DDISA/DITCO/DTS31 2300 East Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5406

70 -- OFF-SITE VAULTING SERVICES SOL DCA200-98-M-0146 DUE 080497 POC Catherine Storey, 618-256-9704, DATA FAX 618-256-9592 The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), Computer Technology Division, Procurement Branch (DTS41) intends to issue a contract to for the acquisition of services for the following for the Megacenter St. Louis: vault storage for 3480 cartridge tapes and 8mm cartridges To comply with regulatory guidance, the back-up tapes must be stored at an alternate location. Tapes must be accessible at any time to the DMC-S in case system recovery is needed; currently requirement to house per month approximately 20,000 3840 cartridge tapes and 50 8mm cartridges with potential growth to 30,000 3480 cartridge tapes and 200 8mm cartridges; accessibility to off-site storage facility is required seven days/week, 24 hours/day; off-site storage facilities and delivery and pickup of tapes to the DMC-S are necessary to meet this objective; the contractor shall provide daily control and rotation services for between 50 to 250,000 cartridges; the contractor shall retrieve and transport cartridges between the contractor's off-site vault and the DMC-S, making a single trip each day; the contractor shall provide shelving units(cases) to transport media and daily storage space for these transport cases; the contractor shall provide up to 720 square feet vault shelf storage space for 3480/8mm cartridge tape media cases not rotated on a regular basis; contractor shall provide for rotation of these media cases as directed by the Government; the vault walls, ceiling and floor shall be constructed of at least 12 inches of steel reinforced concrete; inside vault temperature shall be maintained between 68 and 72 degrees; humidity of inside vault shall be maintained between 38% and 50%; vault shall be equipped with an air filtration and fire suppression system(s), which shall provide for a dust controlled and sealed room; storage facility shall be professionally guarded and protected with security intrusion alarms; facilities shall be equipped with back-up power source and emergency lighting; storage facilities shall be accessible for disaster recovery of data stored on cartridge tapes 24 hours/day, 365 days a year; facilities shall be accessible once monthly free of charge for a 30-minute inspection with a one-half hour advance notice; any inspection made necessary to verify correction of deficiency identified shall also be at no cost to the Government; contractor shall perform daily pickup, return and vaulting of cartridge tapes and all required storage slots in a storage vault, personnel, media cases for transport, vehicles and transportation between the storage facility and the DMA-S, Mon-Fri between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; courier services shall be accomplished in temperature controlled vehicles, within an environmental temperature maintained between 68 and 72 degrees for cartridge tapes transportation; emergency delivery service shall be made available and deliveries made within two hours; priority delivery service shall be made within one hour during normal working hours, which are Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; all contractor employees shall be bonded and fully insured. Period of performance 01 Oct 97 -- 30 Sep 98. Companies who can provide the above listed services must indicate their interest within 15 days of this announcement. Any party interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation shall provide written notice to the Contracting Office. Datafax requests to 618-256-9592 are acceptable. No contract award will be made on the basis of quotations/proposals received in response to this notice, since this synopsis cannot be considered a Request for Quotations/Proposals. The resultant contract will be firm, fixed price. All responses from responsible sources will be considered for evaluating the award of the contract. Oral communications are not acceptable. See Note 22. SIC Code 7372. (0210)

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