Federal Computer Acquisition Center (FEDCAC), 83 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02173-3115

70 -- FEDSIM'S DATA CENTER SERVICE, FEDCAC PROJECT III SOL KRF-96-011 POC Maureen Scanlon, Contracting Officer, 617/860-7120 or Lorraine Gomes, Administrative Assistant, 617/860-7123. In conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget's plan to consolidate data center operations governmentwide (OMB Bulletin 96-02) FEDCAC/FEDSIM plans to acquire commercial data processing services, primarily for the federal government's civilian agencies. A firm-fixed-price, fixed-price with economic price adjustment for labor intensive items, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity type contract is anticipated. A multiple award, ten year total contract life with the last task issued no later than two years before the end of the performance is planned. The Government may either re-negotiate or re-compete tasks at three year intervals following initial task award. An RFI is planned to be issued on or about November 30, 1995. A questionnaire soliciting your comments will be provided with the RFI. Vendors will have until January 15, 1996 to respond to the questionnaire. The Government will not formally respond to vendor comments or questions but may consider incorporating comments into revisions to the specification. Qualified firms are required to submit written request to the contracting officer to be placed on the source list. Sources responding to this notice shall indicate whether they are a large, small, disadvantaged or woman-owned business. For this synopsis a business concern is considered small if the number of employees does not exceed 1,000. The Government will not distribute printed copies of the RFI. The RFI will be made available to industry through the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB). The HERBB can be accessed through a computer modem, 24 hours per day, by calling 617/274-0500. Use the standard settings of N-8-1 at any baud from 300 to 28.8 (v.34). Help for the HERBB is also available by calling Kristine Levine at 617/860-7122 of FEDCAC. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and the Government will not pay for any information provided by vendors. (0331)

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