Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

D -- IT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL S-LMAQM-00-R-0004 DUE 111799 POC J.L.Welch (703)875-6746,Contracting Officer,R.B. Wissman (703)875-6059 WEB: Department of State Aqcuisition Web Site, http://www.statebuy.gov. E-MAIL: Jan L. Welch, WelchJL2@state.gov. The Department of State has a requirement for 8(a) concerns to provide Information Technology support services. The contractor(s) shall furnish the qualified personnel necessary to provide systems and software analysis and development; document analysis, development of systems design documents; computering programming; computer center operations; configuration management; software maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting; computer security; technical writing; training and data entry. The Department anticipates award of multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts for one year with four option years. Interested offerors should contact Jan L. Welch at the following e-mail address: WelchJL2@state.gov. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about November 17, 1999 on the Internet at the following site: http://state.monmouth.army.mil, then go to U.S. Department of State Business Opportunities to review the solicitation and then go to Secured Services to subscribe to the list serve toreceive e-mails when the RFP is launched to the net. An Alternate site to gain access is: http://www.statebuy.gov and then go to the Interactive Platform. Firms requiring assistance in using the Internet should contact Mr. Stuart Toleman at the following address: tolemansc@state.gov or by telephone at (703) 516-1694 or fax (703) 875-6155. This requirement will be issued via the Internet. No paper copies of the solicitation will be mailed. SEE NOTE 4***** Posted 11/03/99 (W-SN397772). (0307)

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