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D -- INTEGRATED COLLECTION SYSTEMS (ICS) MAINFRAME MAINTENANCE SOL TIRNO97R00012 DUE 021997 POC Contract Specialist, Romaine A. Wilkins, 202-283-1264 This request for proposals (RFP) for FIP resources support consists of equipment maintenance and related support services. These services are currently being performed under IRS contract TIRNO-91-D-00038 with Lockheed Martin Federal Systems Co. The sandard industrial classification (SIC) code is 7378. The acquisition will be a total small business set-aside. The contract will have a one year base contract period, and three one-year options to extend. The FIP resources are located at the two IRS computng centers located in Martinsburg, WV and Memphis, TN; and at the IRS' nine service centers located in Andover, MA, Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Holtsville, NY, Covington, KY, Fresno, CA, Kansas City, MO, Ogden, UT, and Philadelphia, PA. Equipment maintenance shall consist of the labor, tools, diagnostic software and parts required to perform on-site preventive maintenance and remedial repair on either an on-call or per-callbasis, or a combination of both. The required remedial maintenance support will be available up to 24 hours per day, seven days per week, at each site, with a response time of two hours. Equipment to be supported includes IBM plug compatible mainframe procssors, communication controllers, and peripherals devices such as DASD, tape drives, printers, and terminals. Support Services shall consist of maintenance related systems engineering services such as repair, testing, installation, removal, and configuration of equipment. The contract will support the addition, removal, and substitution of equipment. The estimated issue date for the solicitation i February 5, 1997, with proposals due on or about March 26, 1997, with the contract award scheduled for October 1, 1997. Telefax requests will be accepted at (202) 283-1533. Telephone requests will not be honored. You may obtain the solicitation from the IS Procurement Bulletin Board System (BBS). 1. To access the BBS dial (202) 799- 0943. 2. To gain access your system set at the following defaults: 9600 Baud, No Parity, 8 databits, 1 stop bit. 3. The system will prompt you for your name, business name and address, the kind of system you are using, user ID, and a password of your choice. 4. At the Main Systems Menu, Type "L" then press (ENTER). 5. Type "S"to select a library then press (ENTER). 6. Type "SBPO" then press (ENTER). 7. Type "F" then press (ENTER) to view a list files. 8. To download a file enter D(filename)(ZMODEM) then press (ENTER). Note: The ICS Maintenance RFP filename is ICSMFMNT.EXE. 9. T exit the BBS and/or any menu, type "X". The systems are operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Note(s) 1 and 26. (0355)

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