DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, Internal Revenue Service, (M:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

70 -- EMS SOL TIRNO98R00040 DUE 061098 POC Contract Specialist, Kelvin Davis, 202-283-1235 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to negotiate with Wang Government Services on a sole source basis under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 6.302-01, to acquire combination hardware/software products including licenses and support/maintenance. The required hardware/software products are manufactured by Wang Government Services. This is a combined synopsis/solication for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposals (RFP) and the solicitation number is TIRNO-98-R-00040. This acquisition's standard industrial classification code is 3577 and the related small business size standard is 1000 employees. The IRS intends to contract with Wang Government Services for delivery of the following products: -- 26 SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards (without spare surcharges or licenses) -- 14 New licenses on SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards -- 12 New Spare Surcharges on SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards -- Maintenance on 14 to-be-installed SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards -- Renewal Maintenance on 16 existing installed SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards. The SmartSync/DCP-286M adapter boards shall be delivered and installed by Wang Government Services on gonvernment furnished equipment. All products and materials shall be delivered and installed within 45 calendar days of contract award. Installation, by Wang, shall be as follows: -- 13 modified SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards, 7 New Licenses, and 6 New Spare Surchages to: IRS Tennessee Computing Center 5333 Getwell Road Memphis, Tennessee 38118 ATTN: Stop 37 -- 13 modified SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards, 7 New Licenses and 6 New Spare Surcharges to: Internal Revenue Austin Service Center 3651 Interstate Highway 35 Austin, Texas 77301 ATTN: Stop 6360 On-site support, as needed, shall be performed at the IRS site reporting any problems. Travel to and from the contractor's site to the IRS location(s) shall be at the contractor's expense. The contractor shall be able to be contacted by phone 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The contractor shall respond to all problem reports by phone within 4 hours of notification by the IRS. If the request for support can not be resolved telephonically within 12 hours, the contractor shall at its own expense, travel to and from the reporting IRS site to take remedial action. All shipping costs for repair and/or replacement of any materials will be paid for by the contractor. All corrections shall be completed within 4 working days of the initial report from the government of occurence of a problem. Support/maintenace shall consist of the correction of errors and provisons of all releases, versions, changes, modifications, improvements and updates to the SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards; and its documentation introduced during the life of the contract. The contract term shall consist of one twelve-month base period, beginning upon contract award. The Government will accept the SmartSync/DCP-286M Adapter Boards if they perform the IRS's Workload for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days after final installation on the government owned equipment, without sustaining contractor-provided software or hardware failure(s) which render a system unavailable for a total of more than ten hours. At the conclusion of the contract (or when directed by the Contracting Officer), the contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer's Techncial Representative (COTR) with Certificates of Maintainability (COMs) for each Contractor- provided equipment item. The COM shall state that the equipment is in such condition that the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) (or the OEM's successor in interest) would commit that it would assume maintenance of the equipment without billing any charges to the Government. All charges incurred to obtain the requisite performance of the equipment shall be borne by the Contractor. Offerors shall submit a techncial and price proposal in response to this notice. Offerors shall prepare their proposals in accordance with FAR provision No. 52.212-01 Instruction to Offerors-Commercial Items, and shall include the following information:(1) list and prices of the hardware/software products to be provided; (2) acknowledgment of each requirement listed above, or a summary of exceptions taken to specific requirements with alternative proposals for each exception for IRS approval; (3) three "past performance" references; and, (4) a completed copy of the provision 52.212-03, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commerical Items. Offerors proposal will be evaluated in accordance with FAR clause No. 52.212-02, Evaluation-Commercial Items in light of the following evaluation factors (1) ability to provide the hardware/software products and related requirements, (2) Past performance evaluation, and (3) fairness and reasonableness of proposed price. Offerors are required to comply with FAR clause No. 52.212-04, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, in its entirety. Under FAR clause No. 52.212-05, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, the contractor shall comply under paragraph (b) with the following FAR clauses: (1) No. 52.203-06, (2) No. 52.203-10, (3) No. 52.219-08, (4) No. 52.219-14, (5) No. 52.222-26, (6) No. 52.222-35, (7) No. 52.222-36, (8) No. 52.222-37, and (9) No. 52.225-09. In addition, the proposed contract will include IRS's rights in data as set forth in FAR clause No. 52.227-14, Rights in Data General, with its alternates II, III, and IV and FAR clause No. 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights. Offerors shall submit an original proposal and one copy no later than 15 days from publication of this notice to the following address: Internal Revenue Service A/C Procurement Room 700 6009 Oxon Hill Road Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745 Attn: Kelvin Davis Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Mr. Davis at (202) 283-1235. (0145)

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