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D -- ON-CALL MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED UNISYS 2200/423 SYSTEM SOL 52-EANE-7-00056 POC Melvyn DesJarlais, Contracting Officer, (757) 441-6647, Lynne Phipps, Contract Specialist, (757) 441-6881 WEB: Eastern Administrative Support Center, http://www.easc.noaa.gov. E-MAIL: Lynne Phipps, Lynn.B.Phipps@noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a requirement for a contractor to provide on-call maintenance for items of equipment which are components of a Government-owned Unisys 2200/423 system. Maintenance is to be performed on-site at the National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC. The term of the contract will be for a base year of October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998 with four (4) additional one-year options. The contractor shall be required to provide all necessary maintenance, labor, repair parts, maintenance supplies, tools, test equipment, transportation, documentation and other related services as may be required to keep the equipment in good operating condition. All documentation, diagonostic software and equipment, and other aids necessary to perform maintenance under the contract shall be furnished by the contractor. The response time for the on-call maintenance, within the principal period of maintenance (PPM) shall be two (2) hours. The equipment tobe maintained includes: U-30 tape drives; 3670 tape drives, 9-track; Uniservo-36 GCR/PE; Uniservo-40 dual tape; Model 20 PC; Uniservo 3x control; Uniservo-30 control; BMC dual storage controller; Cartridge tape controller, 1x4 TR; Cartridge tape dual access; 8441 mass store; DCP-40; Direct connect module; printer and control; dual string controller; print bands; block mux channel; I/O processor (IOP) BMC; BMC channel module; PC console; 2200/400 2x2 processor; 5.0GB UF thin film disk. A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. Telephone requests for the solicitation document will not be honored. Only written or faxed requests will be accepted. Fax number (757) 441-3786. The estimated issue date of the solicitation document is July 22, 1997 with an estimated due date of August 22, 1997. See Note 26. (0181)

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