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70 -- BACKUP AND RECOVERY SOFTWARE SOL RFP OO-95-1007SS DUE 060596 POC Contact Point, Sherri Davis, (202)720-8309 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to solicit competitive proposals for the acquisition of software, maintenance and technical support to provide centralized and distributed (server, client, or stand-alone personal computer/work station) archive, backup, and recovery of data on multiple hardware platforms, including IBM-compatible, large scale, mainframe central processing units, servers and personal computers/work stations for USDA's Computer Centers. The period of performance is one base year and four option periods (60 months). Rate of use is determined by MIPS capacity. USDA will have the right to allow any authorized end-user to access and use applications designed, and/or test at contingency cold- and hot-site facilities and use the installed products to run benchmarks on other computers. Parties interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation shall submit a written request within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. No telephone requests will be accepted. Requests may be faxed to (202) 720-4529. Please send requests to the attention of Sherri M. Davis, Contract Specialist, referencing solicitation number RFP OO-95-1007SS. The Government will mail a copy of the RFP to all those who request a copy until all copies have been exhausted. All previous Offeror's will need to resubmit a request for this solicitation. (0141)

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