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D -- CONVEX SYSTEM HARDWARE/SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL 52SBNB6C9212 POC Diane Loeb (301) 975-6399, Sharon Farinholt (301) 975-6339 The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) intends to procure on a sole source basis with Hewlett-Packard Company, 7501 Greenway Center Drive #800, Greenbelt, MD 20770 for hardware and software maintenance support for the NIST owned Convex 3820 computing system running the Convex OS operating system. Hardware consists of such items as, but not limited to, CPUs, peripheral controllers, expansion boards, tape drivers, and ethernets. HP/Convex is presently the only vendor offering electronic and phone support for their operating system. The period of performance is October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997 with one option period of one year duration each. This synopsis is for information purposes only. See Numbered Note 22. (0220)

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