Natural for Ajax Encryption for ADABAS Sources Sought Notice 1

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

FPPS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT

(NATURAL FOR AJAX MAINFRAME AND ENCRYPTION FOR ADABAS

SOFTWARE)

140D0427Q0886

November 1, 2026

I. INTRODUCTION:

The Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), on behalf of the IBC Human Resources Directorate (HRD), is issuing this Sources Sought Notice for information and acquisition-planning purposes only. It is not a solicitation or an obligation of the Government. The Government is conducting market research to identify qualified sources capable of providing annual subscription licensing, software maintenance, updates, patches, and technical support for the Software AG products that support the Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS), WebFPPS, and associated production and development environments.

II. REQUIREMENTS:

IBC HRD has a continued need for software maintenance supporting ongoing operations, product-code development, security, connectivity, database administration, and system modernization. The requirement includes continued annual subscription licenses and maintenance for existing Software AG products, Natural for Ajax Runtime Mainframe, and Adabas Encryption for z/OS.

III. REQUIREMENT BACKGROUND:

The required software supports the HRD Payroll Automation and Innovation Division (PAID), which designs, develops, implements, operates, and maintains administrative systems used by IBC’s Federal clients. These systems include FPPS and WebFPPS. IBC provides these services as an Office of Personnel Management-approved Human Resources Line of Business Shared Service Center. Continuity of licensing, maintenance, and technical support is required to sustain mission-critical Federal personnel and payroll processing.

IV. SCOPE OF REQUIREMENT

The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain continued annual software subscription licenses and associated maintenance and support for the complete portfolio of products identified in the table below. The scope includes Adabas, Natural, Entire Net-Work, CONNX, Com-plete, Predict, Entire System Server, Adabas Review, Natural for Ajax, NaturalONE, Entire Connection, and related components, interfaces, security, development, optimization, encryption, and zIIP offerings.
The Contractor shall provide licenses, maintenance, updates, upgrades, technical support, and access to applicable product fixes and documentation for all products and quantities listed below.