U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque Area Office, 615 First Street, NW, P.O. Box 26567, Albuquerque, NM 87125-6567

D -- SOFTWARE DISASTER RECOVERY SERVICES SOL BIA-M00-95-30 POC POC, Jerry Belew, 505/248-7167, Michael D. Perry, Contracting Officer, 505/766-2996. D - The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a requirement to provide mainframe computer hardware and software disaster recovery services for the Office of Information Resources Management, Operations Service Center, 500 Gold Avenue SW, Attention: Jerry Belew, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Contractor shall support interconnected UNISYS A Series and IBM 309X mainframes hosting a nationwide network. The disaster recovery capability cannot be divided or subcontracted between different vendors and the selected contractor shall have available all necessary resources devoted exclusively to the provision of disaster recovery services. Offerors must be able to conduct a complete initial test demonstration disaster recovery capability immediately following contract award. Section 7(b) of P.L. 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450e) requires that prime contractors give preference in employment and training to Indian/Alaska Native individuals and that preference in award of subcontracts be given to Indian/Alaska Native economic enterprises. Solicitation package will be issued on or about September 20, 1995. Bid Opening Date is scheduled for October 24, 1995 at 3:00 PM at the Division of Contracts and Grants Office, 615 First Street, NW, STE 204, Albuquerque, NM 87103. (0249)

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