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70 -- PURCHASE OF 3480 CARGRIDGES WITH TRI-OPTIC EXTERNAL LABELS SOL DCA200-96-R-0065 DUE 062196 POC Contact, SALLY GETTLEMAN, 618-256-9719 Synopsis number 96162. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 96146 THAT WAS ONLY TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE ITABBS AND DID NOT APPEAR WITHIN THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY. THE CHANGES TO THE SYNOPSIS ARE AS FOLLOWS: The new release date is 07 June 1996 with proposals expected to be due on 21 June 1996 (Originally release date was 28 May 1996 with proposals due 27 June 1996). ACTUAL SOLICITATION 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: Purchase of 16,000 each, 18- track 3480 cartridges. Cartridges to be initialized internally with IBM-EBCDIC standard labels for use in Multiple Virtual System (MVS) environment. They should have matching tri-optic external labels which must be certified warranted, to be delivered to DISA/Defense Megacenter - OKC, ATTN: WEK22 (Mr. Grassi), Building #3900, Tape Vault, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145, within 30 days after contract award. The anticipated RFP release date is 07 June 1996 with proposals expected to be due on 21 June 1996. Vendor proposals in response to this RFP must be received in hard copy. Vendors will be able to dial into the electronic ITABBS, and download the RFP, check the status of the RFP, submit questions, receive amendments and other RFP related correspondence. 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. RFPs 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. SIC Code is 5734. This is a total small business set-aside. See numbered Note 1. (0138)

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