DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, BUILDING 6000, BOLLING AFB, WASHINGTON, DC 20340-3084

74 -- AUTOMATED TAPE HANDLING SYSTEM (TAPE SILO) HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOL 464/0003Z/95 MDA908-95-R-0068 DUE 062295 POC Contract Specialist, CHEONG CHON, (202) 373-8416 The Government has a requirement for an Automated Tape Handling System (Tape Silo) to be installed at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC), Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. Equipment delivered under this contract shall meet the following minimum characteristics: HARDWARE: a. Read/Write compatibility with currently installed IBM 3480 and 3490E cartridge configuration. Must be capable of reading from and writing to previously recorded 3480 and 3490E formats to include 18 track and 36 track with bidirectional recording and IDRC data compaction. b. Must support a current library of 14,000 tape cartridges and be expandable. c. A channel speed of 9.0 mbps or greater with native ESCON. d. Four native ESCON channels for each of the currently installed IBM processors (two 3090-600J's and one 3090-400S) for a total of 12 ESCON channels. e. Minimum supportable channel distance of six kilometers. f. In the event of robotics failure, devices must be capable of being manually loaded by operations personnel. g. Must be capable of operating in a ''Lights-out'' or ''gray-out'' environment where the system is controlled from a central console location to include start-up/shut-down and problem determination. h. The offeror should be prepared to propose tape cartridge equipment that will create tape cartridges with a capacity up to 10gb. This equipment may be an adjunct to or separated from the tape system requested above. i. All hardware components must fit into an area of approximately 1000 square feet. SOFTWARE: The System Software required to make use of the equipment acquired under this contract shall be provided and supported by the contractor. Software delivered under this contract shall be compatible with the software listed below and shall be upgradable to support newer or upgraded versions of the listed software: a. IBM MVS/ESA JES 3 Version 3.1.3 Operating System Software. b. IBM VM/XA SP 2.1 and IBM VM/ESA 2.2. Operating System Software. c. DFS/SMS/MVS 1.1. d. VM/TAPE Version 4.3B. e. Computer Associates' CA-ONE Version 5, Tape Management System (TMS). f. Computer Associates' Security software product 'CA-ACF2' Version 5.2 (MVS and VM).(0132)

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