIZED TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE WINDOWS IIS, MICROSOFT ACTIVE DIRECTORY, HP/COMPAQ, AND VERITAS NETBACKUP.  THE NEW LICENSING MODEL WILL ALLOW FOR THE UNLIMITED USE OF ALL NETIQ APPMANAGER MODULES WITHOUT NEEDING TO SEEK ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR SPECIFIC MODULES.  THE APPLICATION SUITE IS UTILIZED ON SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE DCS-5000 COLLECTION SYSTEM.

UNLIKE OTHER SOFTWARE, NETIQ IS THE ONLY SUITE OF APPLICATIONS THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DUE TO ITS PRESENCE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.  NETIQ APPMANAGER IS THE ONLY SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DCS-5000 DUE TO:

1.  INTEROPERABILITY WITH CURRENT APPLICATIONS IN THE DCS 500 ENVIRONMENT; AND

2.  THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING THAT CURRENT RESOURCES WOULD INCUR ON AN ALTERNATE PRODUCT.  CURRENT ENGINEERING RESOURCES ARE FAMILIAR WITH NETIQ APPMANAGER AND MOVING TO A DIFFERENT SOLUTION WOULD REQUIRE INTENSIVE TESTING AND TRAINING.  IT WOULD ALSO CREATE DELAYS IN PRODUCING MISSION CRITICAL DATA.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES OR PROPOSALS.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE, PLEASE CONTACT, LAURIE L. WILLIAMS, CONTRACT SPECIALIST AT [email protected] OR BY PHONE AT 703-985-6118.

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