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D -- HARDWARE MAINTENANCE ON IBM 9377-90 MAINFRAME SYSTEM EQUIPMENT SOL DCA200-95-Q-0103 DUE 101895 POC Contact, Lisa Bockstruck, 618-256-9721 Synopsis number 95310. ACTUAL REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) WILL BE ISSUED ELECTRONICALLY; THEREFORE, THERE IS NO NEED TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITH REFERENCE TO THIS CBD NOTICE. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO), Scott AFB, IL, will procure through an electronic bulletin board, the Information Technology Acquisition Bulletin Board System (ITABBS), the following items: hardware maintenance for IBM Model 9377-90 Mainframe System Equipment for the Defense Megacenter Jacksonsville, Bldg 919, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL 32212-0070 from contract award through 30 Sep 96. The anticipated RFQ release date is 13 Oct 95 with proposals expected to be due on 18 Oct 95. This procurement is set aside for small businesses. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 7378. For the purposes of determining business size for his requirement, a business is considered small if receipts do not exceed $18.0 million. Vendor proposals in response to this RFQ must be received in hard copy. Vendors will be able to dial into the electronic ITABBS, and download the RFQ. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. Information from the electronic bulletin board system will either be in ASCII or Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 format. RFQs are usually a compressed (PKZIP) MS Word file requiring you to have compatible software to extract the file. The ITABBS can be accessed by any FIP vendor through standard hardware and software. To access ITABBS, the necessary communications parameters are 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, with modem speeds of 1.2 - 14.4 KBPS. ITABBS requirements will remain posted until the deadline has passed for submission of vendor proposals. Interested vendors are encouraged to access the ITABBS via telephone number (618) 256-9200 to view all public information. If you experience problems or have any questions, please contact the System Administrator at (618) 256-9380 or the Contract Specialist point of contact listed above between 0800 and 1630 Central Time, Monday thru Friday. See Note 1. (0268)

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