Office of Personnel Management, PO Box 606, Washington, DC 20415 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20415, MS-SB427 ATTN: ASHENRY

D -- ON-SITE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES SOL OPM-95-RFI-001ASH POC Antoinette S. Henry Contract Administrator Voice Mail 202-606-1228/FAX 202-606-1464. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) for contractor services to provide dedicated, on-site, systems software services in support of OPM's mainframe-based retirement, health and life insurance automated functions. Information is being solicited hereby to determine if this acquisition should be set-aside for participation by small businessess only. We ask that companies review the OPM requirements set forth below. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the proposed contract is 7379. To qualify as a small business under this SIC code, your firm's maximum annual receipt amount cannot exceed $12.5M. If you are a small business, and if you believe that your company is qualified to perform this work, please provide the information requested at the end of this announcement. The Government will evaluate responses before making a final determination about whether this procurement will be handled on an unrestricted basis. This is not an RFP, and no RFP is currently available. This acquisition will be synopsized again prior to the issuance of an RFP. A response to this sysnosis is not a prerequisite to being placed on the final source list. OPM seeks contractor services to maintain: MVS/ESA operating systems on IBM-compatible mainframes; an enterprise SNA telecomunications network connecting these mainframes with LANs and over 1,000 host-attached devices; MVS/ESA/CICS transaction processing systems that handle over 250,000 production transactions per day; and an MVS ADABAS data base management system. This service must be provided during a 12.5 hour Principal Period of Service (PPS), Mondays through Fridays at the OPM headquarters located in Washington, DC, and be staffed by 8 to 16 individuals who would ensure competent performance in these services and ensure maximum system and network uptime and availability during the PPS. Companies who elect to respond to this synopsis should prepare their reponse to be as comprehensive, complete, factual and relevant as possible to provide a basis for sound evaluation by the Government. This response should include, but not be limited to, describing your organization and capabilities to provide this support, description of your firm's performance on recent contracts with similar capabilities to execute the proposed work. Additionally, provide the names, addresses and phone numbers of at least two references and describe your management and staffing approach. This Request for Information (RFI) will close 15 days after the publication date. (0034)

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