U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ADP Placement Section (3803F), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

D -- AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE SYSTEMS SOL Maintenance of STC's Automated Cartridge DUE 082695 POC Contact Point, Ben Fulton, (202)260-6213 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Storage Technology Corporation (STC) of Silver Spring, MD 20904, for the maintenance of STC 4400 Automatic Cartridge Systems (STK 4400 ACS) and related hardware and software. The list of items to be maintained includes: 4410-001 Library Storage Module, 4411-001 Library Control Unit, 9310-00C Library Storage Module, 9311-001 Library Control Unit, 4480-M20 and 4490-M30 Control Units, 4480-M22, M24 and 4490-M34 Cartridge Drives, 9490-M34 and SD-3-H34 Controller Transport Units, 1189-L10 Library Station for MVS, and 1189-T20 Library Control Feature. To acquire these items it is anticipated that an ID/IQ contract with a base period and options totalling approximately 24 months will be awarded. Maintenance requirements include preventive, on-call, and per-call maintenance. On-call and per-call maintenance must be provided 24 hours per day, seven days per week including Federal Holidays and the response time is two hours. The equipment is located at EPA sites in Research Triangle Park, NC; Bay City, MI; Cincinnati, OH; Washington, DC; and Corvallis, OR. EPA is unaware of any vendor(s) possessing Storage Technology Corporation's proprietary microcode thereby allowing maintenance of the aforementioned hardware and software. Therefore, EPA intends to immediately negotiate a sole source contract with STC. The intent of this synopsis is to determine if any other source(s) exist and, therefore, no RFP is available. Any vendor wishing to respond to this synopsis must do so in writing. The response must provide documentation showing their firms capability to maintain the above items (e.g., maintenance agreement between your firm and STC). In addition, your response should contain current pricing information such as a commercial price list. Any response(s) failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead choosing to merely submit their routine letter requesting a copy of the RFP will be ignored. Responses must be received within forty five days from publication of this announcement. Responses shall be submitted to: Environmental Protection Agency, Bid/Proposal Room (3803F), Attention: Ben Fulton, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. Vendors' response shall be in writing and reference Maintenance of STC's Automatic Cartridge Systems. Telephone request will not be honored. See Numbered Note 22. (0192)

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