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70 -- MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE, 70, IA SOL KESO-95-0002(4-18). DUE 041895. Contact Person: Juanita E. Harvey, Contract Specialist, 202/501-1161 or Herman S. Caldwell, Jr., Contracting Officer 202/501-2418. Group 70, Part I, Section A Multiple Award Schedule for General Purpose Commercial Automatic Data Processing Equipment (Used Primarily On-Line) and Software. This Schedule covers the purchase maintenance, repair service, repair parts and training for general purpose commercial automatic data processing equipment which is used primarily on-line and software. Coverage also includes: associated peripheral equipment; subscriptions for technology assessment, acquisition, and CD-ROM; traning which specifically pertains to the operation of the proposed equipment and software, or operational maintenance of the equipment. Excluded are end-user microcomputers, microsoftware, and used/refurbished ADPE. Refurbished ADPE will be solicited under a separate solicitation. The following categories are solicited: Class 7010-0001 ADPE System Configurations; ADPE Central Processing Units--Classes 7020-0001, 7021-0001, 7022-0001; Class 7025-0001 Memory Magnetic Storage; Class 7025-0002 Magnetic Tape Subsystems; Class 7025-0004 ADPE Printer High Speed; Class 7025-0005 Paper Tape Devices; Class 7025-0007 Interactive Display; Class 7025-0008 Interactive Graphics; Class 7025-0009 Interactive Hard Copy; Class 7025-0010 Other ADP Input/Output and Storage Devices; Class 7025-0012 Optical Disk Readers/Writers; Class 7035-0001 ADP Support Equipment (including COM Equipment); Class 7040- 0001 Punched Card Equipment; Class 7042-0001 Mini Computer Controlled Devices; Class 7030-0001 ADP Software Operating Systems; 7030-0002 ADPE Software Application Programs; 7030-0003 ADPE Software Data Base Management Programs; Class 7435-0001 Information Systems Equipment; Class 7630-000 Technology Assessment and Acquisition Subscription. NOTE: The solicitation will be written in WordPerfect 5.1 and issued on 3.5 inch high density DOS formatted diskettes only. Hard copies will not be made available. When the solicitaton is released it will also be placed on the GSA On-line Schedules System Bulletin Board (OSSBB) for download only. The OSSBB may be accessed by setting your communicatons parameters to 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8,N,1) Full Duplex and ANSI enabled. Terminal settings should be set at something other than NONE or TTY. Protocol should be, at least, X, Y or Z Modem (Z Modem preferred) (no ASCII). For all band rates, dial 202/501-7254. Create your own password. (REMEMBER your password which is case sensitive.) Offerors shall respond with two hard copies of their proposal in the format specified in L.2 of the Solicitaton. Responses on diskette only will not be accepted. Contract period October 1, 1995 (or Date of Award, if later) through September 30, 1996. Solicitation No. KESO-95-0002(4-18) will be issued on or about March 1, 1995, and may be obtained from the General Services Administration, Information Technology Service, Schedules Division, KES, 18th & F Street, N.W., Room G-1, Washington, DC 20405. The initial closing date for receipt of offers is April 18, 1995 at 4:30 PM local time at place of issuance. An open season for submittal of offers will continue until August 31, 1995 at 4:30 PM local time at place of issuance. No further extension of the closing date is anticipated. Offeror's attention is directed to the Late Proposals Provision contained in the solicitation. Telecopier or Facsimile proposals, renewals modificatons are not permitted and will be disregarded if received. This schedule solicitation shall not solicit, nor will there be any acquisition of, products which are not U.S. made end products, designated country end products, NAFTA products, or Caribbean Basin country end products, in accordance with FAR 25.402(c), deviations to FAR Clauses 52.225-8 and 52.225-9 and General Services Administraition Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 525.402(a). See Numbered Note 12. (026)

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