DLA Administrative Support Center (DASC), Office of Contracting (DASC-CP), 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Suite 0119, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6220

D -- HARDWARE MAINTENANCE;SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;TECHNICAL ANALYST SUPPORT SOL SP4700-97-R-0026 POC H. Maurice Ford. Sr. Contract Specialist, (703)767-1175 or Patrick J. Kennedy, Contracting Officer, (703767-1166. WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.dasc.dla.mil/dascc/. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist, harold_ford@hq.dla.mil. (1) The Defense Logistice Agency, Administrative Support Center (DASC) intends to acquire Unisys Corporation Hardware Maintenance, Software Maintenance and Technical Analyst Support, for the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), 8725 John J. Kingman Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218. The intent is to enter into a negotiated, sole source, one(1) year contract with four(4) option years with Unisys for support of Unisys computer equipment to include; monthly maintenance on one(1) Unisys 2200/500 Computer System;one(1) Unisys ClearPath Server System;two(2)Unisys Integrated Cache Disk Arrays;two(2) Unisys Front-End Processors and associated other peripheral hardware devices. The contractor shall provide and install on DTIC equipment all software revisions, updates, modules or enhancements normally supplied to commercial or other Government customers at no additional charge to the Extended Term Plan charge to be paid for the software. In cases where a software enhancement or module is supplied to commercial or Government sources at a charge, the contractor shall submit a proposal to the Government stating the benefits and cost of such an enhancement or module. Unisys Technical Analyst support will be required to provide advice and assistance to DTIC systems personnel in reviewing, evaluating, configuring, generating, testing and installing Unisys proprietary software used by DTIC. Preventive, remedial, on-call and miscellaneous maintenance services will be required twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365/366 days a year. All parties interested in this requirement must respond within 15 days after publication of this notice to DLA Administrative Support Center, Office of Contracting (DASC-CPC), ATTN: H. Maurice Ford (703)767-1175, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6220. All responsible replies will be considered. All requests for the RFP must be in writing. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. The contract award will be made on the basis of quotations/proposals or other information received in response to this notice. If no responsible responses are received within 15 days of the publication date of this notice, DLA will negotiate a contract with Unisys Corporation for this acquisition.**** MMMM (0205)

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