USAFE Contracting Squadron/LGC, Unit 3115, APO AE 09094-3115

J -- EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL, MAINTENANCE, & NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOL F61521-97-R-5014 POC Contract Specialist, Alice O'Neal 011-49-631-536-6805; Contracting Officer, Molly Harris 011-49-631-536-6807 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Alice O'Neal via e-mail., oneala@usafe28.ramstein.af.mil. The United States Air Forces in Europe is conducting a Market Research for interested qualified parties in performing work on a firm fixed price maintenance contract commencing 01 October 1998 and succeeding with yearly option intervals, ending 30 September 2003. The contractual requirements will encompass tasks required for equipment (hardware and software) installation and removal, equipment maintenance, network management, and training on the Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation (BC2A). The BC2A is a joint Defense Information System Agency and Advanced Projects Agency initiative fielded under the United States Air Force European Command's (USEUCOM) authority with the United States Air Force Europe (USAFE) as the lead service component. The BC2A will eventually transition to a permanent Command and Control (C2) system. Information Servers shall be located throughout Europe, with the bulk of the equipment located in the Balkans. Personnel working on the BC2A equipment must have at a minimum a US Secret clearance and documented experience with certified training on some or all the following parts of the BC2A system: operating and maintaining a NOVELL based network; SUN Sparc workstations; related storage arrays, routers, hubs, and ATM switches to include SYSBASE routers and hubs; and mobile ground satellite terminals. Eight (8) sites Europe (Hungary, Italy, Bosnia, England, and Germany) require on-site maintenance personnel with the nineteen (19) remaining land and ship-based sites serviced on an on-call basis from the manned sites. A ninety-eight percent (98%) "up time" is required of the network with all outages solved in twenty-four (24) hours. The winning contractor is also expected to provide their own transportation to all sites (where commercially available), have their own technical manuals, diagnostic and testing equipment, and train military personnel as the need arises. If you are interested in participating in this acquisition, please provide your company name, a point of contact, phone number and fax number on or before 01 April 1997 to Ms. Molly Harris (Tel: 0049-631-3539142) or Ms. Alice O'Neal (Tel: 0049-631-536-6805). In addition, request you provide copies of your company brochures and/or catalogs pertinent to this acquisition . (0070)

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