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T -- DOCUTECH OPERATORS SOL 53SBNB967004 DUE 101498 POC Julie Liu (301) 975-6727, Fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contract Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate with TOSS, Inc. of Fairfax, Virginia on a sole-source basis to acquire two (2) full-time DocuTech operators for the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). One operator shall work from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. The second operator shall work from 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM Monday through Friday. DUTIES OF KEY PERSONNEL: The individuals shall operate a high speed digital computer system processing batch and real time applications programs. The individuals shall consult with internal and external clients to determine job specifications, assure that resources are available and organized to carry out tasks, and set up/adjust and monitor electronic publishing workstations. The individuals shall use software commands to produce proper output, check output, and produce customized reproduction jobs. In addition to operating the system, establishing print priorities and resolving common error conditions, the individuals shall be responsible for recognizing, diagnosing, and independently acting on commonly occurring machine stoppage and error situations that may not be fully covered by existing procedures and guidelines. The individuals shall also be responsible for maintaining records for production control, supply usage, and billing purposes, and shall serve as resource persons for operators at lower job levels, conducting on-the-job training for new operators as applicable. KEY PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS: The key personnel shall be skilled in using the following equipment: DocuTech 135 Network Production Publisher, DocuTech 90 Network Production Publisher, Canon 500 CLC, Canon 800, and Canon 6030. The key personnel shall be able to operate the following additional equipment: Bostich Hand Stitcher, 3-Hole Drill Press, Table Top Folders, GBC, and TFE Envelope Stuffer. They shall be experienced in the more advanced functions on the Xerox DocuTech machines, including scanning and cropping of images, and inserting and enhancing graphics. Additionally, they personnel shall be experienced in moving, cutting and pasting, and inserting/deleting of various items such as graphics, pages and numbering, and shall have the ability to paginate documents and merge files. Anticipated period of performance is from date of award through twelve (12) months thereafter. Place of performance is: U.S. Customs Service, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC. NIST intends to negotiate with TOSS, Inc. under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, which permits sole source acquisition when only one responsible source will satisfy the agency's requirements. TOSS, Inc. has provided this specialized type of labor support since January 1998, and their key personnel are already trained in the processes of the U.S. Customs Service. As such, award to another source would likely result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, and would likely create undue hardship to the U.S.Customs Service and NTIS. Anticipated award date is October 15, 1998. This notice is not a request for proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement within 10 days of this notice. Capability statements must include documented evidence which clearly demonstrates an interested party's bonafide capability to fulfill the agency's requirement, including documentation of expertise in working with networked DocuTech equipment and familiarity with the processes of the U.S. Customs Service. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the contracting officer. A solicitation document is not available. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 10/05/98 (W-SN258608). (0278)

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