U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Contracting and Procurement Branch, 425 I Street, N.W., Room 2102, Washington, D.C. 20536, Attn: Robert Richards, (202) 514-4573

X -- FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES POC Robert Richards, (202) 514-4573. The Government intends to exercise an option to extend services for an additional six months, by October 1, 1995, for the period October 1, 1995 through March 31, 1996, for a requirements contract for Facilities Management Services at the Immigration Card Facility (ICF) in connection with the processing of immigrant visas, adjustments of immigrant status, and other alien applications for the production and issuance of alien files, identification and border crosser cards, and the creation of data base records. The contractor is Electronic Data Systems Corporation, 13600 EDS Drive, Herndon, Virginia 22071. Contract No. COW-1-90010, and the estimated maximum value is $7,005,160.00. In addition to the option, the Government intends to negotiate a one year sole source contract, for the period April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997, with Electronic Data Systems Corporation, to continue Facilities Management Services, to produce identification cards, and to obtain the necessary consumable supplies. During this period the Government contemplates soliciting, through full and open competition, the award and transition of a follow-on contract to produce identification cards using a new, yet to be determined, technology, and to obtain the necessary consumable supplies. The estimated maximum value for this one year period is $16,850,000.00. The ICF will be phased out during this eighteen month period. The Government intends that new card production technology will enable INS to produce all identification cards at the INS Service Centers. This synopsis is published under the mandate of FAR 6.302-1(d)(2) and does not signify the pending issuance of any Request for Proposals. No mailing list will be prepared and no solicitation documents will be available for release. Responses to this synopsis will have to establish what supplies and services would be provided, how they would be provided, and how the Government would receive the overall best value. (045)

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