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J -- WANG NATIONWIDE PREVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL MAINTENANCE SOL 213-97-0008 POC Contract Specialist, Bettie L. Hartley, tel: (301)443-7848 or Contracting Officer, Rosanna Browning, tel: (301)443-6931 WEB: Program Support Center, http://cbd-submit@gpo.gov. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, bhartley@psc.dhhs.gov. AOS/Division of Acquisition Management, ADP Acquisitions Branch plans to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for nationwide preventive and remedial maintenance of Wang VS minicomputers and peripherals including Wang telecommunication equipment on a per-call and time-and-material basis. Wang model numbers 4230, 4230A, DW/OS-60, 5574-1, 5577, DW/OS-55, 5535, 2265V2-2, 2265V-3, VS-100, 2219V-1, VS65, VS15, 2268V-3, VS7310, 6554, and NETMUX-28 are to be maintained. The principal period of maintenance (PPM) is 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. All other time is considered outside the principal period of maintenance. The maximum response and repair times required for calls placed during the PPM are as follows: 1) For mainframes, disk drives, telecommunication devices, and tape drives, the call back time is one hour, the response time is four hours, and the repair time is eight hours; and 2) For all other equipment, the call back time is four hours, the response time is eight hours, and the repair time shall be by the next business day. For mainframes, disk drives, telecommunication devices, and tape drives, the maximum response and repair times required for calls placed outside the PPM are as follows: 1) Call back time is one hour; 2) Response time is by agreement; and 3) Repair time is within eight hours of arranged response time. Maintenance is required for a total of 42 government sites and is to be performed in the following cities: Washington, DC; Falls Church, VA; Rockville, MD; Hyattsville, MD; Baltimore, MD; Bethesda, MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; Atlanta, GA; Cincinnati, OH; Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Jamaica, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Wilkes Barre, PA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Carnville, LA; Albuquerque, NM; Oklahoma City, OK; Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; Billings, MT; Aberdeen, SD; San Francisco, CA; Sacramento, CA; Salinas, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Window Rock, AZ; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; and Anchorage, AK. The period of performance shall be one year from the effective date of contract with two one-year option periods. The RFP will be issued approximately 15 days for the date of this publication. All requests for the RFP must be in writing referencing RFP number 213-97-0008 and be submitted to the attention of Bettie L. Hartley, fax number (301)443-2761. (0168)

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