NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

D -- MAINTENANCE OF IBM HOST COMPUTER SOL RFQ JM96-HOST POC Jeff Marshall, United Space Alliance (USA), Titusville, FL 32780. United Space Alliance, LLC (USA), a NASA prime contractor at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL, seeks firms capable of providing full service, on site (KSC) Hardware (H/W) maintenance for Data Center IBM Mainframe System in accordance with a USA Statement of Work (SOW) which also includes a listing of all equipment that is part of that system. Types of equipment includes: controllers, hubs and components, IDNX and components, driver channel fiber optic, channel boxes, display units, control units, display station, direct access storage, disk drives, tape drives, terminals, tape units, expansion units, printers, switching units, storage controls, RISC 6000's, conversion units, optical CD's, CD ROM's, mainframe computers, controller processors, power & cool distributors, 9034 fiber to bus and tag, and enclosure racks. The list is dynamic andsubject to change. The formal solicitation will include detailed Statements of Work and equipment list. The period of performance is from 020197 through 093098 with three (3) one (1) year options to extend. Basic contract will include both full service maintenance support and additional as-needed labor hours for H/W moves and re-cabling not covered under full maintenance. Coverage is to be provided 7 days a week; 24 hours per day with a 2 hour onsite response time. Preventive maintenance is to be provided quarterly and will (as a minimum) include: microcode patches, periodic testing, adjusting, cleaning, lubricating, and replacing of parts to ensure continued equipment operation. Supplier must furnish necessary; equipment, management, materials, and labor to accomplish the required maintenance support. Must ensure adequate onsite spare parts inventory to support all equipment with minimal downtime. Must provide locked storage cabinets for any spares and USA will provide space for all cabinets and diagnostic test equipment as well as necessary work space. Supplier MUST have a direct link to IBM Support Centers for problems that require that level of support, as well as the ability to pull in the specialists to provide support in those cases where there are no readily availabe fixes in order to maintain the required high level of availability. Interested firms should submit indications on interest to reach USA no later than 12/16/96 and include statement of capabilities, past experience with mainframe systems, business size classification and such other data as may indicate a bona fide capability to perform the requirements described above. Address: United Space Alliance, LLC, 1100 Lockheed Way, Titusville, FL 32780, Attn: Jeff Marshall, Mail Code: USK-360. Questions and inintial indications of interest will be accepted via FAX at (407) 867-7068 so long as hard copy follows by mail with capabilities data. (0340)

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