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J -- WINCHESTER RAID ARRAY SYSTEM SOL F33601-96-R-0093 DUE 082796 POC For copy,, For additional information contact C. Schweibold/ Pkwrs/513-257-4872 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Far Supart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-37. The following system is being procured on a sole source basis from Winchester Systems Inc., 400 W Cummings Park, Woburn MA 01801: Winchester removable disk system capable of interfacing with multiple computer platforms to include the following: Support for 8-3 1/2'' hot swappable removable disks; RAID 0,1,3,5 support on 3 to 14 disk drives; half height RAID controller to provide an extra bay in the RAID chassis; daughter board to the RAID controller that supports multi-hosting of the RAID array; disk controller that provides capability to replace a single bad drive in a RAID array with a drive that is the same or greater capacity but not necessarily identical to the remaining drives in the array; key locks on RAID chassis to individually secure each drive; dual power supplies to provide redundant power to the RAID array; disk controller providing automatic on-line rebuild in the event of disk failure in a three active/one hot spare disk configuration. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions 52.212-1 and 52.212-4 apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2 applies and the specific evaluation criteria are technical capability of the item(s) offered to meet the Government requirement; price; past performance (in descending order of importance) (when technical and past performance are combined they are equal in weight to price). FAR 52.212-3 ''Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items'' should be included with offer. FAR 52.212-5 applicable clauses are FAR 52.222-3, 52.233-3, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37. FAR 252.212-7001 applicable clauses are 252.219-7006 and 252.225-7001. The closing date for receipt of proposals is 27 Aug 96. The approximate issue/response date will be 12 Aug 96. The anticipated award date will be 30 SEP 96. Written procedure will be used for this solicitation. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. All responsible sources solicited may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1), Justification: Supplies (or Services) required are available from only one or a limited number of responsible source(s) and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This is a Sole Source procurement, synopsis published for informational purposes only. Solicitation documents are not available. Fax number is (513) 257-6390. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman located at ASC/IG, ATTN: Col Corcoran (513) 255-5245, with serious concerns only. Direct all requests for solicitations and routine communication concerning this acquisition to the buyer listed elsewhere in this synopsis. See Note (s) 22. (0220)

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