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70 -- STANDARD MAINTENANCE OF A BOSCH STORAGE SYSTEM (BSS 8800) AUTOMATED TABLE LIBRARY (ATL) AND RELATED SOFTWARE DUE 020797 POC Howard Grandier, Contracting Officer, (202) 273-3555. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) intends to negotiate with EMASS Corp., on a sole source basis, for maintenance of the following Bosch Storage System (BSS 8800) Automated Tape Library equipment and related software: 12-Row Quadrotowers (3840 Cartridges) (2); Robot and Vision System (1); Archive Management Unit (AMU) Controller (1); Insert/Eject Facility (240 cartridge capacity) (1); Host Archive Control Component (HACC-MVS) Software License; and Archive Management Unit (AMU) Software License. All responsible sources will be fully considered. Interested parties shall submit pricing information and demonstration of their technical capabilities to maintain these hardware and software products to the above address, ATTN: Howard Grandier within 15 days of publication of this notice in the CBD. Offerors who fail to include the above information will not be considered. See Numbered Note 22. (0023)

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