Common use of Future Needs Clause in Contracts

Future Needs. The majority of applications that generate printed output are vendor systems and reside on the mainframe – IBM z/OS with primarily DB2 and limited IMS databases. The extract files are mainly COBOL output formats. These applications are currently supported on Safeco’s systems but they will be migrated to ACS concurrent with the efforts of this project. Table of Contents The following environment and Services are required, but are not limited the following, to assist in this transition: 1. Network with adequate capacity for file transfer to and from Symetra primary and secondary locations 2. Temporary/intermediate storage capacity for all specified extract files 3. Printed output archive 4. Portal to access archived printed output data/images, forms, and test outputs 5. Forms creation and management software 6. Forms library 7. Print stream generation software/hardware 8. Cut sheet, special forms and check printers 9. Post processing/mailing preparation systems