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70 -- PRINTER SYSTEM REPLACEMENT POC Contact Point, Beverly Brown, (202)720-8614 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center (NFC) in New Orleans is seeking comments on a proposed specification for replacement printers. The objective of this acquisition will be to increase efficiency and production quality/quantity. The primary programs supported by the proposed resources are the NFC Payroll/Personnel system application and the Thrift Savings Plan. The current environment includes multiple laser printers with an IBM 982, Bus and Tag Channel, MVS/ESA, JES2 software. The minimum needs are 20 million images/mo. combined simplex and duplex, portrait two-across and landscape, cut sheet and continuous feed text and forms. NFC requires a non-impact printer with minimum resolution of 240 dpi. BAR code readability minimum is grade ''B'' (per ANSII specification 3.182X). Regular preventive and remedial on-call (2 hour response 24 hr/day, 365 days/yr) maintenance is required. Also part of the requirement is training for equipment operators and supervisors. Options for additional quantities and periods of performance (up to 72 months) will be included in the specification. The selection of the replacement printers will consider reliability, production capacity, quality (particularly bar-code readability by NFC's Pitney Bowes mailhandling equipment scanners), configuration flexibility, environmental considerations (space, heat/ac, noise, etc..) and system's life costs. Written comments on this requirement should be addressed to the Printer Replacement Project NFC-95-1BB, c/o Mr. Alan Welchley, National Finance Center, Building 350, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, LA 70160. NO Solicitation document currently exists. Requests for a copy of an RFP will not be acknowledged. Interested parties may arrange to tour the current printer area on May 18, 1995 by contacting Bill Boyd, Contracting Officer at 202-720-8946. (0117)

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