Assistant Commander For Contracts, Naval Air Systems Command, Air 2.5.3 Bldg 3189 Unit 8, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5449

D -- HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR MEASURE SOL N00019-97-R-0020 DUE 062697 POC C. M. Cullison, Contract Specialist, (301)342-3753/J. E. Woehrer, Contracting Officer, (301)342-3753 The Naval Air Systems Command is has an immediate requirement for solutions to meeting the maintenance of the hardware and software of the Metrology Automated System for Uniform Recall and Reporting (MEASURE) Automated Information System (AIS). The MEASURE AIS has a worldwide network of mini-computers that provide for a distributed data processing environment to support the Navy Metrology and Calibration (METCAL) Program. The potential requirement is for hardware and software maintenance support for 34 Honeywell XPS-100 and 19 Honeywell DPX-2/360 mini-computers and ancillary peripherals located worldwide. This includes moving and relocating equipment and repair services (preventive and remedial). On-call maintenance and repair services are required on a 24 hour day, seven days per week basis for four XPS-100/DPX-2 systems in the continental United States sites. The remaining continental United States sites and the sites outside the continental United States would require per-call maintenance on a ten hour per day 0800 -1800 local time, five days per week basis. The sites with in the continental United States include California, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Florida, Washington and Louisiana. Sites outside the United States includes Spain, Japan, Hawaii, and Italy. The executive software consists of the UNIX SYSTEM V Operating System, MICROFOCUS-2 COBOL and Quick Application Development (QAD) Screen handler, by BULL. The communication package utilizes TCP/IP over a X.25 network. The DPX-2 Systems will still be under warranty during the base year of the proposed contract. This requirement will be classified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for the potential requirement is 7379 indicating a concern, including its affiliates, having an average annual sales or receipts for its preceding three fiscal years not in excess of $14.5 million as a small business.The period of performance is for a base year and four one-year options. Award is anticipated by 1 October 1997. The type of contract contemplated is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract with Firm Fixed Price and Time and Material Orders. This requirement is unrestricted. All requests for the solicitation are to be in writing, no telephone requests. Address all requests for the solicitation to: Assistant Commander for Contracts, Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-2.5.3.2.7, Bldg 3189, Unit 8, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5449, Attn: RFP N00019-97-R-0020(MEASURE). Availability of the solicitation is limited. All interested offerors are encouraged to request a copy of the solicitation expeditiously as possible, since the solicitation will be issued without further notice. (0128)

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