U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

D -- MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR RS/6000 ENTERPRISE SERVER SOL T09-0-59-05072 DUE 112399 POC Jeff Secor, Technical questions, (703) 305-0970 OR Aaron A. BoBo, Contract questions, (202) 307-1940. The Department of Justice, subject to the availability of funds, intends to purchase a 'all-or-none' maintenance agreement for its RS/6000 Enterprise Server and interfacing systems on a sole source basis,using Simplified Acquistion Procedures FAR Part 13, from Federal Data Corporation of Greenbelt, MD. Maintenance will be provided on the following equipment: RS/6000 Enterprise Server, S.N. 91368; RS/6000 Enterprise Server, S.N. 91369; SSA Disk Subsystem, S.N. 25309; SSA Disk Subsystem, S.N. 25310; SSA Disk Subsystem, S.N. 25311; IBM Configuration, S.N. 3940; and AIX Support 8x5 full, M-F, Telephone and Electronic contacts. Through market research DOJ has determined that Federal Data Corporation is the only vender capable of providing all of the requisite maintenance from one source. Responses received as a result of this notice of intent, shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses will not be considered as either proposals or bids. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition, based upon the written responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The anticipated period of performance will be December 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000 with the option to renew for subsequent periods based on mutual consent by both parties. Responses must be received at the address shown in item 7 by COB 112399. Posted 11/08/99 (W-SN399018). (0312)

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