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D -- ADPE MAINTENANCE SOL F33601-98-R-9077 DUE 070698 POC For copy, I. Scott/Pkwrs/[937]257-4872, For additional information contact I. Scott/Pkwrs/[937]257-4872 Nonpersonal service for preventive and remedial hardware and software maintenance, documentation, and technology updates for existing Intergraph Corporation's Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Engineering (CAD/CAE) software and equipment. The CAD/CAE System is used to support scientific, engineering, architectural, design, drafting and digitizing requirements of Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB OH. The equipment consists of Intergraph workstations, servers, Intergraph-Vaxes and various printers, plotters and external disk drives. The CAD/CAE software consists of Intergraph application packages in areas of mechanical drafting and modeling, architectural design and engineering, heating, ventilating and air conditioning design, space planning and facilities management, digital terrain modeling, plant design, finite element analysis, electrical design and engineering, numerical control, structural analysis and electronic design, as well as nucleus products for file management, plotting, programming and networking. Period of Performance: 01 Oct 98 through 30 Sep 99, with four one-year options. Negotiations on a sole source basis with Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL. This synopsis is published for informational purposes only. See Numbered Note 22. The approximate issue/response date will be 05 Jun 98. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. All responsible sources solicited may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1), Justification: Supplies (or Services) required are available from only one or a limited number of responsible source(s) and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Mr. Stephen J. Plaisted has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of an Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact the buyer at the telephone number listed above. When requested the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Mr.Plaisted can be reached at (937) 255-9095, DSN 785-9095. His address is 1790 10th Street, Room 208, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433. See Note (s) 22. (0139)

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