Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), Acquisition Management Division, 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 454D, Washington, DC, 20227

D -- EMC DIRECT ACCESS DATA STORAGE SOL RFP-FMS-3879 DUE 092199 POC Thomas Draughn, Procurement Analyst, Phone (202) 874-6746, Fax (202) 874-7275, Email thomas.draughn@fms.sprint.com WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=RFP-FMS-3879& LocID=1763. E-MAIL: Thomas Draughn, thomas.draughn@fms.sprint.com. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (FMS), INTENDS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER, BASED ON 41 USC 253(C)(1) OF ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE WITH EMC CORP, 6903 ROCKLEDGE DR, SUITE 730, BETHESDA MD. THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO PURCHASE THE FOLLOWING: DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE (DASD) -- ENHANCEMENT TO EXISTING EMC PROPRIETARY HARDWARE SUBSYSTEM. MODEL DESCRIPTION QTY 5000-9M2 EACH FEATURE SUPPORTS 17.9 GB MIRRORED STORAGE 8 SYMMGR-BAS SYMMETRIX MANAGER BASE COMPONENT 1 INCLUDES ONE YEAR WARRANTY AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES PS-LVL1-SYS SYMMETRIX MANAGER IMPLEMENTATION 1 TOTAL CONFIGURATION 144GB MIRRORED STORAGE (9GB DRIVES) 1GB CACHE MEMORY THE ADDITION TO THE CURRENT FMS DFHSM ML1 STORAGE POOL WILL ALLOW LOWERING THE MIGRATION THRESHOLDS FOR THE REGIONAL FINANCIAL CENTERS PAYMENT AND LEGACY APPLICATIONS UP TO THE LIMIT PROVIDED BY THE ADDED CAPACITY. MIRRORED CAPABILITY IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT SINCE ML1 IS USED BY ALL APPLICATIONS. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT OR REQUEST FOR QUOTES EXISTS AND NO AWARD WILL BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF ANY RESPONSE TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT. AS A RESULT OF ANALYZING RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS OF INTENT, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER MAY DETERMINE THAT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES WILL BE ISSUED. IF QUOTATION IS ISSUED, NO ADDITIONAL SYNOPSIS WILL BE PUBLISHED. THIS NOTICE MAY REPRESENT THE ONLY OFFICIAL NOTICE. INTERESTED PARTIES WILL BE EVALUATED ON THE TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY, MEETING THE FUNCTIONALITY AND CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS. ALL RESPONSES FOR THIS PUBLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 15 DAYS OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES/RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. PARTIES MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN TECHNICAL AND COST DATA TO DONNA ANDERSEN BY FAX (202) 874-7275 (10 PAGE MAXIMUM) OR BY MAIL, REFERENCING RFP-FMS-3879, AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (FMS), 401 14TH ST, SW, ROOM 450C, WASHINGTON DC 20227. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. SEE Note 22 ***** THE ESTIMATED AWARD DATE IS SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 Posted 09/07/99 (D-SN376855). (0250)

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