NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

70 -- HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOL 8-W-5-10-05695 POC Contact Glynda H. Meeks, GP24M/Contract Specialist, 205-544-0422, or Jane Maples GP24L/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for File Server Hardware and File Management Software -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Tracer Technologies the following items: Item 1 - Qty 1 ea; Pioneer 500 platter CD ROM jukebox, Tracer Technologies PN DRM5004X, 500 platter capacity; Four quad speed ''read'' drives IS009660; SCSI-2 interface; Sun OS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.4 compatibility; local and NFS support -- Item 2 - Qty 1 ea; Tracer Hyper ROM file management software for DRM5004X, Tracer Technologies PN HR-512SH; Must support the CD-ROM jukebox device in Item 1; Sun OS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.4 compatibility; local and NFS support -- Item 3 - Qty 1 ea; Tracer Optical Drive and Robotics Device Drives for NKK 56 (Solaris 2.4) w/RICOH Drives, Tracer PN MV-564H; Shall support the following magneto-optical jukebox device: NKK 56-cartridge unit jukebox, two internal 5.25 inch RICOH Corp magneto-optical drives, Sun OS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.4 compability, local and NFS support -- Item 4 - Qty 1 ea; l year software maintenance and telephone support, Tracer PN MV-564HM -- Complete specifications will be in the RFQ -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-0422 or by Internet e-mail to glynda.meeks@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement described is based on system compatability requirements -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation -- Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice -- The RFQ will be released on or about 15 days after publication of this notice in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- The RFQ will have a 15 day response period. (0236)

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