Commander, Rock Island Arsenal, Attn: SMCRI-CT, Rock Island, IL, 61299-5000

70 -- DESICCANT SOL DAAA08-96-R-0008 DUE 022996 POC Contact Linda Lysiak, (309) 782-8591, Contract Specialist The Rock Island Arsenal intends to purchase continued hardware and software maintenance to include software licenses from rwt Corporation of Mount prospect, IL for the following items on Solicitation DAAA08-96-R-0008: 97 each rwt ncmanager workstation software to include program editing and program change order, 85 each rwt 6000a ciu (btr) 1 6050 console, 14 each rwt strlnkprotocol, 88 each rwt ACR (mms) and 121 each rwt parallel/serialswitch. Maintenance shall include the base year plus 4 annual renewable option years. NO contract award will be made on the basis of offers/proposals received in response to this notice. Vendors having the technical ability to provide the above services are requested to furnish complete technical documentation to verify compliance as well as terms and conditions, price quotes, a copy of the current GSA schedule, if applicable and warranty information NO later than 15 days after the date of publication of this notice to Rock Island Arsenal, Attn: Siori-CTA/lindalysiak, Rock Island, IL 61299-5000, telephone 309-782-8591. A Solicitation will be issued approximately 15 days after publication of this notice to: Rwt Corporation, SUITE 900, 1471 business Center drive 900, Mount prospect, IL 60056. Authority:10 USC 2304 (C)(1). Justification: Supplies/services required are available from only one responsible source and NO othersupplies/services will satisify agency requirements. Verbal communication will not be considered. A request for Solicitation document will not be considered an affirmative response to thisnotice. Home Page access http://WWW.RIA.Army.MIL/(0036)

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